Tour leader, project manager, travel producer in bodo

Hello! I'm Oleksandra, the head of the travel creation department at bodotravel. I know from my own experience that it is difficult to understand whether your company is your company or not from a standard job description on a job search site. 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. We, managers, form our teams and cultivate corporate culture. I conduct all stages of selection. So let's get to know each other! I am 38 years old, and I have been in the bodotravel team for 7 of them. By education, I am an analyst, I worked for 7 years in my specialty in a top media holding. I have been traveling since I was a student, planning everything on my own, and have 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 six thousand peaks - Kilimanjaro and Mera Peak. What we have: The possibility to go on 6 or more expeditions per year. Vacation is saved. The legal 24 calendar days are yours. We rest on weekends and holidays. We do not expect an employee to work on weekends and holidays. We do not write or call to ask for a task, hoping that it will be completed in the near future. The exception is when everything has really fallen and the company cannot continue to work, for example, a telephony server for a call center. Step-by-step adaptation to the position. A training plan for professional tasks, a detailed knowledge base with all instructions, constant meetings with me and colleagues who are ready to help and advise. I am always available so that you can come up and ask questions. Flexible schedule for the start of the working day - 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). Financial stability - official employment from the first day, salary twice a month without delays, paid sick leave according to the Labor Code. Salary review every year. Workplace with two monitors , quick resolution of all problems with equipment and programs. Day off on your birthday, if it falls on your working day. Office in the center (Malevicha St., 86-H — 5 minutes' walk from "Lybidska" station). 30% discount on bodo impressions for independent visits and as a gift. 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. Colleagues in the department are experienced travelers who have traveled half the globe. And of course, common sense and a sense of humor. There is 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 in creating commercial trips and accompanying commercial groups, because apparently there are simply none). But travel planning experience and the ability to travel outside of package tours is a must! Wants to work in an office full-time. Can, likes and wants to work with people. Has experience in creating travel itineraries (commercial or personal). Can organize a trip according to his own idea. Can negotiate and get the best prices. several projects at the same time. Fluent in English, more languages ​​are an advantage. Preactive and with a high level of self-organization. No bad habits (in particular: IQOS, glo, disposables, vapes, etc.). 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: Create very, very, very detailed travel plans. Calculate budgets. Choose the best guides and partners, conduct interviews with them. Provide logistics, choose and book hotels, transfers, activities, excursions. Go on expeditions as a tour leader and make the trip a better experience for the whole group. 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 the rate and the bonus part. The rate is 40,000 hryvnias, the monthly bonus is 10,000 hryvnias. The bonuses depend on the fulfillment of the following KPIs: fulfillment of a personal plan for creating travel programs (30%); purposes when accompanying a group on a trip, if any this month (20%); profitability of trips that were planned before the sale this month (20%); performance of project tasks (10%); compliance with critical rules and deadlines (10%); quality of work (10%). About the probationary period In this position, it is 3 months. The salary does not differ during the trial period and after. About our hiring process I personally analyze all feedback and conduct phone and offline interviews. I make decisions quickly and provide feedback (both continuation of communication and its termination) immediately or the next day. Only a few days can pass between a response to a vacancy and receiving a job offer. About the team Our team consists of 7 tour leaders-developers of programs and I, the manager. You can easily ask 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 provide an answer and help. None of the colleagues, not even the TOPs, can ignore your letter. A cover letter describing the travel experience is a mandatory element of the review. So I understand in particular that you have read the vacancy. About bodotravel We are part of the 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. For 8 years, we have implemented 229 expeditions, and we have big plans. And since September 2022, we have made 62 trips! The key to our growth and success is a team of travel-loving girls from the departments of expedition development, sales and support.