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We are passionate about everything gap years and adventure travel. We aim to be the best we can and are focused on providing quality and excellence. If you would like to join our successful and growing team, please get in touch.
At Gapforce, we are proud to offer unrivalled experience in structured gap year programs, volunteer projects and extreme expeditions. Founded in 1989, the Gapforce family takes great pride in organising unique, exciting gap year and group programs that enable young people to become global citizens and make a real impact on the world.
Current Vacancies:
Gapforce is expanding and we have an opening for a new “Digital Marketing Manager”. Based in our office in Southwest London, you will help grow our online presence to generate quality leads and provide marketing support to our sales team.
About Us:
Gapforce is an overseas adventure travel company, with over twenty-eight years’ experience.
We have a vast range of programmes to offer to individuals either on their gap year, during long holiday periods or to do something amazing and different after graduation. We have also developed a range of bespoke School Group trips which we offer to teachers looking to take students away on an educational travel program during school holidays. We operate in Central and South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia and have our own trained leaders running the programs overseas to ensure safety and a high-quality experience.
Over recent years, Gapforce has experienced a high level of growth and we can only ensure that this growth pattern continues by having the right people working for us.
Role:
Reporting to our Managing Director the successful candidate will develop marketing for our range of individual and group programs across our three key regions - the UK, Europe and USA.
Responsibilities include:
- Social Media
- Ad words/PPC
- SEO/SEM
- Blogs / email campaigns
- Web Optimisation and Content Marketing
- Marketing Design
- Reputation Management
- Data Analysis
- Managing relationships with external Creative agencies.
You:
Do you have at least 6 months digital marketing experience? Are you now seeking to develop your career? Then this exciting opportunity could be for you!
You should be ambitious, highly self-motivated and able to work on your own initiative or as part of a team. Above all else you must be exceptionally passionate about developing your career further down the digital marketing route.
What Next:
Your place of work will be our office in Southwest London. As the first step please email us your CV along with a covering letter explaining why you would be ideal for this exciting new role to: james@gapforce.org
Love people, love travel?
Gapforce is expanding and we are now recruiting for a new “Sales Representative” to sell our exciting range of Gap Year programs and School Group trip. The successful candidate should have a passion for travel, ability to inspire people and great communication skills, along with a desire to develop their career in a fast-growing company.
About Us:
Gapforce is an overseas adventure travel company, with over twenty-eight years’ experience.
We have a vast range of programmes to offer to individuals either on their gap year, during long holiday periods or to do something amazing and different after graduation. We have also developed a range of bespoke School Group trips which we offer to teachers looking to take students away on an educational travel program during school holidays. We operate in Central and South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia and have our own trained leaders running the programs overseas to ensure safety and a high-quality experience.
Over recent years, Gapforce has experienced a high level of growth and we can only ensure that this growth pattern continues by having the right people working for us, visiting schools and acting as front-line representatives for the company.
About the Role:
On a day-to-day basis, the role would consist primarily of generating sales through both 'cold' and 'warm' calling to schools and also following up on customer enquiries.
You will use your public speaking skills to give talks and presentations at schools and colleges. The third part of your role will be liaising with teachers, helping them create and set up overseas school group adventure trips.
About You:
Are you outgoing, love to talk and have done some travelling yourself? We are looking for someone with the following skills:
- Excellent communication with both pupils and teachers
- Confident and outgoing
- Great presentation skills although we will train you
- Previous sales experience would be highly beneficial
- A people person
- Passionate about travel
- Be willing to travel around the UK at least 2-3 times a week alone
What Next:
Your place of work will be our office in Southwest London. Due to the travel involved in the role, a full driving licence would be beneficial, we will discuss this further during the interview. As the first step please email us your CV along with a covering letter explaining why you would be ideal for this exciting new role to: james@gapforce.org
Applications close Friday 17th August 2018 with interviews the following week
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