Mary Carson Email & Phone Number

• To deliver the Study USA programme, facilitating international study opportunities for FE and HE students from Northern Ireland.• To promote the programme via institutional partners across NI.• Oversee the application, selection and placement of students in partner colleges in the USA for a year of study to complement their qualification.• Stakeholder relations and management, with students and institutional partners in NI and the USA.• Project administration, monitoring, and management via corporate assurance and reporting frameworks.• Mainstreaming of equality, diversity and inclusion into programme delivery.

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

● Management and delivery of the charity's Experience Programme in NI, offering young people aged 14-19 from schools and colleges access to a diverse array of work experience opportunities with NI employers to inspire and inform their future training, education and employment options.● Recruiting new employers to the Experience Programme, supporting and advising on the design and development of interactive and engaging virtual and in-person work experience opportunities.● Account managing and developing successful relationships with participating employers, sector bodies and government departments to support achievement of NI placement targets and KPIs.● Identifying and developing commercial income from employers, grant awarding bodies and government departments to meet annual regional income targets.● Promotion of the programme with education providers across NI, to ensure target students are aware of the unique work-based learning opportunities and benefits of participating in our work experience programme.● Analysing qualitative and quantitative data from student feedback forms post-placement to design and develop Social Impact Reports for partner employers to gauge the true impact of their work experience programme on service users.● Managing and co-ordinating the NI 'One Year On' celebration event in Stormont in September 2022, including all aspects of marketing, monitoring the budget, sourcing guest presenters, co-coordinating RSVPs and hosting a panel Q&A session.

Belfast, United Kingdom

• Provide administrative support to the College’s Vice Principals and Heads of School / Faculty / Teachers• Monitoring and maintaining data on staff and student Covid absences, ensuring records comply with both public and private directives on creating a safe school environment• Managing and administering the roll-out and maintenance of the College’s Lateral Flow Testing Programme• Provide administrative support to students and liaise between parents, teaching staff and students• Assist the Examinations Manager• Generate and produce management information reports as required by senior leadership team• Administer and maintain manual /digital students’ files and records• Administer and manage the Education Maintenance Allowance grant• Assist with the administration of Sixth Form entry• Prepare various statistical and survey data for the Department of Education and the Education Authority

Belfast, United Kingdom

• Managing and recruiting students to the ‘Go Global’ campaign, communicating programme launch dates, ensuring international work placement opportunities are available and promoted to effectively to students• Forging strong links with key international programme partner organisations including the British Council, Camp America, IAESTE etc, providing opportunities for direct student engagement on campus • Raising awareness of the benefits of gaining international work experience to students, whilst providing advice and guidance sessions in a one2one or group capacity in the Careers Centre• Managing and delivering the Experience Boston 2019 programme, taking 10 first year students to the USA for a business, educational and cultural immersion trip to enhance and develop their employability skills• Maintaining a visible presence across the university’s four campuses, supporting key events and delivering the annual Go Global Week with key partner organisations and the Study Abroad Team• Engaging with academic staff to raise the profile of the university’s international placement opportunities• Management of the university’s 2019 Excellence Awards, a black-tie gala dinner recognising the crucial role of local, national and international employers in the provision of work-based learning opportunities, including overseeing a £30,000 budget• Management and administration of an annual budget of £64,000 to support widening participation students who had secured an international work based learning opportunity

Belfast

• Supervising students in the College Study and any other designated study area, encouraging students to become independent learners and develop good study habits• Providing careers information, advice and guidance to assist students make realistic choices about their education, training and work options• Uploading references and predicted grades for 170+ A-Level students to the UCAS website annually• Supporting and advising A-Level students in the compilation of their personal statements • Facilitating Year 10 and 12 career planning interviews• Planning and co-ordinating the school’s biennial Careers Convention for students and parents• Designing and delivering employability workshops for junior students – ‘Maths – What’s the Fuss?’• Researching fundraising opportunities and writing grant applications to charitable trusts and statutory bodies to generate additional revenue for the school

Belfast, United Kingdom

• Managing a database of over 950 professionals with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) skills who have volunteered to promote STEM further education, training and careers in local schools• Forging and sustaining productive partnerships with STEM employers, stakeholders and businesses; promoting the STEM Ambassadors Programme and its benefits to their organisations • Keeping all schools and colleges abreast of information about Northern Irelands’ STEM Ambassadors Programme and key events available to their students• Targeting and recruiting new businesses to the STEM Ambassador Programme• Planning and managing STEM careers events for students in all 200 post-primary schools across Northern Ireland, including Area Learning Communities Annual Careers Conventions• The design and maintenance of the STEM section of the W5 website and submission of monthly ezine to all 950 STEM Ambassadors on the latest request for support from local schools• Researching, collating and generating resources / classroom activities for use by teachers and STEM Ambassadors• Creating evaluation reports and case studies to measure the impact of STEM Ambassador programmes and sharing best practice regionally and nationally

Belfast, United Kingdom

• Sourcing funding and assisting with the delivery of key business education programmes on behalf of local businesses committed to socially responsible business practice and supporting schools in their local communities, including ‘Adopt a School’ and ‘Business Class’• Helping develop and support a range of employability programmes, working with various client groups including young offenders, children leaving the care system and female offenders on a range of mentoring projects• Implementing, managing and monitoring the STEM Teacher Placement Programme annually for the BELB and SEELB, including targeting suitable host companies for placements• Managing a range of education and community-based projects ensuring all elements of each project are carried out, with full monitoring and evaluation on project completion• Managing and co-ordinating 1/4ly meetings of the Pro-Bono and Belfast Leadership Networks, both actively involved in supporting key education and community initiatives in deprived areas• Targeting and recruiting new employers to become members of Business in the Community• Acting as a Relationship Manager and servicing the accounts of over 20 local businesses, advising on the latest education and community initiatives that can support their socially responsible business action plan• Planning and achieving personal and team targets as set out in the three-year strategy for the Community campaign team

Belfast, United Kingdom

• Identifying market opportunities and pursuing new sources of revenue for the field marketing division of the company• Developing innovative, creative ideas and solutions for client campaigns within the FMCG, licenced trade and Mystery Shopping sectors of the company• Building client relationships; listening to and understanding individual client requirements and consistently meeting their expectations• Developing ideas and concepts; presenting and pitching ideas to the client• Producing accurate cost estimates, proposed campaign timetables and ensuring they are signed off and agreed by the client before work proceeds• Ensuring the campaigns run to the agreed budget and timeframe• Ensuring the prompt compilation and delivery of final project evaluation reports

Belfast, United Kingdom

• Management of the Northern Woman sales team, achieving and maintaining monthly advertising sales targets for Northern Woman magazine• Recruitment and training of new staff members• Meeting and liaising with clients to discuss and identify their advertising requirements and budget for the year ahead• Consistently meeting stringent deadlines and exceeding advertising sales targets• Designing and presenting creative work to clients for approval or modification• Handling budgets, managing campaign costs and invoicing clients• Managing and co-ordinating a series of high profile annual events including securing suitable sponsors, budget management and all press and publicity

Belfast, United Kingdom

• Preparing and championing funding applications for a range of training programmes designed to enhance the employment prospects for an array of target groups including post-16 school leavers, women returning to the workforce and ex-prisoners from inner city West Belfast• Recruiting trainees and managing a series of cross-community and cross border training projects with partner organisations in the Shankill and Republic of Ireland• Managing project income and expenditure• Preparing and presenting evaluation reports to relevant funding bodies on project completion

Larne

• Recruiting staff including preparation of job descriptions and person specifications, job adverts, checking application forms, shortlisting, interviewing and selecting candidates• Dealing with grievances and implementing disciplinary procedures• Planning and delivering, training - including inductions for new staff• Analysing employee training needs in conjunction with departmental managers