Travel Consultant

Description:

MS361 - Travel Consultant 

Location: Cirencester (hybrid working)

Salary: £26,000 per annum + bonus structure & benefits 

Overview: 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