South African Tourism Vacancies
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**Overview** South African Tourism is seeking a Marketing and Trade Officer for local recruitment in India. This role is crucial for assisting the Marketing & Communications Manager in the India hub to implement and execute SA Tourism's marketing strategies, build the brand's reputation, perform trade training, execute trade campaigns, and manage various administrative tasks. **What you will do** As the Marketing and Trade Officer: India, you will: * Support the implementation of approved marketing and business plans for the Indian market. * Assist the Marketing Manager in delivering integrated destination marketing campaigns and projects across various channels. * Help develop campaign plans, project plans, briefs, timelines, budgets, and deliverables. * Ensure all required approvals are obtained before initiating marketing activities. * Coordinate with internal teams, appointed agencies, suppliers, and partners for timely delivery of marketing initiatives. * Support digital, social media, content, PR, partnership, and activation programmes. * Coordinate the adaptation and distribution of South African Tourism marketing assets according to brand guidelines. * Maintain accurate campaign documentation, approvals, correspondence, and supporting records. * Track campaign deliverables and escalate delays or risks to the Marketing Manager. * Support campaign performance tracking and preparation of post-campaign reports. * Assist the Marketing Manager with presentations, briefing documents, reports, and management information. * Support the implementation of the approved travel-trade engagement strategy and business plan. * Coordinate trade workshops, roadshows, sales calls, webinars, training programmes, exhibitions, and other trade activities. * Assist with planning and coordination of trade and stakeholder engagements. * Maintain accurate and up-to-date databases of tour operators, travel agents, wholesalers, airlines, industry associations, and other tourism stakeholders. * Support trade communications and distribution of South African Tourism information, campaigns, toolkits, and destination content. * Assist with trade presentations, destination training materials, and sales collateral. * Support the coordination of familiarisation trips and other trade development initiatives. * Capture and track trade leads, opportunities, commitments, and follow-up actions. * Gather trade feedback and market intelligence and provide relevant information to the Trade Relations Manager. * Assist in identifying opportunities to strengthen South Africa's distribution and conversion through the travel trade. * Maintain professional relationships with trade stakeholders and ensure timely responses and follow-ups. * Be required to travel abroad for work purposes. * Ensure all project documentation is complete, accurate, and filed in accordance with South African Tourism policies and procedures. * Prepare and maintain project files, approval documents, briefs, quotations, correspondence, contracts, purchase orders, invoices, and supporting documentation. * Ensure appropriate internal approvals and delegated authorities are obtained before commitments or activities are implemented. * Support compliance with relevant PFMA, Treasury Regulations, procurement requirements, and South African Tourism policies. * Assist with budget administration and monitoring against approved project allocations, ensuring expenditure is supported by documentation and approvals. * Liaise with Finance, Procurement, Legal, and other internal functions as required. * Track outstanding approvals, purchase orders, invoices, and payments, escalating delays appropriately. * Maintain accurate audit trails for all projects and activities. * Ensure supplier and agency documentation is complete and submitted within prescribed timelines. * Assist with audit queries and provide supporting documentation. * Maintain records in accordance with information and records-management requirements. * Maintain confidentiality of organisational, commercial, and stakeholder information. * Ensure all administrative deadlines and reporting requirements are met. * Support the Hub Head with all key administrative requests. * Liaise with the designated Travel Management Company (TMC) to coordinate venue bookings, travel arrangements, and other related requirements. * Support digital and social media marketing campaigns in collaboration with the Marketing Manager and relevant digital teams. * Coordinate the delivery of digital content and campaign assets. * Assist with website, social media, email marketing, and digital content activities. * Maintain content schedules and campaign trackers. * Coordinate with digital and creative agencies on asset delivery. * Support the distribution and localisation of South African Tourism content for relevant markets. * Monitor basic digital performance indicators and compile information for reporting. * Assist with the coordination of influencer, creator, and digital partnership activities. * Maintain an organised digital asset library. * Keep abreast of emerging digital marketing trends, platforms, and technologies. * Support the responsible and policy-compliant use of AI and digital marketing tools. * Maintain project plans, action trackers, and implementation schedules. * Track agreed milestones, deliverables, and dependencies. * Coordinate meetings and record action items, following up with stakeholders on outstanding actions. * Ensure projects remain aligned with approved business-plan objectives. * Escalate risks, delays, budget concerns, or governance issues to the relevant Manager. * Assist in preparing project status reports. * Support the Marketing Manager and Trade Relations Manager in monitoring delivery against annual objectives. * Maintain accurate records of project outcomes, lessons learned, and supporting evidence. * Provide administrative and logistical support for trade and marketing events, workshops, exhibitions, roadshows, conferences, and stakeholder engagements. * Coordinate invitations, registrations, delegate information, and stakeholder communications. * Liaise with venues, suppliers, agencies, and other service providers. * Assist with event branding, marketing collateral, and digital requirements. * Coordinate travel and logistical arrangements where required and in accordance with organisational policy. * Ensure event-related documentation and approvals are completed. * Assist with post-event reporting, reconciliation, and stakeholder follow-up. * Maintain accurate records of participation, leads, engagements, and outcomes. * Liaise with appointed agencies and suppliers regarding project deliverables. * Track agency and supplier performance against approved scopes and timelines. * Assist with the administration of contracts, purchase orders, and supplier documentation. * Verify that invoices are supported by the required documentation and delivered outputs. * Monitor project expenditure against approved budgets and assist with budget reconciliations and reporting. * Always follow established procurement and financial procedures. * Escalate any discrepancies or potential compliance issues to the relevant Manager. * Maintain complete documentation to support audit and governance requirements. * Compile accurate weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports as required. * Support the Marketing Manager and Trade Relations Manager with business-plan reporting. * Maintain accurate marketing and trade activity databases. * Track agreed KPIs and deliverables. * Assist with gathering campaign, digital, trade, and stakeholder performance information. * Collect relevant market intelligence and competitor information. * Maintain records of stakeholder engagements and trade activities. * Assist with preparing presentations and management reports, ensuring all reported information is accurate, verifiable, and supported by appropriate evidence. * Serve as an effective coordination point between the Marketing and Trade teams and relevant internal departments. * Maintain professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders. * Ensure information is communicated accurately and timeously. * Coordinate correspondence and follow-ups on behalf of the Marketing Manager and Trade Relations Manager. * Prepare meeting agendas, minutes, action lists, and briefing documents where required. * Ensure that commitments made to stakeholders are tracked and followed through. * Support effective communication between South African Tourism, tourism industry stakeholders, government structures, Embassies, and strategic partners where applicable. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * **Qualifications:** * Diploma in Public Relations/ Marketing/ Journalism/ Trade Relations Management, Tourism Management, Sales and Marketing or equivalent. * **Experience:** * 3-5 years' relevant experience in marketing, tourism, destination marketing, trade relations, communications, project coordination or a related environment. * Experience supporting marketing campaigns and projects. * Experience working with external agencies, suppliers and stakeholders. * Experience with administrative, financial and project documentation. * Experience supporting events, trade activations or stakeholder engagements. * Experience with digital marketing and social media platforms. * **Eligibility:** * Indian Citizens Only. * Local recruitment in India. * South African Tourism does not offer Work Permit sponsorship. * **Technical and Digital Skills:** * Microsoft 365, particularly Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams. * Digital marketing and social media platforms. * Digital content management. * Email marketing and CRM systems. * Basic digital analytics and reporting. * Online meeting and collaboration platforms. * Project and task-management tools. * Data capturing and database management. * Digital filing and document-management systems. * Basic budget tracking and reconciliation. * Digital presentation and reporting tools. * **Other:** * Will be required to travel abroad for work purposes. **Who should apply** This role is for an Indian Citizen who is passionate about South Africa, travel, and tourism. The ideal candidate is a result-driven, credible individual with strong interpersonal and influencing skills, strong business acumen, and creative flair. **Deadline** 14 October 2026 **Reference** Original posting: https://www.govpage.co.za/vacancies/south-african-tourism-vacancies-8 Source: govpage
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- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Social media marketing
- Project management
- Data entry
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