| Cactus is the leading internet-based language travel agency
in the UK, and as such we are constantly looking for new language
holiday advisors, interns, teachers & researchers. We
are a growing company in the heart of Brighton with beautiful
offices and a multilingual international staff. |
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Foreign Language Teachers
Due to increased demand for our foreign language courses,
Cactus Language Training are currently recruiting qualified
foreign language teachers.
We are looking for teachers with bags of enthusiasm and experience
in the following locations: Cambridge, Oxford, Bristol, and
Exeter. We are also looking to recruit language teachers in
New York, following our expansion to our American branch in
Autumn 2007.
Native speaker qualified teachers need only apply:
Pay negotiable upon experience.
Cactus provides language training throughout the UK and are
always on the lookout for Qualified Language Teachers to work
for us on a freelance basis.
There are always many positions available across the UK so
apply now!
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Head of Cactus Language
Training
B2B Educational Sales & Client Management
Role
Ready for a challenge? Cactus Language Training
is the fast expanding B2B arm of Cactus, the international
language training agency based in Brighton, UK.
Are you be able to manage confidently all aspects
of our international training provision to ensure some of
the world’s largest multinationals receive the exemplary
levels of service they have come to expect from Cactus?
The successful candidate will possess:
Substantial senior account management experience
Procurement experience within the public sector
High levels of commercial awareness
An academic/training-based background
Excellent presentation and people skills
Excellent staff management skills
The person we are looking for will:
Be positive
Be target driven
Be ambitious
Salary: 35K + benefits.
Deadline for applications: 15th June.
Please email: germaine.broadbent@cactuslanguagetraining.com.
Please be well-versed with all areas of Cactus before applying.
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Senior Account Manager
- Cactus Language Training
This role will require both sales and language knowledge.
You will be responsible for sales gained from client enquiries
by email and telephone, and you will have a 2 Account Managers
to assist you.
The Senior Account Manager is responsible for
their own clients, from the moment they first enquire through
to conversion to sale. You will write and send course proposals,
using a template document but adapting that to the needs of
each client. You will follow up proposals sent by email with
telephone calls and further emails, in order to convert to
sales. There may also be some contact with clients of a face
to face nature; this process may involve negotiation and restructuring
of course proposals. Due to the nature of the product –
tailor-made foreign language training courses - your role
is both advisory & sales-based. You will build and maintain
a high level of product knowledge and ideas, both through
constant training by managers and through your own initiative,
and will demonstrate high levels of customer service at all
times.
Working within a customer service & sales environment,
a knowledge of languages and/or teaching experience is essential
for this role, as are a personable & enthusiastic manner,
efficient time management and ability to prioritise. This
is mainly an office-based role and is a full time post.
Salary: £22K + benefits
Holidays: 20 days per annum + a 5 day language
course & accommodation OR alternatively 20 days per annum
+ 2 extra days holiday
0.5 day Christmas shopping
Apply: CV & covering letter to Germaine.Broadbent@cactuslanguagetraining.com,
Closing date: 8 june
Start date: July 1st
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Intern Positions -
Available from 1-12 Months
Interns constitute a lively and cosmopolitan part
of life at Cactus (please see Work Experience/Internship notes
below). We currently have the following intern positions available
now from 1 to 12 months:
Admin Support to Managing Director
This support role involves working alongside the Managing
Director on a number of ongoing projects. A near native level
of English, both written and spoken, is required, as well
as good attention to detail and proficiency in Excel. Daily
tasks will involve liaising with partner schools, collecting
stats and helping out in other departments or projects where
needed.
Finance Department - Work Experience
A support role within the Cactus Finance Department.
This is an exciting role giving the candidate an insight into
how a finance department operates. You will be trained in
various areas such as banking, foreign currency purchasing,
sales margin reporting and debtor analysis. Your experience
will culminate with an understanding of the broader financial
picture of a business.
Cactus Language Support
A support role within the busy Cactus Language Sales Team.
The support role would include answering the telephone
for our department and directing calls to other members of
staff. We therefore require a near native level of English.
Duties will also include using our in-house admin system to
process orders and payments and to assist in responding to
some basic customer enquiries. Daily tasks will also involve
gathering data from schools, updating the website with valuable
information, collecting stats and helping out in other departments
or projects where needed.
Cactus Language Training Support
A support role within the busy Cactus Language Training Sales
Team. The support role would include emailing clients for
feedback and responding to their emails; collating feedback
for the websites; collating statistics from feedback forms;
sending confirmation emails to FLUK clients; printing &
binding books; burning CDs; sending course materials to clients
/ teachers; helping to source teachers; other bits and bobs
as required. You will need to have a near native level of
English, good attention to detail, good written English, be
proficient in Excel, intelligent & amiable.
Cactus TEFL Support
A support role within the busy Cactus Tefl Sales Team. The
support role would include logging download information on
a spreadsheet and creating a report and graphs at the end
of each month; emailing clients who have downloaded TEFL course
application forms but not yet submitted them; phoning and
emailing schools to check course spaces; faxing applications;
calling schools to confirm which clients have started courses,
and amending the status on the backend; contacting schools
for their 2007 dates & contacting potential applicants;
contacting schools to find out which Taster Day clients went
on to book courses. You will need to have a near native level
of English
* Please note that interns working for less than 6 months
may not be paid.
If you are ready for any of these exciting roles, please
e-mail your CV & covering letter to Richard Bradford:
richard@cactuslanguage.com |
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Part-Time Language Teachers
We are currently seeking foreign language teachers in any
language. You must be a native speaker, qualified and experienced
to teach both groups and individuals - anywhere in the UK.
Please fill out our Language
Trainer Questionnaire. (Do not send a CV). |
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Paid/Unpaid Work Experience/Internships
We sometimes offer general office positions for foreign students
(non-native English speakers). You may be involved in many
or all areas of the business, depending on your experience.
You must speak and write excellent English (Upper Intermediate
or above) and be ready to work for a minimum of 2 months.
If you are from outside the EU, you may be required to combine
this internship with a paid English course.
Please note that interns working for less than 3 months will
not be paid. For those working for longer than 3 months, you
will be paid £200 per calendar month. However you will
need to be able to cover your own accommodation and expenses.
If we are unable to place you in our company, we may find
you an alternative internship in another British company.
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| General Vacancies
We are especially interested in people who:
- are comfortable with computers and the Internet
- have travel experience
- are fluent in English (spoken and written)
- speak other languages
- are ready to move to Brighton
We also occasionally have freelance positions
for:
- travelling journalists to research new destinations
- web designers
- web researchers
If you are interested in our company, please send
us your CV and covering letter by e-mail (send your
CV as a Word or PDF Attachment).
Cactus (Cactus Worldwide Ltd) is an equal opportunities
employer. |
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