Receptionist

The Cavendish Laboratory (Department of Physics) has an exciting opportunity for a new Receptionist to join our passionate and dedicated community. Working as part of the Department's Soft Facilities team, the roleholder will provide a welcoming, friendly and efficient reception service to all users of the Department. The Cavendish Laboratory is at an exciting point in its 150-year history, and undergoing a substantial period of transformation, as it prepares for its relocation to a beautiful, purpose-built physics facility, the Ray Dolby Centre, which will be the centre-piece of the new Cavendish III Laboratory. The Department is home to over 2000 staff, students and visitors across a large range of disciplines and categories, where exemplary delivery of world-leading, innovative research programmes and teaching takes place and where the provision of an outstanding soft facilities service will be vital to delivering the vision for the new Estate. Working alongside a number of facilities operatives, the successful candidate will be a positive, friendly and organised individual with a commitment to service delivery. You will be able to deal with all enquires in a professional manner, ensuring accuracy of information both in written and spoken communication form. You will be required to operate a number of systems and develop processes to book resource allocations, update or maintain data, and ensure building security and timely emergency or first aid response.

• Has previous experience from a front facing customer focused role, preferably in an educational setting
• Is able to communicate effectively and interact positively with staff, students and visitors, with a confident approach and positive attitude
• Can manage their time to get tasks done and use their initiative to priortise when necessary
This full-time post is available now. Additional information regarding the role may be found within the Further Particulars via the link below.


• Competitive rates of pay with automatic service related pay progression and annual cost of living increases;
• Generous annual leave provision
• Family & Work-life balance policies including hybrid working and generous carer leave (maternity, paternity, shared parental leave, adoption leave), amongst others
• An auto-enrolment pension scheme, with a generous employer contribution;
• Exclusive employee discounts via our CamBens scheme
• Personal Development: The Department actively encourages and supports personal development and our staff have access to a wide range of courses and training via our Personal and Professional Development (PPD) service.