Front Desk/Admin Receptionist - Dubai, Part-time, Emiratization

INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT

For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and eyewear.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer.

Today, Chalhoub Group stands for 14,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work.

To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up “The Greenhouse”, which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women's Empowerment Principles.

What You'll Be Doing

Our Front Desk Attendant is responsible for all front office operations such as handling company incoming and outgoing telephone calls, dispatching of mail, couriers and time sheets. The job holder is the single point of contact for all messages and information

• Daily collection and delivery of mail from PO Box and transfer to office mail room when assigned Operate telephone switchboard to answer, screen and forward calls, providing information and taking messages
• Provide information about establishment such as location and working hours of departments or offices, employees within the organization, or services provided
• Greet people entering establishment, determine nature and purpose of visit, and direct or escort them to specific destinations
• Maintain guest reservation system
• Receive, sort, and route mail, with courier and deliveries
• Manage the mail room by allocating mail space for each department/company
• Assist staff and keep a track of the international calls and faxes to enable the accounts department to debit the amount to the personnel
• Be aware of the location of staff i.e.out of the office in a meeting, on leave, on business trips etc.
• Arrange for public transportation if requested by guests Maintain up-to-date telephone lists Perform other clerical duties as needed, such as filing, photocopying, and collating
  
  

What You'll Need To Succeed

• Strong English communication skills
• Comfortable and open for greeting and engaging with guests
• Flexible with shift timings
  
  

What We Can Offer You

With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.

We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.

We Invite All Applicants to Apply

It Takes Diversity Of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.

We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.