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ABOUT US

HOW DISCOVER ADVENTURE CAME TO BE

Jonathan visiting the Masai, Tanzania

AN INTERVIEW WITH JONATHAN BRYAN, FOUNDER & MD

Pre Discover Adventure: After failing most of my A Levels my parents dropped me at Portsmouth Harbour (a quick caveat -  they didn't abandon me in disappointment, I asked them to!) and from there I began hitchhiking. First through France, then Spain, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. I almost ran out of money but luckily found a yacht looking for crew to sail to Australia (as you do). This lead to an amazing 5 month trip via the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. 

I then worked and travelled around Australia and South East Asia before arriving home 18 months later to take a course in Cartography.

1994: I decided I wanted to start my own adventure travel business and being a keen mountain biker I decided to start a mountain biking holiday company (that's the one and only time you'll see 'holiday' mentioned on this site!)

1995: I was approached at a travel show by a major UK charity, Macmillan Cancer Support, to do a fundraising cycle trip to Morocco! We ran the trip, successfully....

Present day: I'm proud to say that we  still work with Macmillan today.  Discover Adventure has enabled many thousands of people to complete adventures of a lifetime and to raise well over £100million for the causes they care about. Now in our 30th year, we've never looked back!  

TEAM da

 

From the moment you book on a Discover Adventure trip, you will be in touch with our office team. They are chosen for their organisational skills, travel experience and the pre-requisite sense of humour. There’s a huge amount that goes on in the background at Discover Adventure to ensure that your trip runs smoothly from start to finish. We work hard to organise your trips and look after everything, including ground operations, flights, crew training, admin and marketing between us.

On your challenge you'll be in the safe hands of our Discover Adventure crew, including leaders and medics. Our leaders are all professional, friendly and experienced at running adventure trips all over the world, as well as being trained in first aid, mechanics, haggling, cocktail making and bad joke-telling to a high standard.

 

OUR CREW

 

OUR MEDICS

The Discover Adventure Office Team

WORK WITH US

Leanne and Sarah climbing Kilimanjaro!

We are currently recruiting for a Client Experience Support individual to join our small but busy office team.

The main event:

  • Development of our challenge profile to existing open charities, alongside nurturing the relationship to secure repeat business
  • Maintain systems with any amendments to existing client records. Provide introductory information to any new charities approaching us to join the directory, or those that have lapsed and wishing to re-engage
  • Ensure charities are notified, and consent given, for all participants on fundraising/part-payment options. Provide regular correspondence with charities for participants supporting them on the open challenges in relation to all trip details
  • Liaise with Accounts department with regards to client invoicing queries
  • Maintain a CRM for all open charities we work with, to allow us to monitor our interaction with them and create the ability to categorise charities
  • Answer telephone and email queries posed by potential or existing charities

You’re the ideal candidate if you have:

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Capacity to multi task and work accurately under pressure with a responsive attitude
  • Methodical, organised approach to work with good time management
  • Motivated and enthusiastic person able to work independently
  • Demonstrate excellent use of Microsoft Office
  • Prior office experience is essential
  • Charity Industry experience useful. Travel or Adventure Industry experience highly valuable
Specifics:

Start Date: Immediate

Position: Permanent, full-time basis

Location: Office based, just outside Salisbury

Days/Hours: Monday to Thursday 9am – 5.30pm, Friday 9am - 5pm

Salary: £24K -£28K, experience dependent

The Package: Ongoing L&D as standard, 33 days annual leave (inc bank holidays), Pension scheme, as well as discounted travel opportunities

We are a friendly, busy office located in a rural location that can offer you a unique setting to further your career.

To request a job description or send us your CV & covering letter please email info@discoveradventure.com, for the attention of Mrs Sam Froude. It should arrive with us no later than 29th Feb 2024.