Office Receptionist

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We are looking for an experienced, customer-focussed receptionist to work on our front desk. You'll be based on the reception desk in our central London office; welcoming clients and visitors, answering the phone, preparing meeting rooms, and helping your team with administrative tasks to support our lawyers. This is a great opportunity for a receptionist looking to gain experience within a top UK law firm.

This is a permanent contract, working 36.25 hours a week, Monday to Friday, working 7.25 hour shifts between the hours of 8am and 6pm.

• Welcoming clients, visitors, contractors and employees in line with Bevan Brittan standards
• Answering phones in a prompt and professional manner, routing calls as necessary to the relevant person
• Managing meeting room bookings in both internal client rooms and external venues
• Ensuring meeting rooms are cleared and ready for the next meeting
• Managing train ticket and taxi requests
• Providing support to the facilities team
• Supporting administrative tasks, including conflict searching and matter opening
• Compiling electronic bundles for court and experts
• General office administrative duties including copying, scanning etc

The ideal applicant will possess the following skills:

• Quality and customer service driven, with a concern for accuracy and an eye for detail
• Previous experience in an administrative role is essential. Ideally, this would be within a professional services environment
• Working knowledge of Word, Outlook and Excel
• Able to work to deadlines and prioritise own workload effectively
• Enthusiastic, pro-active and flexible. Willing to contribute and support others as part of a team
• Confident verbal and written communication skills
• Additionally, reprographics, courier and outgoing mail experience are also desirable skills as there may be times where you will be asked to help our reprographics team

Bevan Brittan is a leading commercial law firm. Explore our markets and services here.

We are highly ranked across the legal directories and our 2024/25 financial results confirmed twelve years of consecutive growth.

Our Responsible Business pillars influence how we work together and motivate us to deliver meaningful outcomes for our clients and communities.

We support our people to be their best and, through our hybrid working model, we offer the flexibility to work your week in a way that suits you.

We’re looking for the best people to share in our ambition and success. Visit our Life page to discover what life at Bevan Brittan could look like for you.