Tourism Officer - London, United Kingdom - Leicester City Council

Leicester City Council

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Job details:

Job reference

REQ2968

Date posted

05/07/2023

Application closing date

19/07/2023

Location

City Hall

Salary
- £27,852 - £30,151 per year

Package

Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement) £41,113

Contractual hours

Basis

Full time

Job category/type

Communications and Marketing

Attachments

N0142 Tourism Project Officer

Tourism Officer:

Job description

Full Time /37 Hours Per Week / Fixed Term for 18 Months

Play a key role in supporting and contributing to the growth of the city's tourism and visitor economy by delivering a range of exciting and original projects outlined in the Leicester Tourism Action Plan.

City Centre Management has an exciting opportunity to work alongside the City Centre Director to deliver innovative city tourism projects to support the local visitor economy.

As a key contact for city tourism, you will develop and maintain positive relationships with city tourism businesses to secure their support for tourism projects and programmes.

The City Centre Director works with a range of partners, businesses and public services to enhance the management and performance of Leicester City Centre to the benefit of residents, visitors and businesses.

The City Centre is responsible for tourism in the city and works closely with the Strategic Tourism Manager and Place Marketing colleagues to deliver the Leicester Tourism Action Plan.

What you will be doing

You'll coordinate and deliver tourism and visitor economy projects and plans by working closely with Council tourism services and external tourism and visitor economy business to secure engagement and support for activities to raise the profile of Leicester as a tourism destination.

You'll coordinate the recruitment, selection, training and deployment of volunteer Tourism Ambassadors appointed to support projects and events to grow the Visiting Family and Relatives (VFR) target market.

Presenting to a variety of audiences and facilitating the smooth running of regular city tourism forums, hosting familiarisation and journalist visits, delegations form part of promotional activities.

You will support at key leisure exhibitions and other promotional events in Leicester and other parts of the UK.

What you will need
Experience of working in the tourism and hospitality sector and supporting projects is key. You will need project management and small budget control experience to ensure successful delivery of projects.

Using excellent verbal and written communication skills, you will provide clear and concise timely information to external stakeholders and Council tourism colleagues and be comfortable presenting to audiences of different sizes.

You will have experience and knowledge of interpreting data to compile, analyse and distribute reports, statistics and information.

You will have a track record of successfully building and retaining business relationships and have persuasive and negotiating skills to secured desired outcomes.

Previous experience in recruiting, supporting and developing volunteers, organising events and planning activities for others are important skills for this role.

What we can offer

In addition to the satisfaction of helping to establish Leicester as a tourism destination, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance.

You will enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working.

We will also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities.

In addition, you can choose from several flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains.

For an illustrative value of your befits package, take a look at our take a look at our benefits calculator.

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**Interview/Assessments will take place on Monday 24th July 2023