Receptionist, Healthcare

.Could you be our Receptionist?

We are on the look out for a Reception at our Sense Hub in Belfast. The successful candidate will provide reception and clerical support for all services in the Hub.

This is a permanent role, working 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8:45am-4:45pm. We are offering a Receptionist £24,374 per annum.

Opening its doors in 2025, Sense Hub Belfast will increase the support Sense can provide by 50% and offer new spaces for the community to engage with the organisation. In addition to expanding existing services, the Hub will enable Sense to provide new, vital services with a proven successful track record. These include:

• A day service for disabled adults, offering a range of regular activities where people can get support, try new things, and make new connections.
• An early intervention service for children with disabilities 0-8 years old that enhances existing support for deafblind children.
• Arts, Sports and Wellbeing programmes in partnership with local providers.
• A transition and employment service that will support disabled people as they move into adulthood.

The Sense Hub Belfast will ensure that the 52,000 people across Northern Ireland with a complex disability have somewhere they can enjoy now and in the future. Support for the disabled community cannot wait any longer and we hope you can join us in transforming the lives of those who need help most. Any contribution can help make the dream of a more inclusive and accessible community for disabled people more of a reality.

• Excellent telephone manner and communication skills
• Ability to communicate well with Families, external professionals and people from wide ranging backgrounds
• Excellent organisational skills
• Good time management skills
• Ability to manage own workload effectively
• Computer literate with good technical skills

We believe that every disabled person should have the opportunity to connect with others and be included in the world. We use our knowledge and expertise to deliver personalised, creative and flexible support at every stage of life. Sense is proud to be a disability confident leader .

Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.

• 24 days of annual leave.
• Matched pension contributions up to 5%.
• Free life assurance policy.
• Cashback and discounts on high street brands (and 10% off at Sense charity shops!).
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Travel season ticket loans.
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Free DBS check if your role needs one.
• A £350 refer-a-friend scheme.
• Free access to over 100 online and face-to-face training courses, including the care certificate.
• Wisdom App- free access for all employees to mindfulness application.

To apply

Managers will use your supporting statement to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly. We would recommend that you read the candidate guidelines, job description and person specification (found at the base of this advert) before applying.

Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.

No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.

If you require any further assistance, please contact the Recruitment Team on or

Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.

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