Posted by: Asian Trails Co., Ltd
- Location: Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
- Career Level:
- Employment Type: Part Time
- Start Date: Mon 02 August, 2021
- Application Deadline: Sat 31 July, 2021
General description (Position summary): This is a part-time role (2.5 days per week)to coordinate Asian Trails’sustainabilityeffortsbased on our mission and goals while being responsible for ensuring our objectives are met across all countries.
Main Responsibilities:
1) Travelife
Objective: Ensure that all Asian Trails offices have theirTravelife Partner status renewed in early 2022and regularly work on their Travelife action plan
- Follow up with each country office on implementation of their action plan
- Write and implement missing policies, guidelines and other documents as needed
- Support each country office to renew and maintain their Travelife Partner status
2) Sustainability Projects & Planning
Objective: Ensure the implementation of sustainability projects within Asian Trails
- Work with company management to set the company’s sustainability agenda
- Supporting planning and implementation of our "Refillable Water Bottle" project
- Supporting planning and implementation of our "Carbon Offsetting" project
- Develop our activities to promote “Accessible Tourism” and “Paperless Tours”
- Play an active role in the organisation and activities of IMPACT Vietnam
- Other projects to be announced by CEO, GMs or MDs
3) Sustainable Product Development
Objective: Improve the sustainability of our products and supply chain partners
- Support teams to improve the sustainability of their excursions and tours in accordance with our internal sustainable product guidelines
- Support teams to audit animal excursions to identify those that are responsible
- Support teams to evaluate the sustainability of key hotel partners
- Help teams identify social business and NGO partners in each country
4) SuperviseCountry Sustainability Coordinators
Objective: Regularly communicate with each country’s Sustainability Coordinator (SC) to guide and advise them on implementing sustainability projects in their country
- Be the main point of contact for all internal sustainability-related questions
- Maintain regular contact with SCs to ensure targets and deadlines are being met
- Co-ordinate with SCs on an ad-hoc basis to support the implementation of our projects
- Understand the general sustainability context of each country we operate in
5)Sustainability Training
Objective: Build the capacity of our staff and tour guides on sustainability and responsible travel topics
- Design and deliver regular online trainings to staff members from specific departments to improve their sustainability knowledge and help them to play a part in our sustainability projects
- Design content for tour guide training sessions and support teams to deliver the content
- Ensure that all countries’ core staff and tour guides receive formal training from a third party (e.g. ChildSafe) on child protection in tourism
6)Sustainability Marketing & Reporting
Objective: Ensure our sustainability efforts are communicated externally in a clear and concise way
- Gather data from all countries to write a detailed annual sustainability report
- Support Marketing with sustainability-related communications
- Be the main point of contact for all external sustainability-related questions
7) ATV Sustainability (SuRe)Team
Objective: Motivate ATVSuRe Team and help them to develop, manage and implement sustainable actions
- Hold monthly meetings and encourage employees to start, manage or participate in sustainable projects
- Desire to work in the Hospitality and Tourism industry
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Extensive knowledge of sustainable tourism management
- Passionate about sustainability and responsible travel
- Strong English writing and speaking skills
- Able to design and deliver training
- Able to work independently and in a team environment
- Proficient in computer use: Microsoft Office, Excel, internet and other useful software
Note : this description, including the mentioned duties/extended duties, can be extended during the assignment