Our client provides travel experiences for European students visiting Ireland.
Our students are juniors (10-17 years of age), who stay with host families across Ireland, on a variety of summer activity camps or academic year programmes.
The main purposes of their stay in Ireland are to improve their level of English and to have a fun experience.
Our client is motivated by offering our employees a progressive and positive place to work.
They have an excellent reputation within the industry and are a market leader.
From the team we expect hard work and energy and in return we try to make coming to work as enjoyable an experience as possible!
Now they have an opportunity to join the Longford-based team, and are looking for a dynamic, motivated, ambitious individual for a programme coordinator position.
The Role A key role, with responsibility for your own portfolio of programmes and students.
Main tasks include.
Daily communication via email and phone with key stakeholders including international partners, schools, host families and activity camp organisers.
Recruiting host families Screening and selecting host families with whom to place students.
Talking to families to find a good match for both student and family.
Offering support and solutions for students and host families Cooperation with colleagues to ensure seamless flow of information.
The Person Someone with strong verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to effectively build relationships.
A large portion of the role involves communication with European partners, host families, and students.
An organised person who can manage several tasks at one and prioritise accordingly.
A motivated person who can effectively manage their own time and workload.
Someone with excellent administrative skills A focus on responsiveness and a can-do attitude.
An enthusiastic individual who can work efficiently as part of a fast-paced team.
The Package Competitive Salary Bonus Overtime Pension after 12 months Private healthcare after 12 months Schedule: Monday to Friday (9am 5.30pm) Office Based role