Travel Consultant

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.