Nicholas Johnston Email & Phone Number

UK

• ECC is a not-for-profit, member-led organisation that provides people management products and consultancy to 130 higher and further education institutions. My responsibilities include:
• providing strategic direction to ECC in line with members’ needs and expectations
• leading the team, and managing and developing ECC’s business, products and services
• managing external relationships with members and other agencies

Carstairs

Dundee, United Kingdom

Responsible for strategy, planning, performance, programme management approach for this £120m / 3000 staff UK charity. RNIB is a large, diverse charity whose activities include campaigning, fundraising, service delivery, advice, consultancy and production.My key achievements include:- managing change to implement a programme management approach to.

• developed and delivered marketing training to 50 senior and middle managers
• advised CEO on new income and market penetration strategies
• responsible for the organisation’s annual business planning and review process

• managed a high-profile, high-volume operational service of 75 staff
• responsible for £2m of local authority contract income and £5m of expenditure
• service elements included a call centre, and an operational fulfilment / despatch function

Led and implemented marketing and promotion of business-to-business services. Key role in merging marketing and customer databases across 9 organisations.

Responsible for marketing and promotion of business to business services

Delivered advice and consultancy focused on business growth to 100 SMEs in East Lancashire.

Aberdeen

Led innovative quality audit project across public health medicine departments of 9 Scottish health boards.

Diploma, Voluntary Sector Management, Distinction

Dipdm, Direct Marketing, Commendation

Dipm, Marketing

Pgdm, Marketing

Ma Hons, Sociology, 2:1