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Become a Freelance Tour Director for EF – Northern, Central and Eastern Europe

Do you enjoy meeting new people and exploring new places? Do you thrive in ever-changing environments and excel under pressure? Are you passionate about helping travellers learn more about the world and themselves? If you answered “yes” to the above, you’ve come to the right place! 

Who we are:

Education First (EF) is the world’s largest international education company, offering global travel and study abroad to students, young people and adults, language-learning, cultural exchange, and academic programmes. 

We are looking for freelance Tour Directors to work with:

• EF Educational Tours (eftours.com): provides educational group travel to students from the USA and Canada all over the world.
• EF Go Ahead Tours (goaheadtours.com): offers guided group tours for adults to 175 destinations worldwide

The role

This is a seasonal freelance position, and work will be offered and compensated on a tour-by-tour basis. We are now looking for freelance Tour Directors to lead tours primarily in June/July 2024 in Northern, Central, Eastern Europe and other major European destinations.

As a freelance Tour Director, you will lead tours of 7 to 31 days in length, with the majority being around 12 days. Some tours are based in one country, others cover several. You will work alongside EF to create memorable experiences. From the day the group arrives, until the moment of their departure, you will stay with the group becoming their reference point and being responsible for the day-to-day tour organisation.

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: 

• Managing tour logistics
• Liaising with suppliers (Hotels, Restaurants, Guides etc.)
• Keeping tour paperwork up to date
• Providing educational commentaries
• Leading fun and experiential activities
• Ensuring the safety of all our travellers
• Facilitating the inclusion of every person on your tour
• Representing EF while on tour

Requirements:

• Fluent in English
• Based in Northern, Central or Eastern Europe
• A valid passport and legal permission to work in the EU
• Excellent leadership, communication & interpersonal skills
• Organizational skills & good attention to detail
• A passion for travel & education
• Resilience & a ‘nothing-is-impossible' attitude
• Remain calm under pressure & able to use your own initiative
• Flexible to adapt to ever-changing situations
• Comfortable with modern communication tools & using a smartphone

Good to have:

• International travel experience
• Knowledge of North American culture
• A second European language
• Experience leading groups of young people or adults

Please note EF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our travellers. All successful applications will be subject to a Criminal Background Check and character reference check.

Next steps 

Following a successful initial application, you will be invited to a Video/Phone interview, which will be followed by Group interview. Selected candidates will have to attend a 3 day “In-Person introduction to EF” before leading their first tour.

Still not sure if this job is for you? Check out this video to see what it means to be a Tour Director with EF

EF Educational Tours (Student groups): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yp9wtHMPsE

Go Ahead (Adult tours) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaFd3Xxcbsg

If you think you can fit this role well, fill out the following Application Form.

We look forward to hearing from you! 

When you partner with EF, you join a multicultural and diverse community working across more than 600 schools and offices in 50 countries, all with one shared mission of opening the world through education. Whoever you are, whatever you are passionate about—we welcome you. EF is committed to inclusion and belonging across race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, parental status, identity, experience and everything else that makes you unique.