Why join Sports Travel International?
We are always on the look out for talented, enthusiastic people to join our team. If you believe you can make a difference to Sports Travel International and our customers, then please send a CV and a covering letter to fidelma@sportstravelinternational.com with the subject heading VACANCIES
Current opportunities:
Charity and Corporate Sales Executive
Responsibilities and Role
- Work with existing Charities to develop further fundraising Marathon and Cycling entry packages.
- Identify Charities who will benefit from creating a new fundraising opportunity via existing and bespoke Marathon and Cycling entry packages.
- Identify, research and approach corporate businesses who have a requirement to create a bespoke cycling event, running event or training event.
- Create proposals and prepare presentations to win new Charity and Corporate partnerships.
- We have many years of experience in arranging these types of bespoke trips and your role would be to develop a strong pipeline of suitable companies to approach and develop relationships with.
Role Profile
- Experience in B2B Sales, preferably within the Travel or Charity sector
- Demonstrate Target driven sales/ business development results with strong commercial acumen.
- Great Interpersonal and networking skills with proven ability to develop mutually beneficial corporate relationships.
- Excellent organisational and IT skills
- Experience in managing a CRM database.
- Self starter, with the ability to motivate and see a project through to a final win
- Tenacious
- Good negotiating skills
- Flexible and adaptable approach to work
- Willingness to travel across Ireland to attend meetings and events with some travel to Manchester.
- Full driving license and access to a car.
- Access to our offices in Swords, Dublin where the role is based.
- Ability to work within a team to collaborate and ensure objectives are met.
- An interest in Mass Participation Endurance Sports Events, including Marathons, Cycling or Triathlon would be advantageous.
If you would like to be considered for this role, please send an E mail with your CV including information on your background to rebecca.fryer@sportstoursiternational.co.uk
Sales/Customer Service Executive
Key responsibilities
- As of a team you will assist with the processing of sales enquiries via telephone and email bookings for Sports Tours International.
- You will also assist in coordinating Sales activity between our Paris and Dublin offices.
- Bookings will include individuals, groups and bespoke enquiries.
- Processing payments, receipting, and updating bookings and events accordingly.
- We will train you to understand how we package with Entry, Accommodation and Flights for the Worlds Major Marathon events, such as the Tokyo and New York, The Tour De France and major Cycling Spring Classics plus many more world class events.
- Attend sporting events in PR/Representation capacity where required including travel overseas to events.
- Ensuring all records and files are kept up to date and accurate
- Customer Database management via our new CRM system
Key Skills required
- Experience working in the travel or sports industry is preferable.
- Good sales skills with an ability to demonstrate previous successes.
- Strong Commercial acumen.
- Competent understanding of Microsoft Office
Personal skills
- Highly motivated self-starter
- Open mindedness and innovative
- Bias for action
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong planning capability
- Approachable and willing to work as part of a team
- A good level of knowledge of our featured sports particularly mass participation endurance events would be an advantage for this role.
- Confident telephone manner.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- 25 days holiday rising with service
- Company performance related bonus
- Opportunity to travel
- Company Bonus Program
- Staff discount
- Staff uniform
To apply for this role, please email paul.ohalloran@sportstoursinternational.co.uk with your CV and cover letter.
Overseas representatives
Our overseas staff are the people who make all our running, cycling and triathlon tours special. Our staff travel with our customers to destinations all across the world to help them achieve their dreams at the biggest and best mass participation events. Our guides attend events like the big 6 Marathon Majors as wells as cycling events in France, Belgium and Italy including the Tour de France and the Etape du Tour and to such triathlon events as Challenge Roth and Ironman Lanzarote.
We welcome applications from people with a passion for sports and with the potential to work abroad for up to a week at a time. You cannot participate in the event as you are there for our customers. We provide a daily rate, payment of expenses, travel and accommodation. Working hours are based around the event and can be long but the work is extremely rewarding.
If you would like to be considered for this role, please send an E mail with your CV including information on your background to fidelma@sportstravelinternational.com
Bike mechanics
For the 2020 season we will be recruiting for outgoing, sports-minded individuals who are able to work on our overseas cycling events as bike mechanic. We are looking for someone with Cytech or similar qualifications. Even though qualifications are important, for us experience is equally important so get in touch if you have worked with a team, in a shop or at your cycling club. Please note that this is only casual work so only a few times a year, in line with the dates of our various events. If you would like to be considered for this role, please send an E mail with your CV including information on your background to fidelma@sportstravelinternational.com
