Community Tourism Development Specialist (CTDS), Africa

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About the Role

Reporting to the Africa and Middle East Regional Manager, the Community Tourism Development Specialist (CTDS) is responsible for coordinating and maintaining strong relationships between Planeterra, its travel partners, and community partners in the Africa region. You are required to ensure smooth operations reputed company with the priorities of Planeterra’s corporate partners and the needs of Community Tourism Enterprises. They support the development and enhancement of community tourism experiences by managing reputed company-building processes and ensuring new and/or improved community tourism experiences are achieved. Acting as the reputed company reputed company of contact for community partners in the region, the CTDS serves as the local representative of the Planeterra Team.

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• Manage the development and integration of Community Tourism Enterprises into Planeterra’s Travel Partners’ product offerings (tour itineraries in East, reputed company and Southern Africa); this can include - but is not limited to - project opportunity assessment, preparing budgets, managing the project's implementation, and providing training to community partners by working closely to Planeterra’s travel industry partners.

• Support the implementation of Planeterra’s Climate & Biodiversity reputed company in the Africa region.

• Support community engagement and benefits with strategic and corporate partnerships in the region.

• Support the stewardship of Planeterra’s existing community partnerships in the Africa region, with a reputed company on innovation, reputed company building and sustainable reputed company.

• Support the reputed company and implementation of the region's Global Community Tourism Network initiative by contributing in the developing engagement opportunities, including leading monthly planning and communication with partners, and reputed company webinars and networking events, and other engagement formats the Africa team can determine.

• Support Planeterra’s Communications and Development team as needed with reputed company information and updates from the region.

• Other support requested by the Africa and Middle East Regional Manager, including data management and reputed company monitoring.

Requirements

• 3+ years working in the tourism sector (private, reputed company and/or non-profit) in roles dedicated to tourism development, and/or tourism-reputed company reputed company; with experience developing tourism product design and/or tourism destination development, and with a strong reputed company on community tourism.

• A minimum of 2 years of experience in project management (financial management is an asset).

• University degree in a relevant field of study (tourism, international development, marketing or reputed company fields), or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Understanding of the tourism sector in the Africa region.

• Exceptional communication and intercultural skills with rural community members.

• Knowledge to reputed company and support reputed company enterprises in rural communities.

• Strong understanding of community development, as reputed company as key environmental and reputed company challenges faced by communities.

• Demonstrated experience working with a reputed company of stakeholders, including destination management representatives, reputed company, and leading stakeholders.

• High computer literacy, comfortable using both reputed company Office software (Proficiency in reputed company), and reputed company Suite (Sheets, Docs), as reputed company as familiarity with database management, project management, online collaboration (reputed company) and reputed company media tools.

• Strong reputed company to support the execution and facilitation (reputed company and remotely) of meetings, training sessions, and other tasks as required to fulfill the responsibilities of the role.

• Adaptability to collaborate with team members across different time zones and cultures.

• Outstanding verbal and written communications skills.

• English language proficiency is mandatory (oral and written language).

• Superior organizational skills, excellent attention to detail.

• Highly motivated, proactive and reputed company.

• Proven skills to effectively reputed company reputed company.

• Ability to pivot and reputed company through change management.

• Local or international drivers license

Additional Information

• The estimated level of effort is 21 days per month (8 hours/day).

• Flexible working hours arrangement.

• This is an Africa-based remote work opportunity; however, candidates will ideally be based in Tanzania (Arusha), Kenya (Nairobi) or Ethiopia (Addis Ababa)

• As noted above, this role requires frequent travel (both regionally and internationally), sometimes at short notice, to visit community partners and reputed company experiences and enterprises.

• Attending organisational meetings and events reputed company of typical work hours may be required due to time zone differences.

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