Front of House Manager (Administrator / Receptionist)
Front of House Manager (Administrator / Receptionist)
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£28,875 + benefits
Permanent Full Time (37.5 hours per week)
Monday to Friday (may include some evenings and weekends)
Friends of the Elderly (FotE) is a not-for-profit charity dedicated to providing excellent care with a family feel, we have been supporting older people for over 100 years. The charity provides care home and day care services for older people, as well as grants for older people in financial difficulty.
Front of House Manager
Friends Place, Calcot, Reading
£28,875 + benefits
Permanent Full Time (37.5 hours per week)
Monday to Friday (may include some evenings and weekends)
Friends of the Elderly (FotE) is a not-for-profit charity dedicated to providing excellent care with a family feel, we have been supporting older people for over 100 years. The charity provides care home and day care services for older people, as well as grants for older people in financial difficulty.
We Are Searching For a Front Of House Manager To Work Alongside The Management Team To Ensure The Smooth Opening Of Our New Home, Friends Place, In Calcot, Reading. Ourstate-of-the-artcare Home Will Feature
* 66 luxury bedrooms with ensuite wet rooms.
* A cinema for residents to enjoy movie nights and entertainment.
* A stylish salon offering professional pampering.
* A peaceful library for reading and reflection.
* A vibrant bar for socialising and relaxation.
Our modern facilities are designed to create a warm and homely environment where residents feel safe, valued, and supported. Friends Place will be a vibrant, welcoming community, providing exceptional residential, dementia, and respite care.
Are you an experienced administrator looking for the next exciting step in your career? Are you comfortable working in fast-paced environment with a wide range of responsibilities and enquiries? Do you want to go home feeling like you are making a real difference to older peoples lives?
You will be joining as key member of our dedicated management team acting as a first point of contact for all enquiries and visitors to the Home and implementing initiatives to generate customer enquiriesin order tomaximise revenue. In this varied role, you will undertake a variety of general administration tasks such as involvement with invoicing, ordering supplies and booking training.
Supporting the wider team, you will plan events within the care home to engage the local community and support the activities team with administrative-based activities for the residents. You will actively manage and support the move in and out of residents and ensure that all available bedroomsare to showroom standard at all times. One thing is forsure,no two days will be the same!
Our ideal candidate will
* Have a good standard of general education and will hold a minimum of GCSE Maths and English.
* Be experienced in providing efficient administrative support ina timelyand confidential manner.
* Be comfortable working to financial and HR policies and procedures.
* Be proficient in Microsoft Office 365 software, including Outlook,Wordand Excel in addition to staffing and financial systems.
* Hold either AAT or NVQ Level 2 in Administration (desirable).
* Have experience in successfully promoting services for residential/nursing homes for older people or within a charity (desirable).
* Be knowledgeable onthe principles in sales and marketing
A team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, you will be organised,accurateand thorough in your work, taking pride in settinghigh standards. A positive person with a friendly manner, you will be comfortable working to deadlines to ensure the smooth running of the Home.Above all, wewould like you to be a champion of our mission,visionand values helping to support older people live well in later life.
Thisisntjust a job;itsabout making a difference to older peoples lives every day.
In return for your hard work and dedication, you can look forward to a wealth of benefits:
* Group Pension Plan, with a 6% contribution from us.
* Generous annual leave.
* Wellbeing support through various initiatives, including an employeeassistanceprogramme.
* Learning, development, and progression opportunities.
* Monthly prize draw, with 3 prizes to be won.
* Retail discount schemes to make your salary go further.
* Access to loans at affordable rates, saving directly from salary and advance pay already earned.
* Health cash plans for you and your family.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Long service awards that increase with length of service.
* Refer a friend to work for us and receive a £200 bonus.
* Free DBS checks.
Safeguarding
Keeping everyone safe is one of the charityscorevalues, andis central to everything we do at Friends of the Elderly. All staff follow our Safeguarding Policy & Procedures and, if they see or suspect abuse, we expect staff to report it straight away.
Criminal Record Checks
As this role involves a regulated activity, successful applicants will undertake an enhanced DBS check, with barred lists check, and any offer of employment will be dependent on a satisfactory outcome.
Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar a person from working for us, this will depend on the circumstances and background of any record.
Equality, Diversity, And Inclusion
Friends of the Elderly strives to treat all staff equally and be a diverse and inclusive workplace, where everyone can be themselves and everyone accepts each others differences. A charity where everyone is equal butdefinitely notthe same.
Our ambition is to ensure equality and celebrate diversity, all working together to create an inclusive workplace, which attracts andretainsthe best people. People that care and can make a difference.
We currently do not providesponsorshipbut we welcome applications from those who have a right work in the UK.
Dontdelay in sending your application as we may need to close the vacancy early if we manage to appoint before the advertising closing date. We interview applicants as they apply.
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