FirstRand Corporate Centre

Senior Travel Consultant

FirstRand Corporate Centre  •  Johannesburg, ZA (Onsite)  •  5 hours ago
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Job Description

eBucks Travel & Lifestyle is seeking a highly experienced Senior Travel Consultant to deliver exceptional, high-touch service. This role is critical in supporting our clients with all travel arrangements. The successful candidate must be self-managed, highly knowledgeable in the travel industry, capable of making sound decisions under pressure, and committed to delivering exceptional service while managing complex travel arrangements from start to finish.

Hello Future Senior Travel Consultant

Welcome to FNB, the home of the #changeables. We design for the shapeshifters and deliver products and services that make us incredibly proud of people that make it happen.

As part of our talent team, you will be surrounded by unique talents, diverse minds, and an adaptable environment that lives up to the promise of staying curious. Now’s the time to imagine your potential in a team where experts come together and ignite effective change.

Are you someone who can:

· Meet and exceed client travel requirements through exceptional service, building and maintaining strong client relationships and delivering, premium personalised customer service.

· Provide seamless support in collaboration with the Afterhours operations team.

· Manage end-to-end travel arrangements, including quoting, providing up to date travel advice, managing complex itineraries, packages, changes, and queue management.

· Process payments, discounts, refunds, and amendments accurately.

· Manage and resolve client complaints in collaboration with management, ensuring timely and effective resolution.

· Identify and maximise sales opportunities.

· Achieve monthly KPIs and individual targets as set by business & management.

· Input and drive eBucks Travel’s VP and understand Bank’s ecosystem.

· Proactively manage travel disruptions (flight cancellations, schedule changes) with immediate, creative problem-solving and communication.

You will be an ideal candidate if you have:

· National Diploma in Travel or equivalent qualification (essential)

· Valid GDS-specific certification is required.

· Fully bilingual

o English (Read, Write, Speak – essential)

o Afrikaans (Read, Write, Speak – advantageous)

· Minimum 10 years’ experience as a Travel Consultant within the travel industry

· Minimum 10 years’ GDS experience, with strong command of Galileo and/or Amadeus

o Valid GDS-specific certification is required.

· Proven experience in:

o Leisure and corporate travel

o Travel concierge or similar high-touch service models.

o VIP or Ultra High Net Worth clientele (strong advantage)

· Strong ability to manage:

o Emergency bookings

o Complex, multi-sector itineraries.

o Last-minute changes, reissues, refunds, and cancellations

· Strong sales and consultative skills, with the ability to:

o Recommend and cross-sell relevant travel products and services.

o Maximise revenue opportunities while prioritising client needs.

· Excellent organisational and time-management skills

· Impeccable attention to detail

· Strong decision-making ability under pressure.

· Proficiency in:

o MS Word, Excel, Outlook

o Travel-related booking and payment platforms.

· Highly resilient and composed under pressure.

· Innovative and solutions-driven.

· Discrete, trustworthy, and sensitive to client confidentiality

· Strong destination, product, airline, and industry knowledge

· Operate effectively both within a team environment and autonomously.

Operating Hours & Work Location

· Monday – Friday: 08h00 – 17h00

· Saturday: 09h00 - 12h00

Note:

· Shifts are rotational and may vary based on operational requirements.

· Total working hours will not exceed 176 hours within a 4-week cycle.

· The shifts outlined above are not limited to those specified and may be subject to change in accordance with business requirements.

· Ability to work afterhours emergency shifts (when required)

Location

FNB Bank City Simmonds Street Johannesburg

Important Closing Date Note

Take note that applications will not be accepted on the below date and onwards, kindly submit applications ahead of the closing date indicated below.

18/08/26

All appointments will be made in line with FirstRand Group’s Employment Equity plan. The Bank supports the recruitment and advancement of individuals with disabilities. In order for us to fulfill this purpose, candidates can disclose their disability information on a voluntary basis. The Bank will keep this information confidential unless we are required by law to disclose this information to other parties.

FirstRand Corporate Centre

About FirstRand Corporate Centre

The FirstRand Corporate Centre houses many of the critical functions required by a large and complex financial services group. The Corporate Centre’s stakeholders are external, such as regulators, shareholders, global developmental institutions and government; and also internal, mainly the market-leading businesses that service the group’s customers. These critical functions cover risk, compliance, governance, internal audit, treasury, finance and tax amongst many others. They require deep specialist and technical skills and ultimately represent the custodianship of the FirstRand group’s licence to operate.

Employees of the Corporate Centre develop a very unique perspective of the group because nowhere else can you own or be part of a mandate that operates across the portfolio. This allows for both big picture thinking and operational learning. It is also a great place to drive collaboration and a place to have a significant impact.

The Corporate Centre has adopted a blended approach to working, with a focus on balancing remote working and connections with colleagues in the workplace. Face-to-face interactions remain important to its way of working as these connections protect the business’s social capital, which is key to ensuring that FirstRand’s unique culture stays alive and continues to thrive.

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Sandton, ZA
Year Founded
Unknown
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