Job Description

Closing Date: 2025-11-07
Job Type: Permanent
Job Level: Senior
Experience: More than 10 Years
EE/AA: No
Summary
Agent Sales Consultant - Luxury Safari Travel - Cape Town South Africa
Our client, a leading conservation-focused safari company with world-class lodges across East Africa, is seeking an experienced Agent Sales Consultant to join their dynamic Cape Town team. This role suits a travel professional with deep safari sales knowledge and a passion for creating life-changing African journeys.
Description
The Agent Sales Consultant will manage end-to-end safari sales processes, from handling agent enquiries and designing tailored itineraries to confirming bookings and following up on post-travel feedback. You'll deliver accurate quotations, creative routing suggestions, and proactive communication to travel partners while meeting individual and team sales targets.
This is a fast-paced, detail-oriented role requiring strong product knowledge, outstanding customer service, and the ability to multi-task across multiple agent accounts. You'll collaborate closely with reservations, operations, and product teams to ensure a seamless guest journey while contributing to Asilia's vision of transforming travel into a force for conservation and community impact.
Conditions:

• Full-time hybrid role, based in Cape Town (minimum two office days per week after probation)
• Standard working hours (Mon-Fri, 9 hours incl. lunch)
• Flexibility during peak seasons; participation in after-hours emergency phone rotation

Package:

• Competitive salary based on experience
• Flexible work model after training
• Professional development within a purpose-driven, award-winning safari brand

Minimum Requirements

• 10-15 years' experience in tourism, with strong background in safari or luxury travel sales
• Proven experience designing detailed safari itineraries and quoting accurately
• Knowledge of East African safari destinations (Tanzania, Kenya preferred)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with travel or reservations systems (Tourplan advantageous)
• Strong administrative and organisational skills with meticulous attention to detail
• Target-driven and solution-focused under pressure
• Proactive team player with a passion for travel and conservation

Skills Required