AddressThe Role
We are looking for a Travel Assistant to join our Travel Team on a full-time basis. You will be a key member of the Travel Team, responsible for supporting the coordination and delivery of all essential domestic and international travel for our teams, directors, staff, and supporters.
Who we are
We are one of the most famous clubs in world football, with a rich heritage and history of success – read more about our history, here.
Beyond that, we are passionate about our local community and, behind the scenes, we have a wide variety of opportunities and career paths for all. We have a very defined purpose: to act for a winning team, culture and community. We achieve this by ensuring we are courageous in the pursuit of progress, we champion our community and each other, and that we do the right thing (even when no one is looking).
Your day-to-day
- Administration - assisting with travel-related paperwork and documentation, creating and managing travel itineraries for teams, parents, and staff
- Internal communications - liaising with various internal senior staff to understand their individual, and collective, travel needs and preferences
- Travel coordination - all administrative tasks relating to domestic and international travel, including the collation of information, and creating accurate concise documentation
- Planning and logistics - planning logistics with partners and preferred suppliers regarding accommodation, training facilities, match venues, car, coach, train and air travel
- Supporting the teams - providing support to teams during their travels, including handling any issues that may arise
- All round support - Provide general travel-related administrative and site visit support to the Senior Travel Manager as required
What we are looking for
- Travel Expertise - experience in travel coordination, preferably in a sports or entertainment setting
- IT Skills - good proficiency in all main Microsoft applications and a desire to use and implement innovative technology to its full potential
- Proactive and dynamic - an ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
- Excellent attention to detail - attention to detail, with exceptional organisational and interpersonal skills
- Passionate teamplayer - capability to work within a team that always strives to deliver a best-in-class services
- Professionalism - ability to maintain strict confidentiality
- Flexibility and adaptability - an approach that embraces extensive travel and adapt to flexible working hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and holidays
Why choose us
At Arsenal, we want everyone to feel a sense of trust and belonging, so we are proud of both our club values and also what we offer to our employees. As one of our Gunners, you will receive:
- An exciting reward and recognition scheme
- Generous holiday allowance which increases with your length of service
- Great internal learning and development programmes
- A flexible hybrid working model
- Priority access to apply for match tickets
- A competitive health and wellbeing benefits package
- A leading Employee Assistance Programme
- Great discounts with some of our Partners
Please note: this role is being managed by Filippi Consulting on behalf of Arsenal Football Club.
Arsenal for Everyone
Arsenal for Everyone is our commitment to promoting and embracing equality, diversity and inclusion, so that everyone connected to the club feels like they belong to the same Arsenal family. We believe that diversity of background, skills and experience drives our success on and off the pitch.
Disability Confident Leader
We are a Disability Confident Leader. We actively welcome applications from people with disabilities and long-term health conditions. If you need disability-related adjustments to the recruitment process, please indicate this in your application.
If you are likely to meet the definition of being a ‘disabled person’ according to the Equality Act 2010, we will offer you an interview if you meet the minimum criteria for a role. Please choose the option of a guaranteed interview on your application form. The information you share with us about your health or disability will not be used in recruitment decisions.
Application Closing Date: Please note, applications for this role will close on Sunday 17th March
