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Temporary Business Centre Receptionist/Admin
Job Ref: Gateshead 1005023715152652
Pay Rate: £12.38 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 35-37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 1-2 months
City: Gateshead
The purpose of the role is to provide a first point of contact for all clients and visitors including the provision of reception and customer services, administrative functions and handling complaints.
Key Responsibilities:
Support the day-to-day operation of Council Business Centres and conference facilities.
Ensure the provision of an effective customer focused response to enquiries.
Ensure client records are up to date.
Qualifications:
NVQ Level 2 in a related area or relevant experience.
Skills & Experience:
Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
Customer service experience essential.
Excellent communication skills with a strong customer facing/service background.
Strong administrative and processing skills.
Good organisational skills with the ability to take the initiative and prioritise workloads.
High accuracy rates on data entry as what is entered can form legal documents.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address.
Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title.
To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not as a PDF.
If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
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Job Ref: Gateshead 1005023715152652
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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