Coach Tour Driver

Alfa Travel; North East; On-site; GBP 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading travel company in the UK seeks a Coach Tour Driver to operate tours and ensure a high-quality service for customers. Ideal candidates should have relevant driving licences, customer service skills, and a knack for safe driving. The role requires time away from home and offers benefits like dividends and training funding. An annual salary of £32,025 is provided for this full-time position.

Benefits

Bi-annual tax-free dividend

Funding for relevant training courses

Quarterly safe driving bonus

Free accommodation and meals while on tour

Occupational Sick Pay Scheme

Discount scheme for tours and hotel stays

Qualifications

• Previous experience of operating coach tours would be an advantage.
• Comfortable with spending periods of time away from home.
• Must have a maximum of 3 points on driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Drive coach for customer tours across the UK.
• Ensure a safe and pleasant experience for passengers.
• Handle technology for route management and customer service.

Skills

Customer service

Safe driving

Technology use

Education

Relevant driving licence

Job description

Alfa Leisureplex Group has an opportunityfor a Coach Tour Driver to join the team and work out of the Durham area.

Coach Tour Driver working hours

As a Coach Tour Driver, you will work an average of 219 working days and a maximum 232 worked days with the average shift length of a tour driver being less than 8 hours. This role would suit an Durham resident. You will be paid an Annual Salary of £32,025.

Being a Coach Tour Driver

As a Coach tour Driver, you will be allocated your own coach once you have completed your initial training and your week will start by operating a feeder route into one of our six interchanges situated throughout the country. You will then board customers for onward travel to resort and will be responsible for the excursions through the week. The importance of the coach driver is ultimately down to the success of the tour and as this is important so we aim to keep the same driver on the tour with those customers until return to the interchange. You will then be allocated a return feeder route.

Our ideal candidate

• Previous experience of operating Coach Tours would be an advantage, but if it is something you are interested in, have the correct licence and are keen to learn then please do get in touch.
• Customer service comes naturally as you will be representing the Alfa Travel brand throughout the holiday.
• You will be a safe and efficient driver, comfortable with the use of technology and a maximum of 3 points on your licence.
• Comfortable with spending periods of time away from home; this is very much a lifestyle choice and you will be away on tour with limited time back at home.

Benefits of being an employee owner

• Bi-annual tax-free dividend due to our employee-owned status (circa £1,500 FTE in 2024)
• Funding for any relevant training courses to aid your development
• Job Security – our employee-owned status provides better job security, as we can't be sold to another company
• Dependent on legal breaks you may also get the opportunity to earn additional money by covering optional excursions.
• Quarterly safe driving bonus with potential to earn additional £800 for the year for safe and efficient driving
• Annual CPC training
• Full uniform provided
• Free accommodation and meals whilst out on tour
• Employee assistance programme – Health Assured
• Provision to take partners on tour up to three times per year for no charge
• Occupational Sick Pay Scheme
• Discount scheme for our employees and their families / friends on both coach tours and hotel stays
• Build your pension – we have a pension scheme in place that the Company contributes towards

The Alfa Leisureplex Group is one of the UK’s most highly respected coach holiday and hotel companies with a consolidated turnover of over £70 million per year. We are the UK’s only employee-owned Travel Group and our brands include Leisureplex Hotels and Alfa Travel. Our mission is to provide high quality memorable holidays for our guests.

Leisureplex Hotels own and operate 25hotels in the UK’s most popular seaside locations. We have a combined bed stock of over 2,000 rooms and achieve strong all year-round occupancies due to our sister brands Alfa Travel, plus our links to other coach operators and group organisers.

You would be joining the group during an exciting period as we continue to see significant growth in the number of customers choosing to holiday with us each year. As an employee-owned business with almost 1,000 employee owners, we see our people as our most valuable asset in growing our business and continuing to provide a high-quality service to our customers.

If you feel you are friendly, positive and passionate and have the necessary skills and experience to be successful in this Coach Tour Driver role,