Tour leader, project manager, producer, assistant (development and support of tours) in bodo

Hello! I'm Oleksandra - the head of the travel creation department bodotravel.

I know from my own experience that it is difficult to understand from a standard job description on a job search site , whether your company or not. Therefore, my description is as long and detailed as possible, I hope you will appreciate it.

Why am I looking for a specialist personally, and not HR? We do not have an HR department. As leaders, we shape our teams and cultivate our corporate culture. All stages of selection are carried out by me. So let's get to know each other!

I am 38 years old, and I have been in the bodotravel team for 7 years. By education, I am an analyst, I worked for 7 years in my specialty at a top media holding. I've been traveling since I was a student, planning everything on my own, and I've already visited 72 countries and Antarctica. She was a tour leader on trips to Australia, Namibia, China, Madagascar and Alaska. I have experience in multi-day trekking and climbing the six-thousanders - Kilimanjaro and Mera Peak.

What in we are:

1. The opportunity to go to 6 and more expeditions per year.
2. Vacation is saved. Legal 24 calendar days are yours.
3. Step-by-step adaptation to the position. A training plan for professional tasks, a detailed knowledge base with all the instructions, constant meetings with me and colleagues who are ready to help and advise. I'm always available for you to come and ask questions.
4. Flexible start schedule - we don't care what time you come. You yourself choose when it is more convenient to come to the office: at 8, 9, 10 or 11 o'clock. Next, you work a 9-hour day (including 1 lunch hour).
5. Financial stability - official employment from the first day, salary twice a month without delays, paid sick leave according to KZoT.
6. Salary review every year.
7. Workplace with two monitors, quick solution to all technical problems and programs.
8. Day off on your birthday, if it falls on your working day.
9. Office in the center (86-H Malevicha St. - 5 minutes' walk from the metro station. "Lybidska").
10. 30% discount on bodo experience for self-visit and as a gift.
11. We have no bureaucracy, decisions are made quickly. Everyone has the right to vote - any idea you have will be heard, and if it is relevant, we will implement it.
12. Colleagues in the department are experienced travelers who have traveled halfway around the globe.
13. li>And of course, common sense and a sense of humor. No formality - everyone here is "you".

Now about our requirements for the specialist I am looking for:

I note, that we are not looking for a person with existing experience of creating commercial trips and accompanying commercial groups, because, apparently, there are simply no such ones). But travel planning experience and the ability to travel outside of package tours is a must!

1. Want to work in the office full time.
2. Knows, likes and wants to work with people.
3. Has experience in foreign travel and can arrange a "difficult" journey based on your own idea.
4. Able to structure large volumes of information and manage several projects simultaneously.
5. Speaks English.
6. Proactive and with a high level of self-organization.
7. No bad habits (in particular: IQOS, glo, disposables, vapes, etc.).
8. And the most important thing is that he loves traveling and wants to discover the world with us.

IMPORTANT: you need to work in the office full time. No remote work or hybrid schedule.

What you will do:

1. Create very, very, very detailed plans travel.
2. Calculate budgets.
3. Choose the best guides and partners, conduct interviews with them.
4. Provide logistics, choose and book hotels, transfers, activities, excursions .
5. Go on an expedition as a tour leader and turn the trip into a better experience for everyone groups.

Important! There is NO need to sell tours. This is handled by the sales department.

What do we mean by "very, very, very detailed travel plans"? For example:

• Where is the best place to spend the sunset according to the program? What time does the sun set at this time of year?
• When should we go to the store and buy wine for the picnic - today or the day before?
• What time will our main program end? ? What other option can we offer for the evening?
• How much time to plan for the Scenic Route in Monument Valley? Will we make it back to Las Vegas that day?

How is the salary formed?

The salary of everyone in the company consists of a rate and a bonus part.

The rate is 40,000 hryvnias, the monthly bonus is 10,000 hryvnias.

According to the results of the trip, tourists can thank the tour leader with a tip - on average 10,000 hryvnias.

Bonuses depend on the fulfillment of the following KPIs:

• fulfillment of a personal plan for creating travel programs (30%);
• fulfillment of goals while accompanying the group trips, if any this month (20%);
• profitability of trips that were planned before sales this month (20%);
• fulfillment of project tasks (10%);< /li>
• implementation of critical rules and deadlines (10%);
• quality of work (10%).

About our hiring process

I personally analyze all reviews and conduct telephone and offline -interviews.

I make decisions quickly and provide feedback (both continuation of communication and its termination) immediately or on the next day.

Only a few days can pass between the response to the vacancy and the receipt of the job offer.

About the team

On our team 7 tour leaders-program developers and me, the manager. You can easily ask a question to your manager, colleagues from your department or other departments. If you need help, you write a letter to a colleague - and it is the colleague's task to respond and help. None of your colleagues, not even TOPs, can ignore your letter.

Cover letter with a description travel experience - required feedback elements. So I understand in particular that you have read the vacancy.

About bodotravel

We are part of bodo company: impressions as a gift.

We organize adventure expeditions to the most amazing places on the planet: Greenland, Namibia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Peru and others. All our trips are filled with impressions: from flying over Victoria Falls to meeting the dawn in the Sahara.

In 9 years, we have carried out 259 expeditions, and in big plans And since September 2022, we have made 87 trips!

The key to our growth and success is a team of travel-loving girls from the departments of expedition development, sales and support.