Administrator/ Receptionist
- Posted 31 October 2025
- LocationManchester
- Job type Contract
- ReferenceRS/ADRC/MANC
Job description
We are looking for an Administrator/ Receptionist to join a busy team based in Manchester.
What are my responsibilities?
Reception:-
- Greet visitors with a warm and friendly welcome, making sure they are signed in appropriately and inform the relevant person of their arrival or escort to booked meeting room. 
- Take phone calls and messages with a professional attitude, ensuring calls are picked up in a timely manner and callers are transferred to correct destination without delay. 
- Monitor visitor access to the office, and issue corporate ID cards when required. 
- Manage meeting room bookings, and general office housekeeping, ensuring Reception area and Boardroom/Meeting Rooms are kept tidy and respectable to visitors at all times. 
- Check calendar prior to meetings and provide appropriate requirements i.e. refreshments. 
- Order lunches for meetings when required. 
- Liaising with Building management and Facilities Management teams. 
- Receive and issue courier and mail items in a timely manner. 
- Arrange courier collections for outgoing parcels. 
- Book desks visitors and Network Rail staff as required. 
- Distribute the milk deliveries between both kitchens efficiently. 
Administrative:-
- Assist all colleagues with any required admin duties. 
- Book travel and accommodation arrangements for colleagues 
- Complete and submit expenses for Project Managers. 
- Complete and submit timesheets for agency Project Managers 
- Raise Stationery, office, IT, and catering supply orders. 
- Complete and send out Weekly Whereabouts to distribution list (Project Manager’s, Engineers, and FA/FW) every Friday. 
- Raise orders and arrange deliveries for milk, fruit, car parking and anything else that may be required. 
- Raise and report maintenance issues to Apleona/landlord. 
- Keep all relevant spreadsheets and folders up to date i.e. Transmittals, OneSRM and project folders. 
- Assist in organising office events. 
- Update all noticeboard with relevant and important information. 
- Assist Office Manager and Design Manager, as necessary to ensure efficient service is provided.