Travel Consultant, University Of Illinois

Job Description

The Role and What You'll Do:

The role will be responsible for managing the travel arrangements for campus, faculty and staff for University of Illinois- Champaign. In the role, you will book domestic, international, and group travel using the Sabre reservations system.
• Book domestic and international reservations for air, car and hotel using the Sabre GDS.
• Maintain and promote professional and courteous client relations by managing a prompt and accurate response to telephone and email communications.
• Protect each University's data, and actively comply with the Company's PCI standards.
• Promote the University's travel program policies, negotiated contracts, and preferred vendors. Apply discount programs appropriately.
• Knows and properly uses: airline terminology, codes, fare basis, airline rules and tariffs, resource guides, books, and industry contacts.
• Remain informed of all airline rules and regulations and current affairs.
• Remain informed of grant travel guidelines including Fly America Act.
• Achieves individual and contractual service level goals related to productivity.
• Must be able to work under the stress of and meet ticketing deadlines.
• Must be able to come to work promptly and regularly.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of the employee's activities, duties, or responsibilities for this job. Duties, obligations, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

We'd Love If You Also Have These:
• 4 + years travel consultant experience using the Sabre GDS to include group and international travel.
• Knowledge of general office PC-based programs, including Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong judgment and decision-making skills.
• Exceptional communication skills both written and verbal.
• Ability to work professionally and independently in a home office, while being part of a larger team at Anthony Travel.

How we work:

Endeavor is at the center of sports, media, entertainment, and fashion and is a largely relationship-based business. To foster an environment of collaboration, develop our future talent, and build on relationships across leadership, peers, and teams, we work in a remote capacity. We see immeasurable value internally and throughout the core of the businesses we support.

Don't meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Endeavor unites and brings people together in our love of sport, culture, and entertainment. We understand this can only be accomplished when we lead with a lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. As a global company that drives culture, we strive to reflect the world's diverse voices.  

Endeavor is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religion or belief.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r76e49-13-58-207-43-42 in your application.