Senior Travel Consultant – Africa

Remote working, basic salary up to £40,000 per annum + commission, OTE £45k-£60k

This Africa specialist B2C Tour Operator creates some of the most amazing tailor-made trips to the continent, offering exclusive Adventures, Lodges, Safaris, Tours and Beach holidays. To kick off their 2025 adventure, they are looking for an experienced Africa Specialist Travel Consultant to join their successful travel brand.

If you’ve got a few years’ experience selling tailor-made trips to Africa and are excited about joining a fun, dynamic Tour Operator, with an excellent salary package on offer, along with fantastic growth opportunities, please explore the job role below.

The Opportunity

Our Client’s got more holiday leads than they can handle and they’re growing fast (50% YoY growth). They’re looking for an ambitious Africa specialist Travel Consultant to join their travel team. You will play a leading role in driving revenue at this outstanding tour operator and design amazing trips for their US and UK customers.

· Experience selling Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda is a plus, but not essential. If you have the experience of selling Southern Africa destinations and are willing to learn new territories, this role could be for you

· As a Senior B2C Sales Specialist, you will conduct in-depth, engaging and energising customer consultations to capture imaginations and really understand the customer's travel preferences

· Deliver a passionate high quality of personalised service, ensuring your customers feel valued and engaged

· Design and sell the customer’s perfect trip to East Africa

· Loving the sales process and delight in talking to customers and closing deals

· Possess the aptitude to work as part of a small Africa specialist team

· Ongoing product training provided along with extensive educational trips to East Africa, offering you the opportunity to develop valuable knowledge on new destination launches

Now Let’s Talk About You:

· At least 3 years of Africa tailor-made B2C sales experience

· Experience of creating tailor-made trips from scratch (not scheduled group tours or ‘brochure selling’)

· Building rapport comes easy to you

· Drive to succeed in sales and a passion for, and travelled to parts of the continent

· Possess Africa geographical and product knowledge

· Used to dealing with customers with £6k+ per-person budgets

· Experience selling to the US & UK market

· Previous experience working with CRM systems

· This is a fully remote position and our client encourage flexible working

Most of their team is based in the UK, but they’re happy for you to be located elsewhere, provided you are currently working or have worked for an Africa specialist Tour Operator / Travel Agency / Online Travel Company, and possess the necessary experience they are looking for.

The Package:

· Basic salary from £37,000 - £40,000 per annum, dependent on experience, plus commission OTE £45k-£60k

· Including company benefits

· Permanent and Full time Remote role with flexible working

· Plus extensive educationals to East Africa

· And career growth opportunities

Interested?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

Important: When applying for this position, please forward an Africa Travel Profile listing the destinations and places of interest you have travelled to within the continent.

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Senior Travel Consultant - Africa Specialist