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Office based vacancy
Are you an expert when it comes to East Africa or Continental Asia and have world class project management skills?Expedition Planning Manager
(East Africa or Continental Asia Specialist)
£21,500 + annual increment of £1,000Excellent benefits including eligibility for annual company bonus of 10% of annual salary, overseas travel and learning and development opportunities
High Wycombe based
At a glance…
As part of the Specialist and Activity sector within the TUI Group, World Challenge provides educational expeditions for school groups. We offer the opportunity for over 400 groups to enter into a programme of learning and development; fundraising; and team building, culminating in a 1-6 week Expedition to one of our exciting destinations in the developing world.
Driving the operations of our business is our planning department, responsible for delivering high quality, risk assessed expedition itineraries to some 50 destinations. Our planning department has undergone an exciting transformation, now working as Continent teams with in-depth specialist knowledge of and commercial responsibility for the destinations in their portfolio.
Our Planning Department is now looking for a destination specialist in either the East Africa or Continental Asia region or to join them as an Expedition Planning Manager.
What you’ll be doing…
Working from our award-winning offices in High Wycombe and using your specialist knowledge, you’ll plan each expedition to your portfolio of destinations, within budget and to strict safety standards. Your aim will be to ensure our young challengers experience an awe-inspiring range of community project work, trekking and cultural adventure.
As an accomplished communicator, you will liaise with in-country agents and build and maintain a supplier network, negotiating costs and ensuring standards are met. As the destination specialist for your portfolio, you will provide briefings to colleagues.
What we’re looking for…
As a destination specialist, you will have experience or knowledge of either East Africa, in particular Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, OR Continental Asia, in particular Nepal, Mongolia, China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. You’ll be motivated by your commitment to your destinations and the delivery of quality expeditions, able to demonstrate effective project management and proactive problem solving skills.
Comfortable presenting to large groups and able to manage a budget, you’ll be positive, flexible and possess a meticulous eye for detail. An excellent communicator, you’ll share our passion for outdoor education and adventure travel.
What we’re offering…
• Stimulating and dynamic working environment.
• Comprehensive induction, mentoring, training and personal development.
• Competitive remuneration, travel and holiday discounts, company pension, large outdoor kit discounts, generous holiday entitlement and lively company events.
• Independent overseas travel as required and opportunities to participate on an overseas expedition.
Application Closing Date: Friday 13th April.
Interviews: week beginning Monday 16th April.
Employment Start Date: Monday 21st May latest.
To apply, please send your cover letter detailing how your skills and experience match the criteria in addition to your CV to both astanger-leathes@world-challenge.co.uk and hrogers@world-challenge.co.uk
Unfortunately, due to high volumes of applications, only those short-listed to attend an interview will be contacted with specific feedback.
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