Situated within a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Royal Museums Greenwich (RMG) is a collection of diverse historical sites. The sites are the National Maritime Museum, Cutty Sark, the Royal Observatory, and the Queen’s House. We are a place to explore the sea, space, art and history, and our strategy ‘Charting Our Course’ puts our people at the core of its success.

Working within the Marketing team and reporting to the Senior Manager, Travel Trade, the Travel Trade and Sales Executive will be responsible for developing Travel Trade revenue through efficient administration, timely financing, operational support and focused account management.

Key administrative and financial support responsibilities include managing contract and pricing administration, managing third party bookings through trade portals, carrying out efficient invoicing in liaison with the Bookings and Finance teams, and updating systems and sales reports as well as client records. Sales support responsibilities include account managing a portfolio of existing trade clients to increase the volume of business generated for RMG, delivering product training to prospective clients, fostering positive relationships with clients, partners and tourism organisations, and promoting the company’s products during meetings, visits, exhibitions and networking events.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate proven sales experience with a genuine passion for working with customers and up-selling, strong administration experience, as well as experience within the tourism and travel industry. Persuasive and confident communication skills and excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to form positive relationships with a variety of people are essential to this role. The postholder will be highly organised, remaining flexible while managing a wide and diverse range of tasks, as well as possessing strong IT skills, with the ability to manage databases.

This is a full-time, permanent role in Band 6 - Management and Technical Specialists. Core hours of work will be 36 per week, 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday, with an additional hour to be worked as agreed upon with management. 

Salary: £28,516 per annum

We offer 22 days annual leave, auto-enrolment onto our Group Personal Pension scheme, training and development opportunities, access to our Employee Assistance Programme, 30% discount in our cafés and shops, and more.

We encourage you to read the job description/person specification before applying for this role.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to our work at Royal Museums Greenwich, as we are a museum for everyone. We want to foster a spirit of inclusion, collaborative working, innovation, and valuing people as individuals whose lives have been shaped by different experiences. Therefore, we welcome applications from everyone. We also actively work with Disability Confident scheme and ask that you let us know if there are any adjustments you need during the interview process.