About Us - Recruitment

Careers with Olympic Holidays

Olympic Holidays is the leading independent tour operator specialising in Greece, Cyprus (and other short) and long haul destinations. We pride ourselves on our commitment to quality, service and value.

Our staff have a wealth of experience, knowledge and expertise which, together with an individual touch, will ensure that an Olympic holiday will be a holiday to remember.

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Vacancies in North London

Olympic Holidays are always happy to receive speculative CV's from talented individuals who believe that they have the skills and experience necessary to join our existing teams. If you have knowledge and experience gained from working within the travel industry, and would like to join Olympic Holidays, please submit your CV to us. Your application will then be considered when a suitable position becomes available within our rapidly expanding Company.

Please send your CV and covering letter to Tracey Collins, Interaction Worldwide Ltd, 1 Torrington park, North Finchley, London N12 9SU or alternatively email: personnel@olympicholidays.com.

Overseas Career with Olympic Holidays

As a specialist, independent tour operator, we recognise and appreciate the performance and abilities of our overseas team. We know that their dedication and commitment ensures that our customers have the best holiday possible. We can honestly say that we know each of our staff on an individual basis - a name and a face - rather than a payroll number! We actively seek out high flyers for fast track development. This could even mean a chance of promotion during the season!

If you are interested in being a part of our dedicated overseas team based in Greece or Cyprus, then please see below for details of positions which are available.
If your application is accepted, you will be invited to attend an interview.

Click below for a full job description of the positions available:

• Resort Representative
• Transfer Representative
• Management Opportunities
• Resort Administrator

How To Apply
The quickest and easiest way to apply is by completing our online application form..
Alternatively, please print out, write and post your application form to us. Please click here for our application form. If you wish, you may also attach your CV to your postal application, please also include a covering letter explaining why you feel that you should be considered for the role.

Please note that due to the volume of applicants for positions, we are unable to acknowledge receipt of your application form.

A. Send the completed Application Form to:
Overseas Department
1 Torrington Park
London
N12 9SU

B. Fax the completed Application Form to: 0870 429 4142

For any general enquiries, please call the Overseas Dept on 0870 499 6742 or email julian@olympicholidays.com

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Qualities Required
For all of our overseas positions, you must be available from March to October. In the case of Representatives, some positions will be available for shorter periods of between 3 - 4 months (ideal for university students!)

To be considered for a role overseas, you will need to have attained a minimum of GCSE Grade C (or equivalent) in both English and Mathematics, along with having experience of dealing with customers in a variety of situations, on a face to face basis. Applicants for Administration positions will also need to have experience of working in a busy office environment.

If you think you have the ability to adapt to any situation at any time in an exceptionally demanding, but very rewarding and important role, then we would love to hear from you.

Resort Representative
You will be dealing with the needs and requests of Olympic holidaymakers, ensuring maximum satisfaction with all services provided within resort and an overall holiday enjoyment.

Your duties will be numerous and varied and will include

• The transfer of guests to and from their accommodation and the airport;
• Presenting highly informative and enthusiastic welcome meetings;
• Selling excursions, car hire and other related products;
• Guiding Excursions;
• Visiting accommodations on a daily basis;
• Problem solving, offering advice, assistance and support to Olympic guests;
• Administration.

The role of a Resort Representative is very demanding, days (and nights) can be long and tiring, it's not a 9-5 job and no 2 days are ever the same - but that's why so many people return to work for us year after year. It's exciting, it's fun, it's challenging and it's a great way to have a completely different life experience. So, if you want a change of direction, with great job satisfaction and excellent career opportunities, take the next step and complete our online application form.

Transfer Representative
Your duties will be numerous and varied and your hours of work could be long with much of the work happening during the night time. The main purpose of this role is to transfer our holidaymakers from the airport to their hotel on their arrival and from their hotel to the airport on their departure.

Transfer Representatives also guide our excursions, ensuring that our holidaymakers thoroughly enjoy their days and nights out with us.

The Rewards
We believe that we offer one of the best remuneration and benefits packages for our overseas staff. You will receive:

• A basic monthly salary - paid directly into a UK bank account;
• A first class percentage commission on sales of excursions, car hire and other related products (Resort Representatives only);
• Provision of company transport (if necessary);
• Provision of company accommodation;
• Company uniform;
• Insurance;
• Flights to and from resort;
• Initial and ongoing training throughout the season;
• Excellent career prospects.

How to Apply

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Management Opportunities
Supervisory positions available for Summer within Olympic Holidays consist of:

• Administration Supervisors
• Senior Representatives
• Head Representatives
• Resort Managers

As a Senior member of the resort team, you will have already progressed to at least team leader level, overseas, for a tour operator.
You will be responsible for monitoring and organising a team of resort representatives and other resort staff, ensuring a smooth running operation and maximising on guests holiday satisfaction and your teams performance.

Your duties will be varied and will include:

• Ensuring the smooth operation of the airport;
• Assessing, monitoring and coaching your team to achieve resort targets relating to sales and customer service;
• Problem solving, offering advice, assistance and support to your team when dealing with difficult situations;
• Ensuring that company image is maintained to a high standard;
• Communicating effectively with your team by means of written/verbal methods;
• Holding weekly team meetings.

To apply for a Senior position with Olympic Holidays, please call 0870 499 6742, or email your CV to julian.pearl@olympicholidays.com

How to Apply

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Resort Administrator
You will be mostly office based dealing with all administration relating to arriving and departing passengers by means of computer. Supporting the rest of the resort team and liasing with the UK and Cyprus administration team. You will be responsible for ensuring that systems are updated and correct information is available for resort staff at all times.

Your duties will be numerous and varied and will include:

• Downloading of all reports relating to arriving and departing passengers;
• Organisation of transfers;
• Charting and organisation of room charts for accommodations, reservation of rooms with hotels;
• Dealing with guests complaints and queries by telephone;
• Organisation of promotional material for resort representatives for guests use;
• Transferring guests to and from their accommodation and the airport.

In addition to a General Resort Administrator role, we also have specialist administrator positions available in some of the larger resorts. These are:

Customer Services Administrator - Dealing with telephone enquiries/complaints from customers, co-ordinating customer service paperwork, trouble-shooting difficult situations.

Wedding Administrator - Dealing with the co-ordination and organisation of customers weddings within resort. Liasing with all suppliers and ensuring that the wedding goes off without a hitch.

Clinic and Airport Administrator - Dealing with clinic cases, liaison with insurance companies and doctors, visiting hospitals, co-ordinating staff at the airport.

Health and Safety Administrator - Collation and co-ordination of all health and safety paperwork, liaison with hoteliers, production of letters to suppliers.

In order to be considered for any of the Resort Administrator roles, you must have had at least 1 year's experience of working in a busy office, be highly organised and computer literate with a knowledge of most computer packages including Excel. If you believe that you can organise our Resort Team and make sure that everything runs like clockwork, then the next stage is to complete our online application form.

The Rewards
We believe that we offer one of the best remuneration and benefits packages for our overseas staff. You will receive:

• A basic monthly salary - paid into a UK bank account;
• A first class percentage commission on personal sales of flight seats, local lets and other related products;
• Provision of company transport (if necessary);
• Provision of company accommodation;
• Company uniform;
• Insurance;
• Flights to and from resort;
• Initial and ongoing training throughout the season;
• Excellent career prospects.

How to Apply

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