First Military Recruitment
Job title:
Travel Consultant
Company
First Military Recruitment
Job description
MS361 – Travel ConsultantLocation: Cirencester (hybrid working)Salary: £26,000 per annum + bonus structure & benefitsOverview: First Military Recruitment are currently supporting our client in the search for a Travel Consultant. An exciting opportunity to play a key role in an educational travel organisation. Your organisational ability in the UK and internationally will ensure our students have outstanding experiences. For the successful candidate making a positive difference, there are excellent promotion opportunities in an expanding company.This is a full-time permanent role, working 37.5 hours per week.Our client is keen to offer opportunities to Ex-Military personnel, but all applications will be considered.Duties and Responsibilities:
- Delivering high quality school trips overseas. Your aim is quite simply to ensure our students and teachers have outstanding experiences.
- Working in a hybrid arrangement from home and occasionally from the Cirencester office, you will plan market leading educational itineraries, and work with our in-country partners to organize all in-country logistical arrangements, as well as: project work, seminars with United Nations agencies and international NGOs, and outdoor activities such as mountain treks and snorkeling.
- You will have responsibility for all related expenditure to keep within company budgets, and to strict safety standards.
- You will liaise with clients, in-country partners, and travel to overseas locations to set up new projects and fieldwork. Full training will be provided.
- The role will also be responsible for further functions within the operations team, for example, safety and medical equipment management and process development.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Proven experience in project management, planning and coordination, with excellent administration skills, including budget management and logistics.
- Self-confident with excellent communication skills – comfortable presenting to students or parents.
- Excellent time management skills – ability to work to tight deadlines under own initiative without direct supervision, and with very good attention to detail.
- Team player, happy to work in small business where everyone has to be ‘hands on’.
- Positive, flexible, and a proactive problem-solver.
- Passion for outdoor education, environmental protection, and international development.
- Happy going on the road during busy periods, e.g., workshops and evening presentations.
- Working on site at our office in Cirencester at least two days a month.
- Full UK Driving Licence and own car.
- Undergraduate degree (or equivalent professional experience) – desirable.
- Overseas expedition and/or volunteer experience in developing countries – desirable.
- Office experience with an expedition company or within the travel industry – desirable.
- Experience managing activities with school groups – desirable.
Benefits:
- 22 days annual leave per year, plus extra holiday between Christmas and New Year.
- Personal development training courses, and overseas travel opportunities to visit Himalayas, Borneo, and Europe.
- Private healthcare and workplace pension.
Expected salary
£26000 per year
Location
Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Job date
Thu, 21 Mar 2024 23:04:25 GMT
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