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Job description

If you’re passionate about travel, why not come and work at Travel Weekly’s Best Agency to Work For 2024?     At Hays Travel we put people at the heart of everything we do, that extends to our customers and colleagues alike. As the UK’s largest independent travel agency, we welcome new ideas, foster innovative thinking and encourage career development.   Not only are we dream holiday makers, we are also passionate about living and breathing our SMILE values.

Responsibilities

• You, along with your branch manager, will ensure your team is motivated and effective so that the branch can benefit from the productivity.
• You will lead your team by example and set standards by achieving your own sales targets and learning & development objectives.
• You will represent the branch in promotional events to increase the exposure and use social media to promote offers, generate customer engagement and sales leads.
• Career development is key - you will assist in supervising and coaching your team.
• Assistant Managers are integral to the effective day-to-day running of our branches. You will assist the branch manager in maximising sales and ensuring the profitability of the branch.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• You’ve got a minimum of 2 years’ experience as a Travel Consultant with a proven sales record .
• You’re a problem-solving leader with the ability and experience to coach, develop and motivate a team to maximise job satisfaction and performance.
• You have a customer focused approach to work towards and achieve individual and team sales targets.
• Your organisational and time-management skills help you always stay on top of your tasks.

Further Information

If you do not have 2 years’ experience of working in a travel agency, then please check out our New to Travel opportunities which is a fantastic way to join Hays Travel , see: https://careers.haystravel.co.uk/new-to-travel or alternatively to find out about our Foreign Exchange positions please visit https://jobs.haystravel.co.uk/jobs/foreign-exchange?source=careers.haystravel.co.uk There’s more to life than work, annual leave, and pensions. At Hays Travel we emphasise the value of having a work-life balance, we offer:   A range of training programmes to help you progress personally and professionally    Strong recognition and promotion opportunities   Opportunities to travel on educational trips   Discounts on booking your own holidays   Uncapped earning potential