Remote Travel Counselor

Job Name: Remote Travel Counselor
Name of the Company: Grand Canyon Education – GCE
Location: United States (National)
Salary range: Undisclosed

Position Description

Are you passionate about travel and delivering exceptional customer service? Grand Canyon Education’s travel department is looking for a full-time Remote Travel Counselor to help coordinate and maintain their corporate travel program. As part of GCE, you will be working for a rapidly growing educational service company that puts people first, emphasizes innovation, and benefits communities around them.

Responsibilities

As a Remote Travel Counselor, your duties will include:

– Efficiently arranging and booking travel on behalf of staff
– Processing Athletics/Group travel requests, maintaining the group system, and communicating final travel itineraries to requestors
– Implementing cost-saving measures through negotiation with travel service providers and selecting the most economical route and itinerary
– Creating, maintaining, and updating hard copy trip files for all travels
– Entering staff information into the database and maintaining the travel database
– Coordinating with the designated travel agency to provide trip itineraries to travelers
– Arranging hotel meeting space and any other arrangements needed for GCU field staff
– Monitoring and ensuring compliance with Travel Policy and Procedures
– Completing other duties as assigned

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, you must have the following:

– Experience working with Athletic departments is highly desirable
– A Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university is preferred
– A minimum of three years of experience in booking airline travel either in an agency or corporate environment
– Experience in booking full-service reservations for hotel, air and car
– A minimum of two years of experience in utilizing GDS software (Apollo preferred)

Why work at GCE:

At GCE, we recognize and appreciate the basic qualities that make our employees exceptional. It invests in its workforce and values their contributions.

Benefits:

In addition to an excellent workplace culture, you will receive the following benefits:

– Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance with flexible spending accounts options
– A 401K savings plan and generous time-off plan with 11 paid holidays
– Paid time off to volunteer in the community or at GCE sponsored events
– An Education Tuition Discount Program offered to full-time employees, their spouses, and dependent children.