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This is a pivotal role with the Travel Operations and Customer Services Manager being a senior, hands-on role, responsible for delivering a safe, good-value experience for their trip participants from booking through to the successful completion of their chosen challenge. This involves overseeing the pre-departure experience of participants as well as the management and booking of supplier services to ensure all trips are run safely and efficiently for all participants.
Job Responsibility:
Maintaining Trip Date Mapping documents to ensure all trips are planned efficiently, liaising with sales staff to ensure departure dates are optimised
Administer the agreed pre-departure checks process for all Active trips, liaising with other relevant staff to ensure participants and charity partners are communicated with where necessary
Taking responsibility for ensuring that trips are mapped on dates with the best value flight prices and choose the best value airlines for each routing, taking flight times, layovers, cost per person and contractual terms into account
Request, negotiate and agree trip-specific quotes/contracts with airlines as early as possible, ensuring the cost per travelling participant is minimised
Monitor suppliers performance and adherence to contractual obligations and ensure that the CEO is made aware of issues as soon as possible after they arise
Requirements:
Previous operations experience within adventure or student-based travel
Experience in administering group travel packages
Building and maintaining professional relationships with suppliers
Experience dealing with customer enquiries and complaints