About the role
With your previous experience in a sales-based role within the school travel factor, you'll be an excellent first point of contact for teachers and group leaders looking to plan a school trip.
You'll listen to their requirements and create inspirational tours and itineraries tailored to their educational objectives and budget.
And you'll enjoy an excellent package of benefits, including a generous salary, lucrative incentive schemes (including our market-leading uncapped commission scheme), opportunities to travel and hybrid or fully remote working.
Responsibilities:
- Follow up on sales leads
- Seek out new sales leads
- Develop relationships with potential and existing customers
- Set up costings for tours
- Create bespoke quotes tailored to the customer’s budget and requirements
- Follow up quotations sent and close sales
- The role will be predominantly telephone and email based; however, the successful candidate must be confident and able to attend face-to-face meetings with schools, groups and clients when required
- From time-to-time you will be required to travel to visit suppliers and hoteliers overseas giving you first-hand knowledge of the locations and visits we offer
- Any other tasks as may reasonably be assigned
Skills & Experience Required:
- You must be commercially astute and have excellent communication skills at all levels
- Excellent attention to detail
- Self-motivated
- Target driven
- Additional languages spoken would be a bonus
- Ability to work to tight deadlines
- Team player
- Proficient in the world of MS Office
- A passion for travel
- Previous experience in school travel sales essential
Why work with us?
- Market-leading uncapped commission scheme
- Opportunities to travel
- Flexible working
- Hybrid working after completing training
- 25 days paid holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with service to a maximum of 30 days)
- Private health insurance
- On-site parking (including EV charging points)
- Company pension scheme
- Monday to Friday working days
Think this could be the perfect fit for you? Please send your CV with a brief covering note about your salary expectations and any notice period to ben@halsbury.com