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Travel and Meeting Assistant

  • Location:

    London – Central

  • Sector:

    Admin / Secretarial / Office Support

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    £26000 to £30000

  • Contact phone:

    Pauline Francis

  • Contact email:

    pauline.francis@gordonyates.co.uk

  • Contact phone:

  • Job ref:

    1232205

  • Published:

    over 2 years ago

  • Expiry date:

    2022-02-14

Travel and Meeting Assistant

This is a permanent opportunity to join an established and well-known global Company specialising in technology and software solutions. 

You will need experience having previously work within an office-based position coordinating and organising meetings and travel itinerary.

Who will you be working for?
Our Client is a global Consultancy specialising in technology and software.

What will you be doing?
You will be providing high quality travel and meeting planning and support. 

Your responsibilities will include:
  • Research, book and issue domestic and international airline tickets/travel for employees and recruits who travel for internal purposes.
  • Scan shared inbox for employees not traveling on preferred vendors, research alternatives and propose options that make sense.
  • Work with internal stakeholders to provide process improvements for the way travel is booked.
  • Communicate program enhancements to colleagues.
  • Maintain travel vendor relationships through weekly or monthly calls and emails.
  • Analyse data and make recommendations.
  • Attend trainings and seminars as necessary with preferred vendors and professional industry networking organizations.
  • Fill in for Meetings team as needed.
  • Maintain expertise knowledge of Travel Guidelines to remain abreast of travel industry trends, technologies and nuances of travel vendors.
    • Travel benefit programs and perks.
    • Emerging travel technologies.
    • Airline fare classes and cabin structures
    • City and State travel jurisdiction
  • Any other necessary duties deemed reasonable.
About you?

The successful applicant will have a positive approach and outlook to their work.  You will have previous travel and meeting support experiences having worked within a professional office environment before.  In addition you will need:

  • To enjoy working as part of a team – essential
  • Be degree educated or equivalent – not essential but highly desired
  • Passion for travel planning.
  • computer fluency with MSOffice (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Forms and Outlook), SAP, Chrome River, and Concur desirable.
  • Be an exceptional communicator who is well organised and capable of interacting with individuals at all levels.
  • Be a quick thinker with the ability to use your own initiative.
  • Up-hold unparalleled enthusiasm and professionalism at all times.
  
How to apply?
The Travel and Meeting Assistant is a permanent position with a salary of between £26,000-£29,000pa -(dependent on experience).  You can expect to receive great benefits such as 3% employee pension contribution, life assurance, income protection and critical illness cover, private medical insurance and opportunity to develop within the role.

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