Receptionist

Quintiles (NYSE: Q) is the world's largest provider of biopharmaceutical development and commercial outsourcing services with a network of more than 29,000 employees conducting business in approximately 100 countries. We helped develop or commercialize all of 2013's top-100 best-selling drugs on the market.

Quintiles applies the breadth and depth of our service offerings along with extensive therapeutic, scientific and analytics expertise to help our customers navigate an increasingly complex healthcare environment as they seek to improve efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of better healthcare outcomes. To learn more about Quintiles, please visit www.quintiles.com

RESPONSIBILITIES
Specific duties will vary by office location and organizational structure but the role holder is likely to carry out the majority of the
following or very similar tasks.
In absence of Receptionist, receive visitors, issue visitor/security passes and notify staff of their arrival accordingly.
Answer incoming telephone calls, forwarding calls and passing on messages appropriately.
Receive incoming and outgoing post and distribute.
Place bookings for such things as taxis, couriers, lunches etc.
Collate and maintain administrative data and provide information to management as necessary.
Perform well defined tasks with close supervision and will refer complex or delicate matters upwards.
When manager is unavailable, may respond to routine items and forward urgent issues to appropriate individuals.
Perform other duties as required.