Receptionist - Probation Service

Position: Full-time temporary Receptionist

Location: Blackpool

Contract: until August 2026 with the possibility of extending

Working Hours: 37 per week Mon-Fri

This role will require some late night working a few times per week until 9pm on a rota basis so not every week.

Pay rate: £12.21 per hour

Job description

Brook Street are recruiting for an experienced receptionist for our public sector client based in Chester. Duties will include but not be limited to:

• To be the first point of contact and greet people on probation and visitors professionally both face to face and via telephone and email, logging their arrival and departure, ensuring the appropriate member of staff is notified and issue visitor passes and security fobs if necessary.
• Answer all enquiries, while on Reception, relating to basic information about the Probation Service and local Person on Probation support services such as the provision of food banks, referring more technical enquiries to an appropriate manager.
• To pay bus fares/travel warrants to people on probation and handle day to day petty cash including collection and transport of petty cash and travel warrants between Probation properties.
• logging building faults, tracking completion and chasing up when required.
• Carrying out and keeping record log of panic and fire alarm weekly tests.
• The applicant may also, when necessary, support the admin team with tasks such as the updating of confidential records and producing a range of documentation.

Training will be provided on internal systems. Excellent communication and IT skills are required for this post.

Requirements

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Receptionist experience would be an advantage.

Benefits

• Weekly pay, holidays and pension scheme
• Location accessible by public transport

Brook Street is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all candidates who are veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel, and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy.