Requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for interiors and camp ambience of all northern Tanzanian camps
- Conceptualizing and design of existing camp refurbishments
- Outsourced camp design: Working with third party interior designers / fundis on refurb projects - procurement, manufacturing of interiors and installation. When capacity allows
- Assuring camp interiors are in line with camp identity, company brand and mood boards
- Production and updates of camp mood boards & camp layouts
- Liaising with suppliers to ensure the delivery and quality of interior items
- Assessing existing suppliers and sourcing new suppliers with competitive pricing and quality
- Budgets: responsible for keeping in line with camp refurbishment budgets, new project budgets and operational budgets
- [End responsible] Responsible for all Styles and Standards administration such as processing invoices, LPO’s and cash impress
- Travel requirements to each of the Northern TZ camps on a quarterly basis for minimum 48
- hrs per camp. Relevant towns in East Africa for sourcing
- Work with procurement department to source camp items (furniture, electrics etc)
- Working with Brand Manager to ensure brand consistency across camps
- Custodian of brand in camps
Key Responsibilities Interiors Standards
- Creating hospitality and interior standards SOP for each unit across northern TZ camps and HQ (hard copy to be updated and printed annually and available in each unit) – Styling guides
- Working hand in Hand with service team to align the way we serve to our brand
- Training of staff on company standards
- Developing guest delight and outdoor bush related experiences for endorsement and adoption by Ops team
- Motivating camp manager’s to implement guest delight activities
- Ensuring company brand is executed across the board in N. Tanzania according to Brand Manager’s requirements (in-camp & Safari Ops) eg. Vehicle branding
- Production, implementation and monitoring of in-camp materials
- Working with procurement department on procuring standardized items
- Point of contact for company Shops working with contracted shop supplier
- Responsible of buying shop items and monthly analysis of month reports. Styling of shops.
- Responsible for production items done by project teams – Samples to be approved beforehand
Conditions of work
- The successful candidate will either be field-based in one of our Tanzania camps or Arusha based
- You will be required to travel for work between all the camps regularly
Since 2004, our client has been a leading presence in the main safari destinations in Tanzania and Kenya, as well as a driving role in several pioneering projects. Their ultimate goal is to turn crucial and fragile natural habitats into lasting conservation economies, benefiting both the environment and local communities. At present, the company owns and operates 20 lodges and camps as well as a ground handling operation. Our client is the first Sustainable Safari / Lodge Company in Africa to receive a 5 Star rating for Sustainability from GIIRS, was recognized as one of the “Best Companies for the World” in 2013 and was awarded the 2014 Tourism for Tomorrow Business Award.
They believe that world class travel can go hand-in-hand with improving livelihoods and conservation of nature. Their luxury camps and lodges are in some of the most special placed on Earth. Places they want to safeguard for the future. They strive to transform whole areas, from crucial fragile natural habitats with often impoverished communities into lasting conservation economies: effectively protecting wildlife whilst providing opportunities for local people to prosper. Whichever department you work in, your efforts will be crucial in achieving our conservation goal.