Corporate Waiter/receptionist

**About Herbert Smith Freehills**

As one of the world’s leading law firms, we advise many of the largest and most ambitious organisations across all major regions of the globe. With over 5,000 people, including 3,100 lawyers and over 2,000 business services professionals, operating from our global network of offices across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North America, Herbert Smith Freehills is at the heart of the new global business landscape providing premium quality, full-service legal advice.

We recognise that the success of our business and our clients relies on the skills, knowledge and ideas of all our people. Our environment is one in which high performance is expected, in return, we will provide you with rewards and opportunities tailored to your personal and professional goals.

**The Opportunity**

**The role: Corporate Waiter/Receptionist**

**Day-to-day, you'll be responsible for**:

- Welcoming clients, partners and staff in a professional manner, promptly advising relevant parties of their arrival and direction to the allocated rooms.
- Providing waiter service for meetings conducted on the premises including the set-up, clearing and cleaning of meeting and seminar rooms.
- Providing waiter and bar service for after-hours meetings and events.
- Maintaining up to date information within the room booking system, confirming all bookings, catering, audio visual and in room requirements.
- Liaising with Facilities and Client Services team to ensure maintenance, after-hours air conditioning, after-hours access and cleaning requests are confirmed.
- Liaising with Client Services team to confirm food, beverage and set up requirements for meetings and events.
- Assisting Client Services Manager and CS Coordinator with administration and reporting tasks.
- Providing assistance to clients and staff with audio visual and video conferencing needs.
- Providing assistance to the café with coffee preparation, food preparation and sales during busy periods.
- Providing support for the, Barista and Reception for daily breaks and annual leave.
- Ensuring that the reception area is maintained to highest standard.
- Assisting the kitchen team with occasional ‘hands on’ duties and/or after-hours events support.
- Liaising with the CS Coordinator regarding overseeing of beverage and meeting room tea and coffee supplies.

**To be successful in this position you will have**:

- Experience within hotels or corporate receptions.
- Experience in utilising computerised booking systems eg; Manhattan Space Scheduling Software.
- Microsoft office suite.
- Working knowledge of audio visual and video conferencing equipment.
- Coffee making skills.

**What you can expect from us**:

- We’re a world leading international law firm with a global team of over 5,000 professionals. As the market leader in Australia, we are committed to high performance, collaboration, diversity and digital innovation. We are client-centred, commercially driven, and renowned for our solution-focused expertise. We will align your growth with our ambitions.
- We make your personal and professional growth our business. And as part of the team, our ambition is yours too. Wherever you are in your career: grow and help the firm grow with you.
- We will provide opportunities to learn on the job as well as a mix of learning opportunities tailored to you. Daily experiences, supportive challenges, team collaboration, mentors, and structured learning opportunities help you to expand your knowledge and reach your goals.
- We value your wellbeing, both at home and work and we place a strong emphasis on mental health. If you need support, you’ll have it and we’ll empower you to harness your personal strengths, navigate uncertainty, embrace opportunities, and effectively manage things within your control.
- Join us to be part of a human, bold and outstanding team at Australia’s market leading law firm.
- This vacancy is being managed directly by Herbert Smith Freehills Recruitment team. We will contact our preferred agency partners should we require additional assistance. Thank you._

**Team**

Office Operations

**Working Pattern**

Full time

**Location**

Perth

**Contract type**

Permanent Contract

**Diversity & Inclusion**

At Herbert Smith Freehills you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator. People at our firm come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to their work with us. We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work. We know that our future success not only depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market but, most importantly, on our people feeling highly engaged in meaningful work.

We understand that you have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to creat