Manager - International Student Selection & Recruitment
London School of Economics
Total years of experience :18 years, 1 Months
Highlights;
• Demonstrated commitment to high standards, spearheaded the Pastoral Care team providing advice, guidance and information on welfare-related issues to students.
• Led the development of language-teaching strategy and raised the profile of language English teaching and coordinated activities to ensure maximally coherent and efficient delivery of a large-scale teaching operation.
Key Responsibilities:
• Developed and maintained training programs through effective referrals for the organization, improving administration, customer service systems and facilitated improvements for teaching and learning.
• Provided input to strategy and planning, involved in running workshops, guest lecturing and in portfolio selection, academic evaluation and student advisory work.
• Demonstrated teaching experience at higher education level, and exposure to the selection and admissions process by resolving multicultural issues and knowledge of the legal position of overseas students.
• Contributed to the recruitment of international students to the College by advising applicants and making offers on the most appropriate course at all levels as well as, running workshops, delivering guest lectures and participating in promotional activities in the UK and occasionally abroad.
• Formulated academic approaches for educational program to enable students of different levels to gain proficiency in English.
• Coached students in academic course ware (English Language & Literature) using appropriate methodologies, prepared course material and assignments, established a proactive rapport in addition to evaluating performance on a regular basis.
• Provided constructive feedback, counseled and disciplined students, applied multiple teaching techniques to best achieve course objectives.
Highlights:
• Managed School Effectiveness projects through "Save the Children" to enhance the efficacy of public primary schools systems to ensure quality education in the selected areas of Tanzania, Botswana, Mali and location in India.
• Transformed processes and established systems in place and develop a systematic formula to introduce a yearly curriculum, for quality education and improved school efficacy.
• Started a pilot project in Mumbai and Pune slums in liaison with Oxfam, developed the project from a mere 3 student attendance to over a 100 students each and every day.
Key Responsibilities:
• Motivated community towards educating the children, through enrollment campaigns, parents counseling etc.
• Organized and participated in various counseling sessions for students thereby increasing enrollment and retention rates.
• Introduced a concept of flexibility in learning during evenings, taught adults, both men and women the basics and teaching students for an hour or two each day for them to manage tier daily income.
• Coordinated activities and resources within a specific area of the curriculum with colleagues and selected a range of different learning resources and equipment.
• Developed new technologies and provided effective leadership in overall planning and strategy-setting, including the promotion of academic programs through reviews and assessment of student progress.
• Provided a customized response to literacy strategies and delivered comprehensive professional development programs in liaison with other curriculum leaders.
• Oversaw the formulation and development of training plans, learning strategies, policies and procedures by taking into consideration the educational standard of each pupil.
• Ascertained conformance of learning interventions delivered to academic standards and devising strategies to overcome bottlenecks in learning and development.
Other Professional Experiences:
• 1997 - 2000: Staff Trainer in English, Food Hygiene
• !995 -1997: Staff Trainer in English, Food Hygiene
Taught English to staff, mainly catering and housekeeping staff for developing communication with the hotel guests, also taught Food Hygiene and Health and Safety to all staff to Certificate Standard.
Other Trainings & Certifications; • Advanced Health and Safety • Advanced Food Hygiene • Advanced Group Training • Accounting for Senior Managers • Recruitment for Senior Managers • ACAS Conflict Resolution for Senior Managers • Advanced English Proficiency for Academics • Advanced Student Selection for Academics • Advanced English Coaching • TEFL, Scholar Level 5, Cambridge University (Merit)