Front of House and Office Manager – Maternity Cover

We are looking for an experienced receptionist or office manager to join our friendly London Office.

The Front of House and Office Manager role incorporates managing our London reception, as well as being the general health and safety officer for the office and dealing with all facilities matters. You will be ready to get stuck into administrative tasks, as well as organising meetings for our clients and colleagues, and various other reception duties as and when they arise.

You will have one direct report and liaise often with your counterpart in our St Albans office to ensure consistency across the Firm.

General tasks are, but in no ways limited to:

• Being the first point of contact for our clients; always welcoming and striving to go above and beyond.
• Regular stock takes of stationery to ensure appropriate levels are maintained, placing weekly orders as required.
• Responding to general requests in a timely manner, providing support to other teams as required
• Faults and repairs – organising decorators, engineers and more.
• Health and safety – organising the Firm’s annual checks, training for our solicitors, and more.
• Act as the first point of contact in relation to faulty refreshment equipment (e.g. coffee machines) and liaise with engineers (e.g. for printers).
• Undertake building inspections in accordance with checklists to include acting as a health and safety representative by identifying any concerns/issues throughout the building and raising this with the Board.
• Liaise with our landlord and work quickly to resolve any issues.
• Supporting the Partners and teams in general office tidy up
• Working closely with all suppliers to ensure the smooth running of the business.
• Being the main port of call for all office contracts including with our printers, cleaning company, IT and more.