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East Africa Travel Specialist

Succeed Recruitment Solutions
Posted 8 days ago, valid for 11 days
Location

Glasgow, City of Glasgow G62 6EP, Scotland

Salary

£36,000 - £43,200 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • An East Africa specialist is needed for a tour operator focusing on luxury travel to Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
  • The role involves creating bespoke itineraries and requires personal travel experience in the region and previous B2C sales experience.
  • The position offers a highly competitive salary of £37k plus uncapped commission, with an OTE of £60k+.
  • This is a fully remote, full-time position with flexible hours and opportunities for overseas work and familiarization trips.
  • Candidates should possess strong product knowledge of East Africa and excellent communication skills.

We have an incredible opportunity for a dynamic, highly enthusiastic East Africa specialist with a lust for luxury and adventure with personal travel experience to Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Our client, an established tour operator for the East Africa region, is looking for a travel expert to join their small but mighty team!

You’ll be submerged in the world of safaris, lodges, tours, luxury and more as you carefully craft bespoke itineraries for your discerning travellers. Working with DMC’s you’ll be tailor making bucket list experiences using personal recommendations to create once in a life time holidays.

To be considered for this role, personal travel experience to Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda are essential with previous experience of B2C sales. Flexible approach to working hours to meet the demands of the business is also required.

On offer is:

  • A highly competitive salary - £37k plus uncapped commission OTE £60k+
  • Fully remote
  • Full Time - flexible hours to suit
  • Opportunities to work overseas
  • FAM trips

If this role is of interest to you, please press the apply online button now!

Role of East Africa Travel Specialist:

  • Creating custom built itineraries from inbound sales calls offering a fully bespoke service with expert impartial advice.
  • Offering an enthusiastic and passionate approach to each enquiry.
  • The ability to offer the customer alternative solutions if the original offering does not meet the customer requirements
  • Making accurate cost calculations, and providing customers with quotations quickly and efficiently.
  • Work pro-actively as part of a small team

Skills required for the role:

  • Background of B2C sales in East Africa and strong product knowledge of this region
  • Previous personal travel experience to Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda or Ethiopia an advantage
  • Tailor-made experience
  • Flexible approach to working hours
  • Able to work on own initiative with a pro-active work ethic
  • Well organised
  • Excellent communication and listening skills

If you’re interested in learning more about this East Afica Travel Specialist role, please press the apply online button now!

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.