Organization Name: SPEDU. The Senior Executive, Tourism is responsible for driving tourism product development, packaging, promotion, and investment facilitation within the SPEDU region. The role focuses on transforming tourism assets into market-ready, investable, and competitive tourism products, strengthening destination appeal, increasing visitor spend, and enabling inclusive participation of local enterprises and communities. The position plays a key role in diversifying the regional economy by positioning tourism as a strategic growth sector aligned with SPEDU’s broader investment promotion, market access, and enterprise development mandate.
Key Responsibilities
- Establish a structured and competitive tourism development framework for the SPEDU region.
- Develop and package market-ready tourism products and experiences.
- Increase visibility and market access for tourism products.
- Strengthen coordination among tourism stakeholders.
- Ensure high-quality, sustainable tourism offerings.
- Track tourism sector performance and impact.
- Ensure tourism development initiatives comply with regulatory, environmental, and safety requirements.
- Escalate material risks affecting tourism projects to management.
- Maintain ethical standards and transparency in stakeholder engagements.
- Recommends tourism products, packaging approaches, and investment opportunities.
- Advises on marketing priorities and stakeholder engagement strategies.
- Escalates issues requiring executive or policy-level intervention.
Requirements
- Education: Degree or postgraduate qualification in Tourism Management, Hospitality, Business Development, or related field.
- Experience: 5-7 years in tourism development, product packaging, marketing, or investment facilitation.
- Technical Competencies: Tourism product development, packaging, market access, stakeholder coordination, investment facilitation.
- Behavioural Competencies: Creativity, stakeholder engagement, commercial awareness, organisation, communication skills.
How to Apply
Acting Chief Executive Officer
SPEDU
P/Bag 33
Selebi Phikwe
Or hand / electronically (only email) delivered to:
Plot 12384
Meriting Industrial
Selebi Phikwe
Tel: 262 4300
Email: recruitment@spedu.co.bw
Closing Date: 20th February 2026