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TUI Group • Cambridge, GBR,

Retail Apprentice Travel Advisor

Employment type:  Full time

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top 3 scores:
88%

Location flexibility

81%

Autonomy

80%

Hours flexibility

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Job Description

Here at TUI, you’ll find we’re an inclusive company with a culture of care and by joining the Retail Team as an Apprentice Travel Advisor in our Cambridge store we’ll provide a valuable insight into the world of travel. Our two-year Apprenticeship Scheme is structured to develop you in becoming a destination expert so that you can recommend and sell holidays, Cruise, UK Breaks and additional products. You’ll put all customers at the heart of our business by creating unforgettable holiday experiences that make us the best-loved holiday company.

As part of our commitment to provide exceptional customer service and flexibility for our customers, you’ll enjoy a varied shift pattern each week including, weekends, bank holidays and evenings at some of our busier stores.

ABOUT OUR OFFER

  • TUI offers more than just a basic salary which already starts at £6.92 per hour
  • Be rewarded for exceeding your targets with our commission scheme
  • Enjoy fantastic holiday benefits, discounts, special offers and the ability to purchase additional TUI time off
  • Benefit from our Health and Wellbeing across key areas – Financial, Health, Social, Community and Career
  • Investment in your development and career progression
  • Pension scheme and life assurance

ABOUT THE JOB

  • Use your passion to inspire our customers and colleagues whilst enjoying a great amount of fun
  • Your drive to achieve will lead you to exceed your sales and objectives, in Retail we call it ‘Smashing your Targets’
  • You’ll embrace change and rise to the challenges of a customer engaged role face to face and virtually
  • If things don’t go to plan, your colleague network will actively help you investigate and resolve any question or complaint
  • As technology advances so does TUI, you’ll receive training on a variety of systems empowering you to enhance your knowledge, skills and behaviours to confidently adapt your style to help answer questions whilst bringing memorable holidays to life for our customers
  • You’ll be given time within your working week to complete practical and written assignments via your online learning platform and assigned a dedicated learning coach who’ll guide you through your apprenticeship with the aim to achieve a Level 3 Travel Consultant qualification.

ABOUT YOU

  • Good knowledge of excellent customer service and a genuine passion to work within tourism
  • Dedicated to achieve, goals, targets and a Level 3 Travel Consultant qualification
  • Self-motivated and willing to act on feedback, remaining positive when faced with challenges
  • Willing to embrace change and adapt to new ways of working
  • A team player who engages and collaborates with our customers and colleagues
  • An organised individual who takes pride in their work and able to communicate effectively
  • Grade 9 – 4 GCSE or equivalent in both English and Maths
  • Able to work a varied shift pattern each week in-line with shop opening and closing times.

From a workplace to a place to belong. At TUI we embrace diversity, equity and inclusion, encouraging everyone to come as you are, because together, our potential is limitless.

We're committed to supporting candidates with disabilities and impairments so if you require any support, please let us know.

To apply for this role, please answer the questions fully. Part of the application process will require you to complete an online assessment, you'll recieve an email to complete this once your application has been submitted.

Company benefits

Travel credit – All benefits vary by location and job role, we'd be happy to chat to you about this in more detail
Work from anywhere scheme – TUI WORKWIDE means colleagues can work from abroad for up to 30 working days a year
Employee discounts
Flexible working week
Bank holiday swaps
Time off in-lieu
Religious celebration leave
Buy or sell annual leave
Health insurance
Gym membership
Open to part time work for some roles
Mental health platform access
Enhanced maternity leave
Shared parental leave
Pregnancy loss leave
Enhanced paternity leave
Compassionate leave
Cinema discounts
Travel insurance
Cycle to work scheme
In office catering
Annual pay rises
Annual bonus
Life assurance
Salary sacrifice
In office workout classes
Teambuilding days
Employee assistance programme
Charity donation scheme
Enhanced sick pay
Share options
Faith rooms
Volunteer days
Lunch and learns
Hackathons
L&D budget
Sabbaticals
Personal development days
Mental health days
Travel loan
Enhanced pension match/contribution

We asked employees of TUI Group what it's like to work there, and this is what they told us.

Location flexibility
88%
Employees are very happy with their working location freedom
Hours flexibility
80%
Employees are largely happy with the flexibility in the hours they work
Benefits
76%
Employees are largely happy with the benefits their company offers
Work-life balance
72%
Employees feel that they can switch off quite easily from work
Role modelling
76%
Employees feel that most people work flexibly
Autonomy
81%
Employees feel they have complete autonomy over getting their work done

Additional employee ratings
(these do not contribute to the FlexScore®)

Diversity
70%
Employees feel that the diversity is good and there are continued efforts to improve it
Inclusion
75%
Employees feel that the culture supports equity and inclusivity well
Culture
80%
Employees enjoy the working environment
Mission
75%
Employees feel quite excited about the company mission
Salary
52%
Employees feel that their salary is fair and in line with the market average

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