Rapport Guest Services Hiring for Corporate Reception Recruitment Event – West End, St James’, City of London, (HRE) Job at London, England Full Time

Rapport is recruiting Corporate Receptionists and Event Administrators who are passionate about delivering great service to our clients and their visitors. We would like to invite you to our recruitment event on Wednesday 20th November. Further details to be confirmed.

We are recruiting for various contracts with offices in the West End, St James’ and the City of London. We have both static roles, where you will be permanently based at the same site, and ‘network’ roles, where you will cover roles at a number of different sites. All our roles are Permanent, Full Time, you will have 20 days paid holidays and access to company benefits.

Main Responsibilities

Although role content may vary, the main responsibilities within these roles are:

• First point of contact for all clients and customers arriving to the building
• Meet and greet and assist with all meetings and events on site
• Answering and redirecting Reception phone and emails
• Setting up and management of meeting rooms
• Organising and managing events

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate be a self starter and have experience in a customer service role.

• Customer Service skills essential
• Excellent communication skills on all levels
• Proficiency in business administration
• The ability to work independently as well as in a team
• Strong time management skills
• Strong Microsoft Office skills
• A passion for helping and assisting others
• A high level of attention to detail
• Events experience required

About The Company

Why Rapport?

Our people come first, and we are committed to developing you and offering a number of fantastic professional and personal development opportunities. We have a suite of over 50 training workshops and a number of Leadership programmes to support you with your development and career progression within Rapport.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and inclusion within the workplace and we celebrate everyone’s differences and diverse backgrounds. We have created a number of Employee Networks as part of our “Be Yourself at Rapport” programme, to create a safe space for our Ambassadors to connect and collaborate, ensuring we champion diversity and inclusion in all that we do.

Our Ambassador’s mental and physical wellbeing is very important to us, and we continue to have a real focus on providing the varied support and initiatives for our teams to get involved in.

Rapport is also a Disability Confident Employer and we have a number of partnerships with external organisations providing job opportunities within the company for people with special educational needs and disabilities.

Some of the benefits you will have access to:

• Refer a friend Scheme
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Access to our Perks at Work Benefits Portal for various discounts
• WOW Awards to celebrate our brilliant Ambassadors nominated for their exceptional service by our guests and clients
• One Paid Day for Charity Work

About the Company

Rapport is an award winning, specialist company that provides corporate organisations with a range of fully managed front and back of house guest services. Our tailored services are provided to clients in all major cities in the UK and Ireland and in key locations in the US and Hong Kong.

We are very proud to count some of the UK’s most forward-thinking, blue chip companies as our clients, from small boutique firms to large multi-site International corporations, all with a common goal to provide excellent Customer Service.

Our most prestigious awards include:

• In the 2021 ‘Best Companies to work for’ awards, Rapport was recognised as being the Best Company to Work for in the U.K. Business Services Sector, Rapport was recognised as the second Best (Large) Company to Work for in the UK and third Best Company to Work for in London (all categories and company sizes).
• We were awarded three stars from ‘Best Companies’, their ultimate accolade, in 2021 signifying a ‘World Class’ company.
• Top 30 Best Places to Work in Hospitality in 2021 winner.
• Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion at HR in Hospitality Awards 2019

Rapport is a part of Compass Group UK & Ireland, a FTSE 100 company. Please visit our website, www.rapportservice.com, for further information and before applying to learn more about Rapport and our clients

We will contact applicants within 5-7 workings days. Rapport job adverts always gain a high response rate, but we do review all applications. Please check your inbox and your junk/spam folder for our response to your application. Due to high application volumes, we recommend that you do not apply for more than one role at any time. Please ensure you apply for the role that best matches your experience.