EXPERIENCE is an exciting €23million tourism project funded by the Interreg V Channel England France Programme European Regional Development Fund. Kent County Council is one of 14 partners in France and England. The project will work with businesses to develop new off-season tourism products that engage visitors in the landscape in a way that supports and enhances that landscape. EXPERIENCE will promote new experiential tourism products through tourism fairs, media and communication campaigns.

Working closely with colleagues in a highly skilled, multi-disciplinary team of five, part of the wider Kent Downs AONB Unit, this role will ensure the successful integrated delivery of the EXPERIENCE project. You will have overall responsibility for developing and maintaining business relationships and tourism product development linked to the project. You will identify businesses relevant to active rural tourism in Kent and help them develop new products to enhance the visitor experience.  
You will support businesses to ensure that the new product is sustainable beyond the life of the project and help them promote their product as part of experiential tourism itineraries developed through the project. You will guide other staff in the development of tourism products linked to natural and cultural assets.

If you are experienced in tourism and business engagement and looking for a challenging and exciting role in sustainable tourism, and are passionate about rural active tourism, then you may be the person to fill this pivotal role in our multi-disciplinary team.

Based in a beautiful converted barn in the heart of the Kent Downs in East Kent, the role will involve frequent travel in the project pilot regions which are Brittany, Pas-de-Calais, and Compiegne in France and Norfolk, Kent, and Cornwall in the UK.

This is an outstanding opportunity for a motivated and creative candidate to progress their career in sustainable tourism by being part of this flagship tourism project in Kent.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

To view and download the job description and person specification for this role please click here.

For further information on this role please contact Catherine Bradley on 01303 815170.

Interview dates: 28th & 29th April 2020 (interviews to go ahead online)

Closing date: 30th March 2020