David Jones

Leading on Adult Education Budget devolution
Working in collaboration with Local Enterprise Partnerships and Mayoral Combined Authorities
Stakeholder engagement
Market analysis leading to new product development
Advocate for adult learning
Public speaking and webinar presentation
Competitor analysis
Resource planning
Project leadership
Management of product life cycle

Country Manager for Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Lithuania and Poland. Developed market plans and recruitment strategies for those markets to increase application numbers and conversion. Attended in-country recruitment events and managed relationships with representatives in order to promote the university. Delivered presentations to partners and students at international recruitment events.

Data analysis undertaken along with regular horizon scanning and competitor… Show more

Country Manager for Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Lithuania and Poland. Developed market plans and recruitment strategies for those markets to increase application numbers and conversion. Attended in-country recruitment events and managed relationships with representatives in order to promote the university. Delivered presentations to partners and students at international recruitment events.

Data analysis undertaken along with regular horizon scanning and competitor analysis.

Exceeding recruitment targets for individual markets and increasing the conversion rate of offers to enrollment. MI presented to the University Executive, Deans and Service Directors. Show less

I managed the International Conversions Team within the University.

Key responsibilities included writing and implementing a communications plan for the conversions process. This included the development of a social media strategy.

Management of telecentre activity and CRM campaigns.

I managed a network of UK based agents and my role encompassed the recruitment of international students who are currently studying in the UK.

Developed team and individual KPI's.

Responsible for building the Academic Staff Workload Models (for both Business and Law) – duties included:
• producing weekly reports to present to Programme Directors (workload) and the Faculty Executive
• completing the Time Allocation Survey as part of the TRAC return.
• training of Programme Directors (workload) and Senior Lecturers (workload) on the Workload Model, assessment smoothing and timetabling processes when required.

Coordinated the staff absence procedure… Show more

Responsible for building the Academic Staff Workload Models (for both Business and Law) – duties included:
• producing weekly reports to present to Programme Directors (workload) and the Faculty Executive
• completing the Time Allocation Survey as part of the TRAC return.
• training of Programme Directors (workload) and Senior Lecturers (workload) on the Workload Model, assessment smoothing and timetabling processes when required.

Coordinated the staff absence procedure, ensuring that:
• absences were recorded
• classes were covered or postponed
• weekly reports were sent and presented to the Faculty Executive.

Main point of contact for the Faculty of Business and Law with Timetabling coordinating:
• the completion of Module Planning Templates and Activity Lists.
• assessment modelling
• assessment allocation each semester.

Managed a team of staff fulfilling the whole range of management functions such as:
• recruitment
• identifying training requirements
• providing support and guidance where required. Show less

Produced market plans, maintained and renewed agreements with partner organisations and liaised with sponsors of overseas students. I also fulfilled a full range of management responsibilities.

I co-ordinated the administrative support of two distinct subject areas, one focusing on Distance Learning courses, and one being campus based. I oversaw the allocation and delegation of work to other members of the team. I was the SITS expert user within the team