Job description

Fancy joining the team?

We’re looking for skilled business travel consultants to join our corporate teams.

Job Purpose:

You will be part of a team of corporate travel consultants responding to travel requests from SME’s, Government bodies and the Higher Education sector across the UK and Ireland as well as handling internal enquiries. You will play a vital role in ensuring we continue to exceed our service level agreements and fulfil our customer requirements by providing the highest level of customer service and the best value for money.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Give expert travel quotes and provide creative travel itineraries.
2. The internal team will be responsible to handle supplier bookings for all teams across the corporate division
3. Working as part of a team arranging worldwide travel for corporate & business accounts within commercial, government, education & local authorities
4. Ensure all quotations meet client needs and reservations are booked in an accurate and timely manner.
5. Providing in depth knowledge of destinations, tour operators and suppliers
6. Know your customer, listen to their needs and conduct yourself at all times in a friendly and professional manner
7. Deliver exceptional customer service and make sure all requirements are accurately met each and every time in line with client needs
8. Act as an ambassador and key point of contact for the client during their travels before, during and after
9. Using a GDS booking system / other reservation system

Skills & Experience

1. Excellent time management and organisational skills are essential
2. Ability to work under pressure and to precise time frames is paramount
3. Operation of GDS (Galileo) is desirable.
4. The successful candidate will be able to work self-sufficiently, as well as part of the team.
5. The following skills are desirable; working in a corporate/group booking travel environment, knowledge of tailor-made trips, booking and changing multi sector and multi product itineraries.
6. Minimum of 2 years’ experience in the travel sector.

In return below are some of the fantastic rewards we offer:

1. Monday to Friday working hours and no weekends
2. Enhance holiday leave entitlement
3. Working from home allowance to help support with bills
4. Life cover
5. Enhanced employer pension contributions
   Health & wellbeing benefits, allowance towards physical and non-physical memberships, Flu vaccines, home office budget
6. Private medical insurance including a wide-reaching health plan worth up to £2000 per employee per annum
7. Staff travel perks including FAM trips and supplier events
8. Tech purchase plan
9. Support funding tuition fees for relevant further education
10. Long service rewards and other employee recognition schemes
11. Plus, many other employee benefits

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Schedule: Monday to Friday

Experience:

1. Travel: 2 years (required)
2. GDS Experience (Galileo/Amadeus Desirable): 2 years (required)

Work authorisation: United Kingdom (required)

Remote working, you must reside in the UK.

Selective Travel Management is an equal opportunities employer.

To apply for this exciting opportunity please return the attached Monitoring form and your CV to careers@selective-travel.co.uk.