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Receptionist, Bedford Probation temp

Manylion swydd
Dyddiad hysbysebu: 22 Rhagfyr 2025
Cyflog: £12.21 yr awr
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: pension holiday pay
Oriau: Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau: 05 Ionawr 2026
Lleoliad: Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 1LY
Gweithio o bell: Ar y safle yn unig
Cwmni: Brook Street
Math o swydd: Dros dro
Cyfeirnod swydd: BBBH422438_1766422763

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Job Title: Receptionist - Bedfordshire Probation Service (Temporary)
Employer: Brook Street Recruitment (on behalf of the Probation Service)

Location: Bedfordshire
Pay Rate: £12.21 per hour
⏰ Hours: Monday-Friday9-5 (with one evening shift per week, 1:00pm-8:00pm)
Contract: Until December 2025, with possibility to extend

⚠️ Please note: Successful candidates will be required to undergo SSCL vetting, which may take up to 6 weeks.

About the Role

We're recruiting a Receptionist to join the Probation Service in Bedfordshire. This is a frontline role where you'll be the first point of contact for visitors, people on probation, and staff, while also supporting the safe and efficient running of the office.

Key Duties

  • Welcome and log visitors, issue passes, and notify staff

  • Answer calls, emails, and basic enquiries, referring specialist queries where needed

  • Support building operations: mail, deliveries, stationery/PPE orders, room and desk bookings

  • Handle petty cash and travel warrants for people on probation

  • Assist with safety and security checks: fire alarms, CCTV monitoring, and act as Fire Warden/First Aider (training provided)

  • Provide confidential admin support: updating records, maintaining databases, and handling sensitive documents

  • Stay alert to safeguarding or risk issues and escalate appropriately

Skills & Experience

  • Strong customer service and communication skills

  • Confident with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

  • Professional, organised, and calm under pressure

  • Experience in criminal justice or customer-facing roles is desirable

Brook Street is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all candidates who are veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel, and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy.

As a Disability Confident Leader, and holder of the Gold Award status from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, Brook Street, as a supplier to the Public Sector Resourcing Framework (PSR), will offer you a guaranteed interview with a PSR Sourcer.

Should you identify as a candidate with a disability and/or as a veteran or spouse/partner of military personnel and meet all the essential criteria for the role, we encourage you to reach out to us via the Brook Street website. Here you will find a link to register your interest and state the role that you are interested in. We are committed to engaging with you. 

In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses/partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, Brook Street will interview the best candidates from within that group.

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