Location: SAMS, Oban Contract Type: Permanent Working Pattern: Part Time (21 hours per week) Salary Range: £24,242.40 (FTE) per annum. Closing date: 1st August 2025 The Role We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our busy reception team, to provide an excellent customer and administration service. You will be expected to communicate with people at all levels, ensuring a friendly, welcoming and efficient service to visitors, tenants, staff and students at all times. You will be an excellent communicator, organized and work comfortably within a professional front of house environment. You will also be proficient in the use of Microsoft packages. The Reception area itself operates Monday to Friday 08:30 – 17:15 hrs with a team of 3 Receptionists. Receptionists will be required to have interchangeable skills in order to provide full duties at all times. Working hours for this post are: Wednesday - 12:45 – 17:15 hrs Thursday and Friday 08:30 – 17:15 hrs The successful candidate will also provide planned absence cover for other receptionists. The other receptionists will provide the same when this postholder is also on leave. Leave dates will be agreed well in advance. In addition to the above, you may also, on occasion, provide some administrative support to HR, committees and other areas of SAMS, where required. Our Ideal Candidate You will already have some experience of working in a reception or customer focused role and be familiar with administrative duties. You will be able to multi-task, think on your feet and prioritize your own work tasks as well as work well as a team with other receptionists. You will also need to provide flexibility for cover for other receptionists and assist other areas of the business, where required. Interested? We would love to hear from you. If you have queries on the job and would like to talk these through before applying, please email these through, in the first instance, to hr@sams.ac.uk Applications must include CV and Cover Letter and should be sent electronically to: recruitment@sams.ac.uk quoting Job Ref ‘D09/25.HF’ in the subject heading. Closing date for applications is 1st August 2025. Interviews will be held on site in August 2025. The newly appointed recruit must be able to start work in early September 2025. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK already in place. Full details can be found here: www.sams.ac.uk/vacancies SAMS’ commitment to gender equality has been recognised, as our institute was presented with an Athena SWAN (Scientific Women’s Academic Network) Bronze Award and is currently working towards Investors in Diversity accreditation. SAMS follows Fair Work Practices. SAMS Group is committed to being an equal and open organisation. Diversity and inclusion are important to us, and we strive to remove any barriers that may prevent people from applying to join us. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, and from all who share our values and can help us to broaden our knowledge and range of ideas.