Itinerary Planning Senior Advisor in Eastleigh

Set your sights on a future in maritime with a role designed for aspiring professionals. This Itinerary Planning Senior Advisor within the Maritime Team here at Carnival UK offers a unique blend of learning, growth, and hands-on experience in the heart of our maritime department. It’s your chance to start building a solid foundation in this field.

To support the Senior Itinerary Planner in the delivery of operationally safe, cost effective and efficient ship itineraries for the Carnival UK fleet. The role will develop itinerary concepts for P&O Cruises and Cunard, leading to a final published product, as well as manage berth reservations, identify solutions to berth conflicts and maintain the itinerary planning module of MXP.

Responsibilities:

• Work in collaboration with the Deployment Planning department and Senior Itinerary Planner to ensure the Carnival UK brands are developing commercially appealing itineraries. This includes creating itinerary concepts in MXP, reviewing stakeholder documents and providing feedback based on operational feasibility, as well as building final cruises in MXP which will go live to the business upon publication of the programme.
• Independently manage berth booking requests during the deployment process, sending reservations to port agents and authorities. Track booking progress and present findings to the Senior Itinerary Planner.
• Identify berth conflicts during the deployment process and proactively look for solutions to deliver a commercially appealing itinerary. Track all changes made to itineraries prior to publication of the brochure.
• Manage and complete any itinerary programme amendments in MXP accurately and efficiently, ensuring the business always have the most up-to-date itinerary information for planning purposes.
• Communicate with port agents and authorities to gather information required for port assessments and provide the information to the Nautical team in a timely manner so new ports can be assessed for inclusion in future itineraries.

This role is classified as CUK11 and is available on a full-time, 12-month fixed term basis. We offer hybrid work including up to two days from home.

About you: the ideal candidate

You are more than just your CV. You’re someone who brings:

• Experience working within a maritime environment or discipline preferred.
• Experience working with common cruise industry software preferred.

In this role, your unique personal attributes will help you stand out. If you have qualities that can drive success in the maritime sector, we want you on our team. Your ability to blend technical skills with interpersonal strengths will lay the foundation for innovation and growth within our department.

We recognise the value in having people with a variety of backgrounds, experience and skills in our business. That means the role requirements here should be seen as a guide, not a checklist.

Why join us?

Carnival UK is about being part of a community that values growth, work-life balance, and wellbeing. We’re a holiday company so we know there’s more to life than work.

Our comprehensive range of benefits are designed to help your personal and financial health and wellbeing:

• Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers.
• Recognition scheme with prizes and awards.
• Regular office events including live entertainment, lifestyle events and charity partner fundraisers.
• Extensive learning and development opportunities.
• Employee-led networks.
• Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes.
• Company paid Health Cash Plan and health assessment.
• In-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GP.
• Life Assurance.
• Parental and adoption leave.
• Employee Shares Plan.
• Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes.
• Onsite restaurant offering range of healthy cooked and grab and go meals.
• Discounted retail and leisure via discounts portal.
• Minimum 25 days leave.