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The Language Travel Company

Language Travel Consultant

The Company:

The Language Travel Company is a dynamic, rapidly growing, web-based language travel agency, with offices in downtown Boston Massachusetts, selling foreign language study abroad programs worldwide, predominantly over the Internet.

For further details of the study abroad programs we offer, please visit the LTC website.

Salary:

$38, 000

Principal tasks:

The successful candidate will work at our Boston offices, where they will be given full training in selling the study abroad programs offered by LTC over the Internet. During this period, the person appointed will become familiar with the courses we offer, as well as our in-house databases and booking and payment systems. The successful candidate can also expect to make 2 or 3 trips abroad during this initial 12-month period to visit several of our study abroad locations as well as various of our partner schools.

As part of their responsibilities at the company, the successful candidate will also be engaged in general office tasks such as processing payments from our students and to our schools, sending students’ flight details to schools, inputting data into our systems, as well as other associated office tasks. After 12 months in the position, the successful candidate will be a fully trained Language Travel Consultant. As a fully trained Language Travel Consultant, the successful candidate will be encouraged to further develop their skills and abilities in order to achieve their full potential within the company.

Essential Skills/Qualifications:

Excellent English skills, both oral and written.
A university/college degree.
A good level of numeracy (minimum 440 SAT score for Math).
A high degree of attention to detail.
An ability to prioritize tasks and work to deadlines.
A friendly, sociable personality, willing and able to work as part of a small team and to establish excellent relationships with work colleagues.
The successful applicant will need to be inventive and proactive, professional and positive in their approach to work and enthusiastic as regards learning new skills in a modern, dynamic, company.
All applicants should be computer literate, familiar with common software packages, such as Word, Outlook, Access and Excel.
Candidates should have a genuine and demonstrable interest in language travel. Whilst knowledge of a foreign language is not required it will be considered an advantage.

Working Hours:

Language Travel Consultants work a 40-hour week, normally Monday-Friday 09.30 am – 05.30pm. They may also be required to work up to 2 Saturdays per month (10.00am – 04.00pm). Travel Advisors may choose to either be paid overtime for Saturday working, or else take these additional hours worked as time off in lieu. This and any other overtime authorized by the company will be paid at ‘time and a half’ (one and a half times the normal salary).

Vacations:

The successful candidate will be entitled to10 working days of paid vacation per year. All vacations must be approved by the company beforehand.

Application Procedure:

Interested applicants should send a resume with full details of their qualifications and experience, together with a cover letter, explaining why they are interested in the position and why they believe themselves to be a suitable candidate to:

Zoey Chant
The Language Travel Company
31 St James Ave, Suite 770
Boston MA 02116
zoey@thelanguagetravelcompany.com

Applications must be received by 4th December 2007.
We expect to conduct interviews at our Boston offices from 3rd-7th December.