Receptionist

In brief

**Overview** This role at GrowthPoint Properties is for a Receptionist who will serve as the first point of contact for all stakeholders, interacting professionally in person, via telephone, or email. The Receptionist acts as an ambassador for the company, ensuring they are "on brand" with the company culture and represent the business in the best possible light to internal and external stakeholders. **What you will do** * Provide helpful, polite, friendly, professional, and patient interaction with clients, tenants, contractors, and staff in a busy reception environment. * Interact professionally with messengers collecting and delivering mail. * Answer the telephone, screening and directing calls to staff. * Provide basic information to callers and ensure professional interaction to resolve queries. * Take telephone messages accurately. * Keep the reception area tidy and well maintained. * Book and coordinate meeting rooms, and troubleshoot room availability. * Ensure that meeting rooms are serviced between meetings and liaise with baristas regarding catering and refreshment requirements. * Contact the Office Manager to report issues such as air-conditioning, lifts out of order, or to contact the fire department, emergency services, plumbers, electricians, and handymen. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * **Education:** Minimum Grade 12 * **Experience:** * Minimum two years’ receptionist experience. * Proven track record of client liaison and switchboard. * **Knowledge:** * Basic computer skills. * Proficient in Outlook, Word, and Excel. * Strong time-management skills. * Computer literacy. * **Job Specific Skills:** * Excellent verbal and written communication skills. * Reliable, trustworthy, honest, and very organized. * Well-developed interpersonal skills. * **Competencies:** * Friendly, service-oriented, extroverted, patient, and well presented. * Intelligent self-starter with an ability to show initiative. * Ability to work autonomously with little guidance, attention to detail, and meet deadlines. * Flexible and adaptable team player. * Assertive and driven. * Effective time management. **Who should apply** This role is ideal for a friendly, service-oriented, extroverted, patient, and well-presented individual who is reliable, trustworthy, honest, and very organized. The successful candidate should be an intelligent self-starter capable of showing initiative, working autonomously with little guidance, and demonstrating strong attention to detail and time management skills to meet deadlines. They must be a flexible and adaptable team player, assertive, driven, and capable of representing the company professionally as an ambassador, adhering to the company culture. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/receptionist-growthpoint-properties-1 Source: myjobmag

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