WBUR Receptionist Engineering, Infastructure, IT/Ops
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Boston University
Boston, MA, US
Summary
The receptionist serves as the primary point of contact for WBUR, managing telephone calls, greeting visitors, and handling email correspondence. Additionally, the role involves light administrative tasks and maintaining the cleanliness and organization of the breakroom and facilities.
Job Description
As the first point of contact for people when they reach out to WBUR, the receptionist is responsible for answering telephone calls, greeting visitors, and responding emails with a friendly demeanor and a focus on being as helpful as possible. Along with the front-facing responsibilities, this position will also be responsible for light support tasks such as updating certain correspondence trackers, assisting with break-room upkeep, and ensuring that the facilities are kept in a clean and orderly manner. This position will report to the Operations Manager. This position is part-time and in-person, on a 12 PM to 5 PM, Monday-Friday schedule.
Responsibilities:
- Manage reception desk operations on a day-to-day basis.
- Respond to and forward calls, maintain station email inboxes, provide guest access to building and parking garage and some administrative tasks.
- Maintain fresh coffee, clean, and organize breakroom.
- Operate and maintain kitchen supplies and equipment including dishwasher, coffee machine, range, and other equipment.
- Receive and distribute packages and mail as they are delivered to or picked up from WBUR's studio.
About WBUR WBUR is Boston's NPR and a public media leader, producing exceptional journalism on-air, online, on-demand, and in real life. Our mission is to produce high-quality journalism and enriching experiences that foster understanding, connection, and community for an expanding circle of people. WBUR is member-supported and licensed to Boston University. WBUR is brimming with talent and ambition. Our colleagues work hard, strive for excellence, value truth, creativity, diverse perspectives, and open debate. Our culture is warm and welcoming — no matter what your role is — we work hard to ensure that everyone feels like they belong. WBUR is a place to do meaningful work with interesting people and to learn and grow along the way.
For seventy years, Boston University College of General Studies has been a leader in general education—a small liberal arts college providing a world-class general education in the heart of a large research university. The educational practices CGS pioneered and refined—interdisciplinary learning, the Capstone project, the use of e-Portfolios for rigorous assessment, and an emphasis on general education—have since been adopted as best practices in the field of higher education.
Today, CGS continues its legacy of interdisciplinary teaching and learning. Its two-year program fulfills most of the University’s BU Hub general education requirements, inspiring students to make connections among disciplines and to connect their knowledge to real-world problems. It continues to offer a rigorous and comprehensive liberal arts foundation while guiding students on a unique pathway through BU, teaching them how to apply broad learning, how to think critically and creatively, and how to communicate effectively. With its unique first-year experience—a spring semester start date followed by a summer semester in London or New England—CGS offers the only program at Boston University where study abroad is integrated into the first year of college.
Our faculty and leadership pioneer best practices in interdisciplinary and general education around the globe. And our alumni continue to change the world in every industry and profession they choose—from entertainment to education to business to the medical fields.
We love to stay connected with our alumni, parents, and friends! Follow us here on LinkedIn, join BU Connects (https://buconnects.com/), or share your updates with us via a Class Note (https://www.bu.edu/cgs/alumni/class-notes/).
Founded
1952
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Higher Education
Org type
Educational
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts
For seventy years, Boston University College of General Studies has been a leader in general education—a small liberal arts college providing a world-class general education in the heart of a large research university. The educational practices CGS pioneered and refined—interdisciplinary learning, the Capstone project, the use of e-Portfolios for rigorous assessment, and an emphasis on general education—have since been adopted as best practices in the field of higher education.
Today, CGS continues its legacy of interdisciplinary teaching and learning. Its two-year program fulfills most of the University’s BU Hub general education requirements, inspiring students to make connections among disciplines and to connect their knowledge to real-world problems. It continues to offer a rigorous and comprehensive liberal arts foundation while guiding students on a unique pathway through BU, teaching them how to apply broad learning, how to think critically and creatively, and how to communicate effectively. With its unique first-year experience—a spring semester start date followed by a summer semester in London or New England—CGS offers the only program at Boston University where study abroad is integrated into the first year of college.
Our faculty and leadership pioneer best practices in interdisciplinary and general education around the globe. And our alumni continue to change the world in every industry and profession they choose—from entertainment to education to business to the medical fields.
We love to stay connected with our alumni, parents, and friends! Follow us here on LinkedIn, join BU Connects (https://buconnects.com/), or share your updates with us via a Class Note (https://www.bu.edu/cgs/alumni/class-notes/).
Founded
1952
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Higher Education
Org type
Educational
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts