- Counselling home and international students on UK Higher Education processes and options. - Ensuring consistent growth in leads, applicants and conversions from South-Asia and Africa region.- Advising potential students on admission requirements, tier 4 compliance regulations, UKVI maintenance policies, and accommodation. - Assisting marketing team in implementing recruitment strategies for my regions. - Preparing marketing materials and operations strategies to maximise revenue.- Liaising with universities, partners for effective application process and information.- Attending University FAM trips and workshops.- Coordinating with Events manager in organising SI-UK Education Fairs in London, Manchester and Glasgow, thrice a year.- Organising internal training sessions.

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Established in 2008, UKCN Education is a leading international education group, based both in the UK and China. Our head office is located in London with branches spread out across UK and China, namely in major cities such as Manchester, Newcastle, Chester, Nanjing and Shanghai.We specialise in providing assistance to students in gaining entry into the top 10 universities of the UK, including; Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial, UCL and other G5 Institutions. In 2016 alone, we recruited over 1200 HE and PhD students, many of whom had received offers from more than one top 10 universities of the UK. My role at UKCN is to initiate and develop partnerships with leading UK and USA Universities, including contract negotiation. Feel free to message or connect with me if you'd like to find out more! Other core responsibilities include;- Identify areas for service expansion and additional revenue opportunities by creating business development strategies, aligned with company objectives.- Collect and monitor market intelligence, feeding relevant information regularly back to the Board of Directors.- Report to the Director of Operations, and other board members on figures and potential business opportunities.- Manage and delegate budget allocation for the PhD and HE recruitment department teams. - Liaise and visit new and existing partners, such as Universities and Education Groups, on a regular basis.- Led and managed the creation of a new PhD tutors management system.- Prepare analytical reports, and present it to the board of directors on a monthly basis.- Responsible for supervising and training HE and PhD Tutoring teams.- Liaising with HE and PhD departments, both in the UK and China.- Liaise regularly with our HE and PhD teams across UKCN’s seven branch offices spread across UK and China, and assist them in ensuring a timely resolution to potential operational issues.

- Assisted international students with admission and immigration issues.- Scheduled interviews and conducted online tests over Skype and in person.- Examined educational documents and admission applications while complying with UKVI Tier-4 regulations.-Helped prepare compliance reports - visa refusals, non-enrolment and non-completion (as required under the point based system).- Prepared and issued CAS for new and existing international students.- Liaised with Compliance team to drive down visa refusal rates.- Demonstrated strong working knowledge of immigration rules, Sponsor and Tier-4 policies.- Confident user of SITS, MAS and Tier-4 Sponsor Management System.- Excelled in communicating with International, UK and European students.- Wrote and edited web content, including eNewsletters, press releases, posters, flyers, web banners and editorial content for affiliates targeting international students from different regions.- Produced market research reports on target regions and education providers from around the world to identify markets and opportunities within them.- Managed and led a team of five International Marketing executives.- Organized events and seminars in the UK and overseas to build a strong brand identity and to recruit students.- Managed a worldwide agent network of over 400 recruiters and ensured they were all kept up to date with new marketing promotions and policies.- Developed and executed social media, SEO and paid search strategies.