GEMS Group Holdings Limited Hiring for Receptionist – Maternity Cover ( Months) at Dubai Full Time

Vacancy Details

13905 – Receptionist – Maternity Cover (9 Months)

Location: UAE – Dubai About the Role This is an exciting and unique opportunity for you to join our outstanding school and become part of our parent focused Front of House Team.
We are looking for a

temporary Receptionist to cover maternity leave for 9 months, starting 1st May 2023.

Your key priority will be delivering a positive customer experience during all interactions with existing and potential parents, visitors, staff and students.
Your main responsibilities will include providing information to visitors on a full range of topics, answering phone calls in a courteous manner and maintaining a database of school visitors.
You will provide an excellent and memorable customer experience while ensuring that GEMS policies, procedures and codes of conduct are followed at all times. You will have excellent communication and organisation skills. You will work in close relationships with the front of house team, attend staff meetings and serve on committees as and when required.

About You

You will have a minimum of 1 years experience in a front of house or customer service role. You will have secretarial and computer skills at a professional level and will be an advanced user of Microsoft Office.
You will have excellent presentation skills and will be able to communicate with a variety of internal and external stakeholders in an effective, professional and timely manner. Working under pressure, you will be able to multi-task in an efficient manner and be able to manage a high workload at peak times throughout the school day. You will deliver an outstanding customer experience in all situations.
You must be on a spouse or family UAE visa.
About Your Benefits This position is Full Time, working Monday to Friday

Hours of work are:

Monday – Thursday 7am to 4pm (1 hour lunch break)
Friday 7am to 12:30pm
You will receive a competitive compensation package including the following:
Competitive Salary 28 working days annual leave for the 9 month assignment All Government approved holidays Medical & Life Insurance Uniform Allowance Tuition Fee Concession at GEMS school On site parking available on a first come first served basis
About GEMS Trusted for over 60 years and now a third generation education family, GEMS Education began in a single school room in Dubai. Today, we have the privilege of educating over 170,000 students from over 176 countries through GEMS owned and managed schools globally; over 270,000 students access resources through our services division.
About the School GEMS Jumeirah Primary School is one of the most established and highly sought-after schools in Dubai. It has been consistently ‘Outstanding’ since 2010, thus securing its place amongst the top five schools in Dubai.
JPS is a High Performance Learning ‘World Class’ premium independent school, teaching the National Curriculum for England to pupils from FS1 to Year 6, using pedagogical approaches cherry-picked from the top performing countries in the world on a campus equipped with excellent facilities. The school has an enthusiastic and dedicated team of highly-skilled classroom and specialist teachers, who create personalised and challenging learning opportunities to develop the children’s critical thinking, problem-solving, innovation and independent learning skills. Behavior across school is exemplary and the children have a real passion for learning. As well as achieving high academic standards against international benchmarks in the core subjects, the children of JPS achieve notable successes in the non-core subjects of Physical Education, Music and the languages and leave at the end of their JPS journey as well-rounded members of the international GEMS community in which they thrive.
GEMS Jumeirah Primary School is a full member of the British Schools in the Middle East (BSME) and a member of the Independent Association of Preparatory Schools.
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About Application Process If you meet the criteria and you are enthusiastic about the role, we would welcome your application.
To complete the application you would need the following document(s):
1. Resume/CV
In line with the UAE’s Emiratisation goals, GEMS welcomes and encourages applications from UAE nationals to join our fast-growing team.
Important Note : GEMS Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all of its students. Applicants will be required to submit a current police criminal clearance check or equivalent from their home country or current country of residence prior to appointment.