Job Description
With over 35 years’ experience Club Europe are UK leaders in youth travel. We are specialists in school music tours abroad, school ski trips, educational school trips and sports tours. We are looking for a new dynamic Account Manager to join our sports tours team. Our exciting sport tours for schools provide the unique opportunity for sports teams from the UK to travel, train and play fixtures all over Europe, alongside the chance to experience the culture of the country they are visiting. From rugby on the beaches of Biarritz to hockey in the centre of Amsterdam, our trips combine the best sports programs with that extra ‘Club Europe’ ingredient that ensures our students will remember their tour for a long time to come.Do you have the following?
• Sports Science or similar graduate or equivalent qualification.
• Travel experience and knowledge of Europe
• Experience of travelling on a sports tour or working with a sports team
• Sales experience and hunger to meet and beat targets.
• Customer service experience.
• Determination and resilience.
• Organisation skills.
• Excellent standard of spoken and written English.
• Understanding of the UK school system and school trips advantageous.
• Thorough knowledge of the Microsoft Office package.
Your duties and responsibilities will be:
• New business development including contacting schools with a view to selling them a sports tour
• Maintaining and developing relationships with existing and new customers via meetings, telephone calls and emails.
• Account management and administration duties once a client has booked.
• Meeting your sales target.
• Using your own travel experience in advising clients on our destinations and sports tours in general
• Meeting clients on a regular basis.
• Updating our client database with groups’ details.
• Reviewing own sales performance.
• Travel to Europe to experience our sports tours first hand.Club Europe provides:
• Salary: OTE in first year £22,000 – £25,000.
• Flexible working.
• 28 days holidays (8 bank holidays inclusive) plus 3 days holiday gifted during the Christmas period.
• Extensive training on our Sports Tour programme.
• Great team spirit.
• Opportunities to travel abroad.
How to apply
Application process:
Please send a CV and covering letter to Fiona Johnson at fiona.j@club-europe.co.uk. Your covering letter should state why you are suitable for this position. Due to the nature of our business all successful applicants are DBS checked.