About the Role

At Sodexo, we create a vibrant, warm welcoming atmosphere where we place our customers at the heart of everything we do.

As a Receptionist, you’ll enjoy the thrill of meeting and greeting new people and provide excellent customer service to all of our customers!

There will be great opportunities to grow and progress your career with Sodexo and we will support you throughout your journey with us!

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications.

A few things about you

Our Receptionist are at the heart of everything we do, so it’s important that fantastic customer service is always at the forefront! If you are a friendly, and approachable individual with great communication skills, this could be the perfect role for you!

It doesn’t matter if you’ve never worked as a receptionist before, what does matter to us is taking pride in what you do. A willingness to learn and develop new skills is a bonus too!

The role is to join the London Relief Team who are the creme de la creme. The relief team are parachutted onto sites to assist the day to day operations of front of house. It's a great opportunity to work and learn from all areas of the business and bring best practices across the patch.

As a Receptionist, you are the first person a client or customer sees or talks to when arriving at a place of business. A Receptionist has to be pleasant, have good listening skills and be able to provide the correct information when asked. They also have to be able to route calls to the correct person, enter or check a client in for an appointment and give direction when necessary. Some of the duties and responsibilities of a Receptionist include:

• Maintaining security for the building by providing passes to visitors
• Notifying appropriate people that a visitor has arrived to see them
• Keeping track of the people arriving for appointments and when they leave the building
• Answering phone calls and responding appropriately to the caller’s needs

Receptionist skills and qualifications

A successful Receptionist candidate will possess excellent typing ability, interpersonal skills and communication skills. Other skills and qualifications to become a successful Receptionist include:

• Listening
• Professional demeanour
• Customer care
• Maintains stocks of supplies as needed
• Spoken communication
• Able to multi task

Why choose Sodexo?

You don’t just join Sodexo, you belong.

What do we mean when we say belong?

It’s simple. You create a company where everyone is respected and feels that their ideas count. You take care of the quality of life of your people. You make your workplace inclusive, encouraging people to bring their whole self to work every day. That’s our philosophy in a nutshell.

A career at Sodexo won’t tie you down, it actively encourages your progress. The diverse range of roles we offer is truly infinite. Whatever your skills, experience or passion, you’ll be encouraged and supported to have a fulfilling career.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Working Parents, Sodexo Disability, So together, generations and origins. We have also launched Be Heard which is an employee network designed to bring black colleagues together (virtually) to bring about positive change.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Our benefits:

As part of our commitment to improving the quality of life, health and wellbeing for our employees we provide discounts and benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs. In addition to the essentials like 20 days holidays (plus bank holidays) and pension contribution, we can help you take advantage of being part of Sodexo with benefits such as;

• Sodexo Discounts - discounts from over 1,200 top retailers with you earning WOW Points (cashback) as you shop
• Talk – a free wellbeing support helpline for you and your family
• Up to three paid days each year to volunteer
• Your Lucky Number Employee Lottery (this also supports the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation)
• Cycle to work
• Life assurance

37.5hrs per week
£14-£15 per hour
Monday - Friday only
Uniform supplied
Full training provided
Frequent transport links within a short walk
Use of site facilities
Cycle to work scheme
Many employee benefits, rewards and recognition.