HR Administrator & Receptionist

About the Kendall Group

The Kendall Group is comprised of eight divisions with 75+ locations in ten states. Combined, we serve the Electrical, Automation, Pipe, Valve, and Fitting products, Steam, Lighting, Industrial Controls, and Instrumentation Industries. The Kendall Group is a 100% employee‑owned company.

Reporting to the People Experience & Communication Manager, the HR Administrator & Receptionist is a key member of the Human Resources team. The person in this role will perform a variety of clerical and administrative tasks to support the organization.

• Receptionist duties such as greeting visitors, directing people at the office, and handling general inquiries.
• Professionally administer incoming calls ensuring phone calls are handled accordingly.
• Maintain a clean and organized work environment, ensuring filing, requests, mailing, scanning, and faxing is completed in a timely manner.
• Support internal and external inquiries and requests related to the Human Resource department.
• Support the coordination of corporate meetings and events.
• Support Executive Leadership with requests.
• Manage email correspondence and maintain the corporate office calendar.
• Support ad‑hoc clerical tasks as needed.
• Prepare conference rooms and training rooms for meetings.
• Assist with securing catering and other needs for events and meetings.
• Facilitate corporate travel plans as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Service Excellence
• Results
• Action Oriented
• Accountability and Responsibility
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Decision Quality
• Displaying Technical Expertise
• Time Management
• Safety Conscious

• Work Experience:
  
  Entry Level.
• Education:
  
  High school or equivalent.
• Analytics/Computer
  
  Skills:
  
  2 years’ experience working with MS Office.
• Organization
  
  Skills:
  
  Highly organized and detail‑oriented; ability to multi‑task and shift priorities as needed; ability to work in a fast‑paced, continuously evolving, and at times ambiguous environment.
• Cross‑functional
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to work well cross‑functionally; provides excellent internal and external customer service.
• Communication
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to communicate well with all levels of the organization; strong interpersonal and customer service skills; high degree of discretion when dealing with sensitive and confidential information.
• Physical, Mental and Visual
  
  Skills:
  
  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disability to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, and hear; must be able to stand, walk, climb stairs, and operate a vehicle.
• Physical Environment:
  Normal office environment; occasional warehouse or fabrication environment with exposure to moving equipment.
• Travel:
  None.

• Work Experience:
  
  2 years’ experience in administrative support within a complex business with multiple divisions.

The Kendall Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, military status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.