Careers
Although at Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours we are a small team, vacancies do come available from time to time...
In 2008 we have the following vacancy:
Full Time Administration Clerk
The job is in our busy tour operators office in central Petersfield.
This important role involves sole responsibility for all clients invoicing, payments, and other administration tasks to a high standard, efficiently and accurately and liaising with our computer maintenance companies.
An above average remuneration package for the Travel industry is offered for the successful candidate who will be a self-starter with a proven track record for accuracy, have an ability to meet deadlines and be highly IT literate.
Travel office experience will be preferable and an interest in wine, good food or/and opera would be an advantage.
Hours of work are Monday to Friday 0900 to 1800 and some Saturdays. Start date would be early July 2008.
Apply in writing or email with your CV to:
Mrs Caron Fanshawe, General Manager, Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours, Cedar Court, 5 College Street, Petersfield, GU31 4AE
Please apply to caron@winetours.co.uk for a full job description and terms of the offer. We would appreciate if initial communication is by email or letter only.
Freelance Wine Guides
Of course at Arblaster & Clarke we have many of the UK's greatest Wine Experts on our books as Wine Guides. However we always need more!
Specifically, for our shorter, introduction level tours, we are looking for younger members of the wine trade / wine journalists who are lively, original and enthusiastic. They will enjoy travelling, being with people and have a reasonable command of one Foreign Language. The ability to communicate about wine being at least as important as deep knowledge or tasting ability.
We may also be looking for Wine Guides / Tour Managers who will also have the skills of the Freelance Tour Managers as outlined below. We could also be looking for Walk Guides who need all of this plus the ability to read a map and enjoy walking.
Freelance Tour Managers
Our Tour Managers need to have extremely good language skills in both English and the relevant Foreign languages. They should know the foreign country well, they may well have lived there, though they need not have any prior experience in the travel industry.
They need to combine a vibrant warm personality with tact, and be very organised. They need to be able to work well in a team with an expert guide and sometimes other Tour Managers, both giving and taking instructions.
Our Freelance Tour Managers need not be Wine Experts, but a love of travel, food and wine are prerequisites for this job.
Programme Administrators
Our Programme Administrators need all the skills of the Tour Managers, because they take tours and travel the wine world too.
On top of this, they need to be able to work in a modern office environment. They will need some computer skills, to be very organised and capable of working at speed and at times under pressure.
They will have extremely good written relevant foreign languages, and, (as well as a deep love of travel, food and wine,) they will need a thorough understanding too.
Computer skills an advantage: especially Excel & Word. (We also use Outlook, Filemaker Pro, NT, Acrobat, Appleworks, Photoshop, Adobe GoLive and Quark Xpress).
Student/Work Experience placements
When we were students we were never offered the chance to work in wine tours. Waitressing and making army boot soles at the local rubber factory were the best jobs on offer!
Each year we employ a student who is on a year placement from University, and this has proved to be a great success.
We look for a well educated young person who is literate, sparky and willing to learn. He or she will probably come from a wine, food and travel loving family and will probably have 'A level' standard French, Italian or Spanish. Tasks will include: PR research, database cleaning, helping run the website, assisting with the brochure and helping the Programme Administrators set up and prepare for tours.
Computer skills an advantage although training is given: especially Excel & Word. (We also use Outlook, Filemaker Pro, NT, Acrobat, Appleworks, Photoshop, Adobe GoLive and Quark Xpress).
