First Impression Team Leader

Job title: Front of House Team Leader

Salary: £30,927.10 per annum

Location: Cumberland Court, 80 Mount Street, Nottingham NG1 6HH

Contract: Permanent, full time

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Shifts: Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00am - 5:30pm

Break details: 1-hour lunch, unpaid

Work model: In person

Williams Lea seeks a Front of House Team Leader to join our team!

Williams Lea is the leading global provider of skilled business-critical support services to financial, legal and professional services firms.

Sound good so far? Then this is the perfect position for you, and you are just the individual that we are looking for!

Purpose of the role:

The First Impression Team Leader is responsible for overseeing the daily tasks in reception, switchboard and hospitality, including event management in liaison with the Facilities Team, to ensure a seamless service for clients and setting a new superior industry standard in a client’s journey.

A successful First Impression Team Leader will have a realistic approach with a strong flair for creativity and perfection without losing focus of the bigger picture. A First Impression Team leader must be highly interpersonal and empathetic and have a philosophy of leading by example.

The role includes managing a team of 6, with the responsibility for planning, co-ordination, and delivery of the service. Previous management experience in reception, hospitality, and events supervising a team of three or more direct reports is required.

Key Responsibilities:

Completing daily customer service tasks as required including managing cover for reception, switchboard, hospitality, travel, event management and overseeing audio-visual systems and housekeeping Ensuring that the workplace is always maintained in a tidy and well-presented manner Remaining compliant with all new and existing Williams Lea policies, procedures, and standards Managing the health and safety for the First Impression team and visitor areas Managing the staffing resource; playing a flexible role to cover team absences when required Delivering training to assistants, and ensuring that staff are given the skills needed to successfully carry out their role; including relevant training provided by Williams Lea Directly supervise First Impression Assistants, working closely with the Team Lead in the regional sites, tracking all aspects of performance including continuous feedback meetings and giving regular feedback to your line manager Manage and develop the First Impression team in a manner which builds mutual trust and respect, high motivation, personal accountability, and team participation.Ensuring that agreed service levels are maintained and exceeded where possible Collecting data and compiling a monthly report for the onsite First Impression service Managing the travel account for the client Routinely researching, proposing, and budgeting innovative ideas for the development of the onsite and companywide First Impression service To work closely with the Facilities and IT Team, in the organisation and the hosting of client and internal events Participate in cross-departmental and site projectsUndertaking other reasonable duties assigned by your manager or the client

Key Skills:

A passion for service excellence and innovative ideas Excellent communication skills with clients and colleagues A high attention to the finer details without losing focus on the bigger picture Be proactive in recommending methods to improve workflow and customer experience Fluent written and spoken English Great time management skillsExperience using email, Microsoft packages, room booking and switchboard softwareExcellent personal presentation

The Package

Private Medical Insurance, Life Insurance/Life Assurance, Company Pension, Corporate Eye Care, Personal Accident and Company Sick Pay. Additional benefits such as Dental Insurance, Gym Membership, Charity Donations, Employee Offers, Retail Vouchers and Season Ticket Loan are offered at a discount on a salary sacrifice basis. You will also have the opportunity to work for a global employer; and dedicated to offering each and every employee an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding career with future career development prospects.

The Company values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the organisation and will not discriminate because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation (each of these being a “protected characteristic” in discrimination law). It will not discriminate because of any other irrelevant factor and will build a culture that values openness, fairness and transparency.

Please note: Due to the high volume of responses received for this role we will not be able to contact all applicants directly. If you have not heard from us in four weeks please consider your application unsuccessful.