Senior Receptionist and Switchboard Operations

Perform in a senior level capacity to create and maintain a professional image of the company by providing prompt, courteous and efficient service to visitors, guest employees, telephone callers, taking and relaying messages and performing various light administrative duties.

• Greet visitors warmly and professionally, creating a positive first impression for all guests.
• Manage emails with attention to detail, discretion, and confidentiality.

• Check in guests efficiently, issue visitor badges, and promptly notify hosts of their arrival.
• Ensure all visitor protocols are followed to maintain both security and hospitality standards.

• Assist in preparing conference rooms for small gatherings and large meetings alike.
• Ensure spaces are set up according to requirements, including seating, A/V, and materials.

• Coordinate catering orders in alignment with meeting needs and dietary preferences.
• Track invoices and confirm timely delivery and proper setup of food and beverages.

• Verify sound, video, and connectivity are functioning correctly.
• Troubleshoot and resolve minor technical issues to minimize disruptions.

• Greet visitors, ask them to sign in, issue them a Visitor Badge, process and assign wireless network account for Headquarters, if applicable and contact the employee the visitor is to see.

• Activate access for temporary badges for Headquarters employees who forgot or lost their badge or if their badge is malfunctioning.

• Answer and properly route global calls, some confidential in nature, using company-wide switchboard or provide appropriate information to the caller. Calls are to be handled expeditiously, in a professional and businesslike manner while being friendly and using a high standard of customer service.

• Prioritize calls and escalate customer service issues to the proper chain of command.

• Takes initiative to ensure the company phone and speed dial lists are current.

• Responsible for training a back-up and providing guidance on policies and procedures.

• Notify employees upon receipt of inbound deliveries or have the delivery made to the Mail Room as is appropriate.

• Provide light administrative support to Headquarter staff as directed such as issuing facility access cards to employees, scheduling meeting room, assisting Administration or any other team when needed for various tasks (envelope labels, compiling manuals, etc.).

• Proactively seeks out additional work during downtime.

• Follow up on loaned access cards to make sure all are returned and contact Security if card is not returned by the end of the day.

• Builds professional relationships with customers and other teams.

• Maintain the reception area in a neat and orderly fashion to include visitor reading materials.

• Perform other duties as assigned by the Site Manager.

Typically Required:

• Requires high school diploma.

• Experience working in a Headquarters environment preferred.

• 8+ years of experience as a receptionist in a busy switchboard environment preferred.

• Type 40 wpm.

• Must be flexible to work hours between 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM (normally an eight hour shift).

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Demonstrated customer service/relations skills

• PC skills

• Basic clerical and secretarial skills

• Ability to handle high volume telephone calls

• Good organizational skills

• Good judgment skills

• Typically, an office environment with adequate lighting and ventilation, and a normal range of temperature and noise level.

• Work assignments are diversified. Interpret, comprehend and apply complex material, data and instruction – prepare, provide and convey diversified information.

• Minimal physical effort required. Work is mostly sedentary but does require walking, standing, bending, reaching, lifting or carrying objects that typically with less than 10 lbs. (e.g., papers, books, files and small parts, etc.).

• Moderate dexterity – regular application of basic skills (calculator, keyboard, hand tools, eye/hand coordination.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with a job.