Dawn Smith Email & Phone Number

Edinburgh, Gb

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Developing Edinburgh Napier University's new public engagement strategy with stakeholders across the institution and community.

Edinburgh

Introducing and developing student community engagement strategy and activity at institutional level with stakeholders across the third sector in Scotland. Responsibilities:• Developing institutional student community engagement strategy and culture change • Audit of all internal engagement activity and benchmarking practice in HEIs internationally • Development of pilot projects at curriculum and co/extra-curricular level• Reporting to senior management and influencing University external engagement and learning and teaching strategy • Management of Edinburgh-wide and smaller events to encourage academic and community partnershipAchievements: • Delivery of two community MOOCs in collaboration with Midlothian Council and Edinburgh College• Principal Investigator of AMOSSHE Insight project • Delivery of workshop at RAISE Conference, paper submitted for journal publication • HEA funded secondment to research the potential role of students in social enterprise • Event management of external-facing conference • ERASMUS grant for benchmarking visit to NUI Galway • Design of pioneering first UG community-based learning course• Creation of online mapping tool, showing all engagement activity across Edinburgh • Development of new webpages and short documentary films

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Leading and co-ordinating postgraduate strategic development, introducing new policy to key senior-level stakeholders and introducing innovative quality assurance processes. Responsibilities:•Establishment of strong, credible and trusted relationships across higher education sector •Extensive liaison and multi-level interaction with colleagues about quality assurance processes to ensure consistence and streamlining •Provide governance advocacy and influential briefing and management information to senior academic management including Dean and Postgraduate Directors•Troubleshooting high-profile, complex and sensitive student cases •Presenting workshop at Higher Education Academy conference and University cultural awareness training sessions •Establish, lead and motivate team, including recruitment and induction of two new members •Servicing of two College committees and all internal reviews at postgraduate level Achievements: •Overhaul and delivery of training to 500 senior staff in 2012-13 to adhere to external framework •Delivered three new online workflow management systems across College to agreed timescales •Monitoring and creation of new payment matrices of £200,000 budget for external examiner activity•Developed policy and implemented processes for Research Excellence Framework 2014, including 200% increase of PhD completion •Structured senior-level sustainability budgeting guidelines and tools for development of 15 new MSc programmes, including new business plan framework

Member of College of Humanities and Social Science Academic Affairs Office team responsible for internationalisation, digital scholarship and alumni development• Manage and develop College-wide internationalisation strategy, revamping planning structures at beginning of new International Forum, engaging with colleagues across the University and international institutions• Leading new College initiative on Digital Scholarship (digitalHSS), embedding new practice and changing culture• Excellent knowledge of social media and its pedagogical uses • Project management of new alumni strategy for College liaising with colleagues across the University and visiting international alumni. Management lead, implementation of new database. • Developing and delivering cultural awareness training programme using online technology • Hosting groups of high level foreign dignitaries and fostering positive relationships • Natural networker, relationship building with diverse colleagues and internationally (DH2011 Conference Stanford University, Online Educa Berlin, SIETAR Europa Krakow) • Servicing of two College Committees and support to Associate Dean for Digital Scholarship, Associate Dean for QA and Enhancement and Associate Dean for Student Conduct and Complaints • Delegate management and member of working group for internationalisation collaborative project with international academics and British Council

Responsible for the development, marketing and recruitment of new postgraduate programmes • Use of social media for market research and student engagement and recruitment• Leading recruitment strategy in key international target markets • Business planning and development of pioneering distance online MSc programme • Strategy for Postgraduate Virtual Open Week and Open Day• Leading effective internationalisation strategy within School of Biological Sciences• Producing professional marketing materials and online development• Establishing good working relationships with colleagues throughout University• Lead on setting up MSc in Biotechnology, most successful PG programme in Biological Sciences

As Programme Co-ordinator for the multilateral Comenius Assistants programme I was responsible for promoting European Commission educational programme throughout British universities, schools and education authorities, enabling UK students to spend a period teaching in a European school and UK schools to host a European student• Coordinating targeted marketing campaigns for key UK markets• Producing effective promotional material (online and printed) • Networking with UK schools and education stakeholders, recruitment of host schools• Adjudication of applications from potential UK host schools and UK assistants• Payment of grants, complex European Commission financial procedures and online systems • Recruitment and training of student ambassadors• Increasing widening participation from marginalised sectors• Presentations and careers fairs at UK universities.• Member of European Commission working group to set up new multi-lateral database• Organising induction and training event for 80 EU assistants with limited resources

Central role in Italian speaking media company as Office Manager and PA to Managing Director• Management of office, events and travel• Proof-reading and copy-editing of all materials in English language• Project management of annual media and press conferences in UK, Austria and Italy • Network remote working with colleagues using technology to communicate

Senior Fellowship

Public Engagement Academy 2016-17

Developing Community-University Partnerships

Education record

Ma Intercultural Communication

Ba Italian And Spanish Studies, European Languages

Certificate In Teaching English To Speakers Of Other Languages (Celta)

Education record

Education record

Associate Member, Community Learning And Development