Job: Front Desk Receptionist

Job Description

Job Type: Full time, Hourly

Wage: $16/hr.

Location: Canon City, CO.

Job Description:

Our Mission Statement:

Sharing the love of God by helping families and individuals with their basic needs.

Hours and Pay: 40 hours a week, 8am – 4pm, Monday – Friday, hourly wage $16.00

Job Summary: The Receptionist is responsible for many administrative tasks that keep our office running smoothly. This position provides customer service and creates a welcoming environment. This person is responsible for coordinating and supervising the office procedures and staffing needed to make this ministry operate efficiently and effectively.

Agency Expectations:

● Adhere to agency policy and procedures.

● Demonstrate flexible and efficient time management and ability to prioritize workload.

● Consistently report to work on time prepared to perform duties of position.

● A strong work ethic having the needs of the organization and the clients as the primary priority.

● Ambassador for Loaves and Fishes Ministries along with all employees, and responsible for the marketing and promoting the organization and its program both internally and externally.

● Lead in being a heartfelt team member of Loaves and Fishes Ministries.

● Display Christ-like qualities in attitudes, work, interpersonal relationship and action.

● Assist in communicating our mission and core values in word and deed inside and outside of the program.

● Help plan program events such as fundraisers, graduations, and other special events.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare and edit correspondence, communications, presentations and other documents
• Answers, screens, and directs phone calls to staff;
• Takes messages
• Receives mail, documents, packages, and courier deliveries and delivers or distributes items.
• Performs administrative and clerical support tasks.
• Performs basic filing and recordkeeping.
• Receive and interact with incoming visitors
• Assist with completing various applications
• Supervise and train volunteers on receptionist duties

Required Skills, Abilities, Knowledge and Experience:

• High School graduate with some college preferred (experience can substitute for education)
• Knowledge of standard office administrative practices and procedures.
• Communication Skills – (verbal and written)
• Personal relations skills
• Organizational and planning skills
• Work with little or no supervision – (takes initiative)
• Computer proficiency in;
• Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, Publisher)
• Demonstrate high ethical behavior – (confidentiality)
• Demonstrate the ability to work in harmony with clientele, co-workers and supervisor
• Flexibility
• Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license and current automobile insurance with Colorado minimums.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to operate a variety of office equipment including (but not limited to) computer terminal, telephone, fax machine and photocopier.
• Ability to coordinate eyes, hands, feet and limbs performing semi-skilled movements such as data entry.
• Ability to exert sustained moderate physical effort in light work, typically involving some combination of stooping, kneeling, crouching and crawling, lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling.
• Ability to sustain prolonged visual concentration.
• Ability to recognize and identify similarities or differences between characteristics of colors and sounds associated with job-related objects, materials and task.

Loaves & Fishes Ministries in an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants must submit to a background check.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $16.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Experience:

• Administrative: 1 year (Required)

**Disclaimer: The duties and responsibilities described above are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee, time to time; the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. Click “View Application” below for more detail on this specific job.