Receptionist

Position: Receptionist
Location: Canary Wharf
Hours: 8.30am - 6.00pm Monday to Friday

Our estate agents in Canary Wharf are specialists in providing property for sale and lettings in and around Canary Wharf, E14. Described by some as London’s very own mini Manhattan, Canary Wharf is much more than sky high office blocks. Providing housing for those who work in the area, as well as those who commute into the city, Canary Wharf is well placed to offer its residents access to the surrounding areas.

We're currently searching for a superstar Receptionist to join our Canary Wharf office. The successful candidate will enjoy working with clients, customers and other stakeholders, providing excellent customer service at all times. You will enjoy a variety of work, including being the first point of contact for anyone visiting the office, managing incoming calls and dealing with them in the appropriate manner. You will also support both the lettings and sales teams with general administration, anti-money laundering and right-to-rent checks. Ensuring that the office looks spotless at all times is also your responsibility, so you must take personal pride in ensuring high standards are maintained.

Main duties

Reception:

• Welcoming everyone that visits the office, dealing with their enquiry in an efficient and professional manner
• Registering new applicants and clients
• Taking pride in the appearance of the front office, ensuring that it is clean and tidy at all times
• Keeping track of keys passing in and out of the office, via the key log and RPS
• Refreshing the window displays on a regular basis
• Order office stationary

Administration:

• Generating canvassing letters to prospective landlords and sellers
• Mail merging
• Booking viewings for negotiators in their absence
• On sales side, generating Memorandums of Sale
• Booking market appraisals
• Uploading photos, floor plans and Energy Performance certificates to RPS
• Uploading Land Registry and verifying information
• Excellent knowledge of Excel, Outlook, Word and in-house training on Reapit software

Compliance:

• Carrying out anti-money laundering checks
• Ensuring prospective tenants have the right to rent
• Verifying identification from relevant parties

Person / skills profile

• Confident dealing with people
• Be approachable, helpful and project positivity!
• Take pride in their work
• Enjoy making a positive contribution to office life independently and as part of the team
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Must thrive on working at and delivering consistently high standards under pressure

Company profile

Chestertons is the London and international property specialist with a strong presence across the globe. We have one of the largest office networks in London and over 70 offices across 17 countries and four continents. Chestertons is a multi award-winning London and international agency providing a wide variety of property services within the residential and commercial sectors, including Valuations, Sales and Lettings, Investment Agency, New Homes, Residential Development Consultancy, Property Management and Leasehold Services.

Chestertons is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from anyone who is excited by the opportunity of joining us and will thoroughly consider all applications without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity status or disability status.

Skills

• Front Office
• CRPS
• Energy Performance
• Land Records
• Excel
• Outlook
• Swordmanship

Requirements

• Availability Part-Time
• Education Bachelor
• Experience 2 - 5 Year
• Gender No Preference