Receptionist

Job Title: Receptionist

Location: Newcastle , NE13

Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity? Join Persimmon Homes as a Receptionist and step into a role where your success is celebrated, your growth supported, and your work truly matters.

Why Persimmon Homes?

We’re one of the UK’s largest and most established housebuilders — FTSE 100 listed, with 29 regional offices and thousands of quality homes built every year.

At Persimmon, we don’t just build homes — we build careers. When you join us as a Receptionist, you’ll benefit from:

• Competitive salary
• 5* housebuilder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
• Life Cover & Contributory Pension
• Bonus
• Employee Benefits Platform – giving you access to high-street discounts, wellbeing support, and more
• Committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowering your development

What is the role?

This is an exciting opportunity for a Receptionist to work in our North East office based in Gosforth. 

The purpose of the role is to provide reception duties but also general administrative support where needed.

Hours: 9.00am – 5.00pm Monday to Friday (one hour for lunch)

The role will include:

• You will also be expected to provide and perform general administration support to various departments under the instruction of the MD’s PA.
• Receive and co-ordination deliveries to relevant departments ensuring that they are notified and to facilitate prompt collection.
• Responsibility for allocation, booking and co-ordination of meeting rooms.
• Arranging refreshment for meetings and general set up requirements for meeting rooms.
• Post Duties
• Other Ad Hoc duties

 What we need from you?

• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent telephone manner
• Previous experience as Receptionist / Administrator, ideally in a house building background
• A proactive and personable manner
• Computer literate with experience of a number of different packages including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Ability to be well organised, self-motivated with high attention to detail
• To be a team player