Guest and Workplace Experience: Receptionist

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Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology to our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people in our industry; and we support them through professional growth, flexibility, and personalized benefits to manage life in and outside of work. Whether you've got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades, and technology, or you're looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, we empower you to shape a brighter way forward so you can thrive professionally and personally.

JLL Experience Services team members are "experts who create value through lasting partnerships." At JLL, it is our goal to provide workplace experiences that will be long remembered by our clients. We set the standard for superior experiences for our clients and our teams.

Job Summary

The Guest and Workplace Experience: Receptionist is responsible for delivering exceptional client experience every day through enhanced engagement, proactive communication, and high touch service within our client Paris office. They will be expected to increase the level of engagement and partnership between JLL, service partners and our clients to provide superior service delivery while enhancing their individual personal and professional skills. This role is responsible for the implementation of the experience program at the client site. This client facing role provides the opportunity to combine your passion for service, brilliant people skills and enthusiasm for creating a hospitality focused workplace environment.

Job Responsibilities

Provide a warm, courteous and prompt welcome to all those entering the reception area

Ensure security procedures for your building are followed by all entering through reception

Serve as the initial point of contact for all Client employee inquiries, issues, troubleshooting, and feedback related to the services within the workplace, with the primary goal of positively impacting the care and comfort of Client employees and guests

Execute Guest services in a manner consistent with the SLA's, standard processes, professional brand image and compliant with applicable local laws, rules, and regulations

Support routine walkthroughs and assessments of the workplace delivery when required to ensure adherence with service level agreements to provide flawless execution and exceptional service delivery for the Client.

Support data collection, analysis and reporting to ensure alignment with the Clients' goals and objectives.

Strive to continually improve experience service performance.

Achieve and exceed goals including performance goals, team goals and Clients' goals and objectives.

Work with account and client stakeholders to organise, host, and operationalise key engagement events within the assigned client location to enhance experience.

Work in accordance with health and safety measures and promoting a culture of safety amongst colleagues, contractors and vendors

Perform and provide additional duties and support, as required

Ensuring Exceptional Service

Work collaboratively within the account team in the delivery of Experience Services across all business (Facility Management, Engineering, Transactions, Projects, etc.) to support service delivery.

Assist with third party vendor relationships and service partners to provide maximum service delivery when needed

Intuitive service delivery, anticipating needs or concerns exceeding Client expectations

Build meaningful lasting relationships with Client employees and guests

Receive and respond to all requests or issues within one day of receipt, including a personal follow up to Client employees to ensure questions / requests are answered

Identify potential risks and escalate, as appropriate, to ensure no privacy breech, security incident or disruption to Client's operations occur

Engage in a culture of continuous improvement and innovation by leveraging business intelligence, adopting, and participating in the development of best practices, new tools, process re-engineering and other ideas that provide service delivery efficiencies

Assist and work flexibly with Client events as needed to ensure flawless delivery

Serve as an event concierge and manage conference room bookings including resolution of scheduling conflicts

Provide administrative and operational excellence for soft services

Perform additional job duties, as requested

About you

You are proficient in both French and English. French is spoken within the site; the business language is English with international visitors.

You work collaboratively and flexibly as part of a team to solve problems with professionalism and service-focused approach.

You have prior relevant experience in hospitality, facility / property management, operations and/or knowledge of commercial real estate, preferred

You have exceptional customer service skills and professionalism with a passion for hospitality

You are keen to develop within the workplace, spending time supporting a multi-disciplinary team gaining knowledge and expertise

You are adept at multitasking and are able to manage multiple projects effectively in a fast-paced environment

You keep up to date with industry trends and have direct experience or an interest in facilities management and customer service

You are open and have good communication skills

You strive for excellence in what you do and share ideas for improvement

You are proficient with Microsoft office and have an interest in technology

You are adaptable to work to requests and projects that may vary from day to day.

If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all of the requirements below. We're interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table

Personalized benefits that support personal well-being and growth:

JLL recognizes the impact that the workplace can have on your wellness, so we offer a supportive culture and comprehensive benefits package that prioritizes mental, physical and emotional health.

About JLL –

We're JLL—a leading professional services and investment management firm specializing in real estate. We have operations in over 80 countries and a workforce of over 102,000 individuals around the world who help real estate owners, occupiers and investors achieve their business ambitions. As a global Fortune 500 company, we also have an inherent responsibility to drive sustainability and corporate social responsibility. That's why we're committed to our purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world. We're using the most advanced technology to create rewarding opportunities, amazing spaces and sustainable real estate solutions for our clients, our people, and our communities.

Our core values of teamwork, ethics and excellence are also fundamental to everything we do and we're honored to be recognized with awards for our success by organizations both globally and locally.

Creating a diverse and inclusive culture where we all feel welcomed, valued and empowered to achieve our full potential is important to who we are today and where we're headed in the future. And we know that unique backgrounds, experiences and perspectives help us think bigger, spark innovation and succeed together.