Description

front office clerk
As a front office clerk, you’re typically the first point of contact for visitors and customers, making your role crucial in creating a positive impression of the organization. Your responsibilities often include:

Greeting and Assisting Visitors: Welcoming visitors, guests, or customers with a friendly demeanor, providing assistance, and directing them to the appropriate person or department.
Answering Phone Calls: Handling incoming phone calls, taking messages, transferring calls to the appropriate individuals, and providing information as needed.
Managing Appointments: Scheduling appointments, meetings, and reservations, coordinating with staff members or management, and maintaining organized appointment calendars.
Handling Correspondence: Sorting and distributing incoming mail, emails, and faxes, as well as preparing outgoing mail or packages.
Providing Information: Offering information about the organization’s products, services, hours of operation, and other relevant details to customers or visitors.
Assisting with Administrative Tasks: Supporting administrative functions such as data entry, filing, photocopying, and maintaining records or databases.
Handling Payments: Collecting payments for services, products, or reservations, processing transactions accurately, and providing receipts to customers.
Maintaining Reception Area: Ensuring that the reception area is clean, organized, and welcoming, including keeping reading materials updated and available.
Assisting with Special Projects: Supporting special events, projects, or initiatives as needed, which may involve tasks such as preparing materials, coordinating logistics, or assisting with setup.
Adhering to Security Procedures: Following security protocols, such as verifying identification for visitors, issuing visitor badges, and monitoring access to the premises.
Providing Customer Service: Addressing inquiries, resolving complaints or concerns, and ensuring that customers or visitors have a positive experience.
Collaborating with Team Members: Working closely with colleagues in other departments, such as administrative staff, customer service representatives, and managers, to coordinate activities and provide support as necessary.