Ticket Sales Officer X 8 needed at Robben Island Museum
Job title : Ticket Sales Officer X 8
Job Location : Western Cape, Cape Town
Deadline : November 30, 2024
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Key performance areas:
- Attending to queries from concession groups regarding concession requests;
- Attending to queries from school groups regarding concession requests;
- Communicating and inform concession groups of progress of request;
- Attending to queries for staff members regarding nil value tickets;
- Communicating and inform staff members of progress of request;
- Requesting approvals from the appropriate senior managers as per the policies and procedures;
- Building and maintaining a database of parties that have previously requested and have received complimentary (nil value) and concession rate (reduced rate) tickets;
- Using database to validate requests received from concession and nil rate requesters;
- Receiving concession requests from concession groups and schools;
- Using database to validate requests received from concession requesters;
- Completing the concession request form with all the relevant details from the request;
- Obtaining approval from the relevant senior manager in writing to approve the request;
- Communicating with requester whether tickets have been approved or rejected;
- Preparing a pro forma invoice for the concession group or school and make a provisional booking on the POS system;
- Sending pro forma invoice and supporting request and approval forms to internal control for validation;
- Sending approved pro forma invoice to the requesting group or school;
- Providing the Supervisor with the proof of payment to perform EFT validation on the system;
- Sending the ticket reference number to the requesting group or school;
- Receiving HOD approved complimentary (nil value) ticket approval from requesting party;
- Using database to validate requests received from nil rate requesters;
- Obtaining approval from the relevant senior manager in writing to approve the request;
- Communicating with requester whether tickets have been approved or rejected;
- Making a provisional booking on the POS system;
- Sending the ticket reference number to the requester;
- Drawing system report on all reduced rate and nil value tickets issued from the system on a monthly basis;
- Reviewing all transactions and ensure that each transaction is appropriately approved and supported by approval forms;
- Identifying and investigate exceptions;
- Prepare a monthly summary of all nil and reduced rate tickets issued;
- Providing report and supporting files for Finance review;
- Preparing monthly sales statistics;
- Identifying, investigate and report instances of suspicious and fraudulent activities;
- Providing feedback to service providers (POS system) on services rendered;
- Identifying any issues related to the service provided and professionally resolve issues with service providers;
- Meeting with POS service providers on a regular basis to discuss and resolve system enhancements, modifications and issues experienced;
- Commenting current practices and efficiency thereof;
- Recommending changes and amendments to policies, procedures and systems;
- Attending to website and email queries from customers regarding bookings;
- Assisting as and when required, the Events, Marketing and Tours Departments to perform group bookings;
- Corresponding with customers/groups which pay via EFT;
- Attending to customer complaints;
- Attending to customer queries relating to refunds;
- Recording customer complaints on a log and present cases to the CFO and Marketing Department on a weekly basis;
- Performing any ad hoc tasks as required by the Ticket Sales Manager.
Minimum Requirements:
- National Diploma in Events, Tourism or Marketing;
- Good Computer and spreadsheet skills (VB macro skills in excel aa distinct advantage);
- Knowledge of automated reconciliation;
- Good investigation skills;
- Personal organisation around work targets;
- Works well under-pressure in a high volume environment with intraday deadlines;
- Organisational, verbal and written communication skills;
- Customer-service orientation;
- Confidentiality;
- Attention to detail and ability to multi-task;
- Computer literacy;
- Planning and organising skills;
- Time management;
- Interpersonal skills;
- Initiative;
- Reliability;
- Stress tolerance.
Forward a letter of application, detailed cv, accompanied by certified copies of your ID and qualification as well as contactable referees, to [email protected] using subject line “Ticket sales24”by no later than 01 November 2024.
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