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Groups Tour Leader

3 months ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa GVI Full time

Contract Duration:
Late-June - Late-July 2024

Type of Role:
Short-term (seasonal)

About GVI

GVI Planet |
GVI People
At GVI, we're driven by the desire to make a positive impact on our planet and its people.

Our dedicated teams are actively working to address global challenges and together, we leverage a diverse set of specialised skills to pursue a shared vision:
fostering a brighter and more sustainable future for all.

We offer tailor-made, educational and award-winning group volunteer programs for high school, university and corporate groups across the globe.

All the work undertaken on our group volunteer programs directly benefits the local community or environment, and each of our programs' long, mid and short-term objectives are aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Working at GVI is fast-paced and fun. We value passion, authenticity and innovation, and we treat each other with respect.

But we can do better than words to show you who we are To see what it's really like to work for GVI:

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About the role


The goal of the Groups Tour Leader is to deliver our world-leading community-focused groups programs in Cape Town, by focusing on participant experience, impact, safety, and costs.


Role and responsibilities:

  • Delivering exceptional groups programs in line with GVI standards
  • Responsible for supporting the Head of Groups Delivery or Central Groups Operation Staff in delivering group programs
  • Training of field staff on local context and safety measures.
  • Managing preprogram preparation such as partner visits, thirdparty audits, and other tasks as needed
  • Ensuring all health and safety policies are followed.
  • Leading group activities throughout the duration of groups stay in country
  • Liaising with local partners
  • Facilitating reflection sessions for students throughout the program
  • Delivering presentations and training relevant to the program
  • Collating feedback from participants and teachers
  • Ensuring all equipment is maintained throughout each program
  • Social media responsibilities where relevant, following the measures of our child and vulnerable adult protection policy
  • Managing postprogram responsibilities such as financial reports, program reports, incident reports, and other tasks as required
  • Additional responsibilities as required

About you
If you are ambitious, purpose-driven, and you have a great sense of humour, we want to meet you.

As an organisation, we know that welcoming a broad range of people with unique identities makes us powerful and we are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion practices.


Professional skills and experience

  • Local knowledge and experience leading tours and/or expeditions in and around Cape Town
  • Prior experience running/managing participants on group or individual service or adventure programs
  • Great people skills, such as:
  • Facilitating thought-provoking discussions
  • Working with participants through unforeseen challenges such as homesickness, cultural differences, group conflict, etc.
  • Being an active listener
  • Not required, but would be advantageous:
  • Trained in first aid, and/or Health & Safety

Daily Dynamics / Living Conditions
There is no single description of what a day-to-day looks like since each day has a different agenda.

But in any scenario there are the following conditions:

  • Shared accommodation between staff members.
  • Staff to be available to attend to the group needs throughout the duration of the program, which may include evenings or other times outside of the scheduled activities.
  • During the program, staff should refrain from consuming alcoholic beverages for the entire time participants are in the country.

Package includes

  • Pergroup stipend
  • Accommodation
  • Food
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And more

To apply


Please send your CV along with a cover letter stating why you feel you would be best suited to this position at GVI.


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