Brunswick Group's New York Office is seeking a highly organized, affable and ambitious Receptionist. In this role, you will coordinate with other members of the Administrative Team and the broader business to effectively handle the office's switchboard, interface with clients, and excellently initiate, coordinate and support the daily activities of our leading corporate advisory firm's New York location. This position offers future development and advancement opportunities within the administrative team within the broader U.S.

Duties and Responsibilities:
** This role requires onsite support Monday through Friday between the core hours of 8:30am-5:30pm ET, with flexibility before and after depending on the needs of the office**• Phone screening, call re-direction, message handling.

• Monitor visitor management system and issue visitor passes
• Schedule and ensure management of conference room reservations
• Maintain the appearance of the reception area
• Greet visitors in a gracious manner by welcoming, directing and announcing them appropriately
• Collaborate with NY Office Manager to establish procedures that enhance operational policies
• Maintain strong internal relationships with the NY, U.S. and international Brunswick teams
• Receive deliveries of office materials and unpack shipments
• Conduct dishwasher operation throughout the day
• Check conference rooms throughout the day for neatness (remove perishables left from meetings)
• Assist with catering set up and breakdown for client and team events
• Offer support/back-up coverage to other administrative staff as needed
• Perform related duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Minimum one (1)-to-three (3) years of administrative or customer service experience in a fast-paced, confidential, client-driven professional services environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Works well independently and as a team player
• Ability to organize, priorities and manage multiple requests
• Ability to think on their feet and have impeccable judgment
• Ability to take on challenges and maintain a proactive approach to the role
• Bachelor's Degree preferred
• Intermediate to Advanced software skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint for PC, Windows 2000, Internet)
• **Physical requirements may include the ability to lift and move boxes weighing up to 40 lbs. **

While not required, the following would be a plus:
o International work experience or knowledge
o Multi-lingual
o Familiarization with and knowledge of the New York City area

The Firm

About Brunswick

Brunswick is a strategic advisory firm focused on critical issues and critical stakeholders. Our purpose is to help our clients play their role in the world successfully.

We advise on critical issues and critical stakeholders at the center of business, politics and society, and help our clients – the leaders of large, complex organizations – understand and navigate these interconnected worlds.

Brunswick is one firm globally, operating as a single profit center. This allows us to respond seamlessly and effectively to clients' needs wherever they are in the world.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement

Maintaining and strengthening a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace are pillars of Brunswick's culture and key to our future success. Valuing and supporting every colleague as an individual while helping them reach their full potential is critical to attracting and developing our greatest strength – our people. By embracing our differences and diverse perspectives we create richer experiences within our firm and enhance the quality of the ideas and advice that we deliver to our clients.

Background

Founded in London in 1987, Brunswick's global partnership has grown organically to 27 offices in 18 countries. We began as a M&A and financial communications firm and, over time, expanded our capabilities to provide expert advice to our clients on a range of business critical issues. We invested in new offices, sector teams and practice groups including investor engagement; shareholder activism; governance; regulatory and public affairs, including geopolitical; crisis; litigation; social issues including climate change and diversity, equity and inclusion; cybersecurity, data and privacy; employee engagement; digital communications; opinion research and analysis, and; creative services.

Our CEO is Neal Wolin, based in Washington, D.C. Our Chairman is Sir Alan Parker, based in London.

The Americas

In the U.S., we have offices in Chicago, Dallas, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. In Brazil, we have an office in Sao Paulo. We advise clients on, among other things, domestic and cross border M&A, IPOs, activism, capital markets and investor relations, public and regulatory affairs, geopolitical issues, litigation, crisis, cyber, employee engagement, digital, opinion research and on broader reputation campaigns.

Colleagues in the U.S. are drawn from a variety of backgrounds and consist of in-depth industry and sector experts from banking, law, accounting, politics, government, journalism and the media, consulting and elsewhere. Our U.S. CEO is Nik Deogun.

For more information on Brunswick, including our offices and client offers, please visit our website: www.brunswickgroup.com