Tourism Office Director

In a context of relaunching and structuring the association, the Office de Tourisme is recruiting its Director. Under the authority of the President of the Office de Tourisme and in close liaison with the Board of Directors, the Director ensures the strategic, administrative, financial, and operational management of the association. He/she will notably be responsible for getting the organization back up and running, structuring its internal operations, leading teams, developing partnerships with professionals and institutional actors, and implementing the tourism orientations defined in connection with the Communauté de Communes.

The Director's missions will notably include:

• Steering and structuring the operations of the Office de Tourisme: implementing the orientations of the Board of Directors, organizing services, defining internal procedures, and ensuring activity monitoring;
• Ensuring the administrative and financial management of the association: preparing and monitoring the budget, securing procedures, seeking funding and partnerships, preparing activity and financial reports, and reporting regularly to the governance bodies;
• Managing and leading the Office de Tourisme team: organizing missions, supporting employees, developing skills, and fostering a collective dynamic;
• Implementing local tourism policy, in close coordination with the CCMG, and contributing to the definition of new tourism products, services, and actions;
• Steering the tourism reception and information policy, both at the Office headquarters and through mobile actions across the three communes of Marie-Galante;
• Developing the promotion and marketing of the Marie-Galante destination, notably around the territorial brand « Marie-Galante Si Vraie ! », in connection with institutional and professional partners;
• Structuring and coordinating the local tourism offering by uniting professionals and developing quality and networking initiatives;
• Developing relations with tourism actors, communes, the CCMG, the Comité du Tourisme des Îles de Guadeloupe, and various public and private partners;
• Designing and developing animations and events contributing to the attractiveness of the territory, and the enhancement of local heritage, know-how, and productions;
• Participating in the steering and organization of major events led by the Office de Tourisme, notably the Festival Terre de Blues, for which the Otmg ensures project management and organization;
• Developing the association's own resources, partnerships, and commercialization opportunities for tourism products and services;
• Steering tourism activity observation tools, monitoring attendance, visitor satisfaction, and the impact of conducted actions;
• Supervising the operational management of the taxe de séjour on behalf of the CCMG and information and awareness actions for professionals;
• Representing the Office de Tourisme to institutional, economic, and tourism partners, both locally and externally.

Profile sought Education: Degree at Bac +4 to Bac +5 level, in the fields of tourism, local development, or territorial development Mastery of spoken and written English,

• Professional experience desired in the tourism, territorial development, or attractiveness sector, or in the management of an associative or parapublic structure;
• Experience in team management, project management, or directing a structure will be an asset;
• Knowledge of the institutional, economic, and tourism environment of Guadeloupe and Marie-Galante