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RECEPTIONIST (F6925 EW REC)

Overview

Reference
F6925 EW REC

Salary
ZAR23,000 - ZAR25,444/month

Job Location
- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Bay Metro -- Gqeberha

Job Type
Permanent

Posted
22 October 2025

Closing date
04 Nov 2025 11:59


An established company within the financial sector is seeking to hire a highly skilled and experienced receptionist to join their team. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual with strong communication skills and coordination abilities to grow their career within a reputable organisation. Your experience and capabilities in people administrative and front office skills, problem solving and time management will enable you to execute the following:

Formal Education:

  • Minimum requirement: National Senior Certificate (Grade 12 / Matric) NQF 4
  • Excellent knowledge of English and Afrikaans (speak, write, read, understand)

Experience:

  • Receptionist, administrative and front office role.
  • Customer service and telephone etiquette.
  • Previous front desk manager or front desk supervisor experience is preferred.

Responsibilities:

  • Facilitates the smooth running of the reception and office maintenance.
  • Operation of the switchboard.
  • Answering all incoming calls promptly and politely; assessing callers’ requirements; transferring calls; taking messages; delivering messages to the relevant staff members timeously.
  • Manage and update the boardroom calendar.
  • Greet visitors and staff.
  • Maintain overall appearance of reception and all boardrooms in line with the company’s mission and vision.
  • Ensure equipment in the reception area and all boardrooms are functioning.
  • Ensure boardrooms are always neat and usable.
  • Attending to the setting up of the office at start of business and shut down at close.
  • Responsible for managing all outgoing and incoming couriers, receiving and cross-checking goods upon delivery.
  • Possible SHE Rep/ First Aid duties.

People:

  • Communicate with a variety of individuals on all levels.
  • Work effectively in a team and as an individual.
  • Co-ordinate with the office cleaners to prepare the boardrooms for meetings.
  • Monitor the day-to-day activities of the office cleaners

Operational Support:

  • Arranging food and beverages within budget for presentations, meetings and events, as required.
  • Monitor stock and order office supplies (beverages and cleaning material).
  • Arranging couriers.
  • Monthly printer reports to Operations Manager.
  • Monitor stock and order office supplies (beverages and cleaning material).
  • Assist Operations Manager with basic tasks from time to time.
  • Liaise with landlord to report any building related issues.
  • Will applications, drafts, printing, uploading and sending for safe keeping


Contact information

Pieter