Sustainability Executive (FTC until Dec 2024)

You will be responsible for supporting the development and implementation of Newmarket Holidays' sustainable tourism strategy. The role will report directly to the Senior Product Planning Manager, to assist the company's overall vision and objectives in delivering its key initiatives and targets.

As a keen ambassador for the team, you will raise awareness of Newmarket Holidays' commitments through engaging stakeholders, ensuring that sustainability practices are integrated and communicated throughout the business in a positive, proactive way.

You will help promote eco-friendly practices all round, work with local communities and ensure our tourism activities contribute positively to the environment and local culture within the destinations we operate., Assist in creating sustainable tourism plans that align with environmental standards and local regulations. Identify different resources that can be used by the business to aid the growth of its sustainability proposals. Collaborate with stakeholders to develop eco-tourism initiatives and community-based projects. Support the Senior Product Planning Manager and wider business, to promote awareness of sustainable practices amongst our suppliers (i.e. airlines, hoteliers, ground agents, transportation etc). Support the Product Planning and wider business, to chair quarterly meetings to discuss opportunities and risks, minuting meetings, and outline plan of actions. Support and provide data to highlight the organisation's commitment to sustainable tourism. Work collaboratively with internal teams to provide content for the Travel for Good web page. Ensure this is kept up to date and monitored. Support Marketing & Brand in creating content for potential PR activity where
required. Help maintain the relationship with the company's chosen charity partners to ensure regular activity is rotating. Regularly monitor market trends and data on the environmental impact of tourism activities within our respective destinations. Stay informed about industry trends and advancements in sustainable tourism. Being part of the working group that focus on internal activity relating to employee wellbeing and sustainability.,

• A changing and multi-cultural team-spirited environment with opportunities to learn from new experiences and challenges


• Leaders who are interested in your development and committed to helping you to be the best version of yourself


• A responsible organisation that cares about its people, the environment, and the communities we visit


• Encouragement to take initiative and try something new and different


• A flexible and hybrid-working arrangement


• An exciting set of benefits


• The opportunity to visit our destinations and experience our holidays


The Newmarket Spirit

The Newmarket Spirit is what binds us together. It is our 'who?'. The Newmarket Spirit bridges the external view of our brand and the internal reality. It seeks to enrich the lives and well-being of our people through travel.

The Newmarket Spirit encompasses five distinct pillars, which have been inspired by people across our organisation.

BE RESPONSIBLE | BE TOGETHER | BE COMMERCIAL | BE DETERMINED | BE A LEADER

An educational background in tourism, environmental studies or a related field is beneficial, and/or similar experience within the tourism industry, destination management, or sustainability within a different business sector. Ideally someone with knowledge of sustainability principles and their application in tourism. This person will definitely need to be able to adapt to new challenges and work collaboratively in our busy, team environment, as well as being an independent self-starter, who will take initiative and self-organise. Strong communication and interpersonal skills are an absolute must-have, along with proficiency in digital tools and data analysis. It's expected that this person will have passion for sustainability and ethical practices.

We are here to enrich lives and well-being through travel. To bring that to life, we know our success is driven by our exceptional people. We create wish-list holidays. The type of holidays that people have always dreamt of doing. We bring those dreams to life and are the trusted friends of our loyal customers.

To travel responsibly and for good is to travel with care and consideration for not only the local people of the places that we visit, but also the planet.

Helping our customers explore close-to-come and far-flung corners of the world is a privilege - one that we don't take lightly. And, with each tour, cruise, or event that we operate, we recognise our responsibility and the impact of our global footprint.

We're well aware that travelling around the globe can have a negative impact on the planet, and as a company and industry, there's a long way to go. Our company's mission is to enrich lives and improve wellbeing through travel. A big part of that is 'Travel for Good'. Our 'Travel for Good' hub is our first step in a long journey to reduce carbon, offset anything we produce as a company and travel without harming the planet or the people of the destinations we go to.

For the future and the next generations of our families and friends, we want to work together and do our utmost to make a difference, leaving each destination untouched yet uplifted.

We believe in being a truly customer and colleague centric business. We expect our teams to really understand our holidays, so you'll get the chance to visit some of our wonderful destinations. These trips are hard work, but you'll see some amazing things and enjoy unique experiences., Newmarket Holidays is one of the UK's largest independent specialist tour operators. Every year, we create and operate holidays for tens of thousands of customers travelling to destinations within the UK, across Europe and around the world.

Just about every aspect of our holidays is put together in-house. So, whether you are interested in product design and operation, working to create brochures and marketing materials in our design studio, or perhaps working in our Tech or Sales teams, we'd love to hear from you.

If you think you can add something to our team, please get in touch. Travel experience isn't always a requirement, but a love of travel is definitely a bonus. Please see below for our current list of vacancies. If there's nothing that matches your skills but you would like to meet to discuss future options, please do get in touch for a confidential chat.

Joining the team at Newmarket Holidays

Newmarket is an award-winning holiday company with a team that loves travel. We share our travelling experiences with our colleagues, and encourage everyone to go on our holidays. For years we worked in a 1930s building with lots of little offices, but now we've moved to a modern office, the walls have gone and the sofas have arrived. We're really proud of the working environment we have created, and the strong focus on collaborative working and cross-department projects that it encourages.

The team is a great mix of people. Some have been there from the start, in 1983, others have joined only recently. It's that mix that makes our team so successful - we love new ideas and change at the same time as we value experience. We want our team members to try new things and to excel, so there are opportunities to try different teams and tasks. And we have a keen interest in keeping communication open and honest. We challenge each other, and that makes us better at what we do.

We celebrate success, reward fantastic performance and have a strong focus on personal development with learning opportunities for all, including a Leadership Programme that mixes the theoretical with the practical and creates strong working partnerships across different areas.