Job Description
Set your sights on a future in maritime with a role designed for aspiring professionals. This Itinerary Planning Senior Advisor within the Maritime Team here at Carnival UK offers a unique blend of learning, growth, and hands-on experience in the heart of our maritime department. It's your chance to start building a solid foundation in this field.
To support the Senior Itinerary Planner in the delivery of operationally safe, cost effective and efficient ship itineraries for the Carnival UK fleet. The role will develop itinerary concepts for P&O Cruises and Cunard, leading to a final published product, as well as manage berth reservations, identify solutions to berth conflicts and maintain the itinerary planning module of MXP.
Key accountabilities for Itinerary Planning Senior Advisor
include:
* Work in collaboration with the Deployment Planning department and Senior Itinerary Planner to ensure the Carnival UK brands are developing commercially appealing itineraries. This includes creating itinerary concepts in MXP, reviewing stakeholder documents and providing feedback based on operational feasibility, as well as building final cruises in MXP which will go live to the business upon publication of the programme.
* Independently manage berth booking requests during the deployment process, sending reservations to port agents and authorities. Track booking progress and present findings to the Senior Itinerary Planner.
* Identify berth conflicts during the deployment process and proactively look for solutions to deliver a commercially appealing itinerary. Track all changes made to itineraries prior to publication of the brochure. Manage and complete any itinerary programme amendments in MXP accurately and efficiently, ensuring the business always have the most up-to-date itinerary information for planning purposes.
* Communicate with port agents and authorities to gather information required for port assessments and provide the information to the Nautical team in a timely manner so new ports can be assessed for inclusion in future itineraries.
This role is classified as CUK11 and is available on a full-time,12-month fixed term basis. We offer hybrid work including up to two days from home.
About you: the ideal candidate
You are more than just your CV. You're someone who brings:
* Experience working within a maritime environment or discipline preferred
* Experience working with common cruise industry software preferred
In this role, your unique personal attributes will help you stand out. If you have qualities that can drive success in the maritime sector, we want you on our team. Your ability to blend technical skills with interpersonal strengths will lay the foundation for innovation and growth within our department.
We recognise the value in having people with a variety of backgrounds, experience and skills in our business. That means the role requirements here should be seen as a guide, not a checklist.
Why join us?
Carnival UK is about being part of a community that values growth, work-life balance, and wellbeing. Were a holiday company so we know theres more to life than work.
Read our employee experience guide to learn more about life as a Carnival UK colleague.
Our comprehensive range of benefits are designed to help your personal and financial health and wellbeing.
* Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
* Recognition scheme with prizes and awards
* Regular office events including live entertainment, lifestyle events and charity partner fundraisers
* Extensive learning and development opportunities
* Employee-led networks
* Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes
* Company paid Health Cash Plan and health assessment
* In-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GP
* Life Assurance
* Parental and adoption leave
* Employee Shares Plan
* Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes
* Onsite restaurant offering range of healthy cooked and grab and go meals
* Discounted retail and leisure via discounts portal
* Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme
* Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme
* A friendly welcome with help settling in
Take the next step
Due to the popularity of our roles and our commitment to finding the best talent, we might close applications earlier than advertised. Dont miss out on this opportunity to become part of a team dedicated to creating unforgettable holiday happiness. Apply today to start your journey with us.
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About Us
Holidays are one of lifes greatest pleasures. Having the chance to relax, escape and explore is a magical thing. And there is no better holiday than a cruise.
No one knows cruising like Carnival UK, where talented people from across the globe come together to create unforgettable holiday happiness. As part of the worlds largest holiday travel and leisure company, we take enormous pride in bringing to life two of the most iconic brands from Britains rich seafaring heritage, P&O Cruises and Cunard. Collectively they have been delivering unbridled joy, boundless adventure and lifelong memories to millions of people for over 350 years. And in a multi-million pound global holiday market, where cruising has barely scratched the surface, we have the opportunity to do that for many, many more people.
Our diverse yet tight knit teams share high standards, heartfelt values and passion for our purpose. Our Culture Essentials describe the expectations we have for ourselves and of each other, in building a culture that supports safe, sustainable, compliant operations and celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion.
Its through the successful delivery of these extraordinary travel experiences for our target markets and our distinctive culture, that we hope to become Travels Employer of Choice.