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Project direction, technical support and business development across IREX's general and higher education portfolio. - Project Director, USAID-funded Higher Education for Innovation and Growth activityhttps://www.irex.org/project/usaid-higher-education-innovation-growth-heig- Project Director and former Interim Chief of Party (6 months), USAID Pre-Service Teacher Education in Jordan Activityhttps://www.irex.org/project/usaid-preservice-teacher-education-jordan- Project… Show more Project direction, technical support and business development across IREX's general and higher education portfolio. - Project Director, USAID-funded Higher Education for Innovation and Growth activityhttps://www.irex.org/project/usaid-higher-education-innovation-growth-heig- Project Director and former Interim Chief of Party (6 months), USAID Pre-Service Teacher Education in Jordan Activityhttps://www.irex.org/project/usaid-preservice-teacher-education-jordan- Project Director, University Administration Support Program: Fellowships in Research Management https://www.irex.org/project/university-administration-support-program-uasp- Interim Project Director (start-up), USAID-funded Early Grade Education Activity, "Asas", in Jordan- Interim Project Director (start-up), USAID-Funded Private Sector-Led Workforce Development Activity in Kosovo- Former Project Director and Interim Chief of Party (10 months), West Bank Pre-service Teacher Education Activity https://www.irex.org/project/preservice-teacher-education-activity-ptea - Former Project Manager, Morocco Career Center Development Program https://www.irex.org/project/morocco-career-center-program- Former Professional Development/Training Evaluation Expert and Acting Project Director (3 months), Training Teachers for Excellence Project, Georgia https://www.irex.org/project/training-educators-excellence- Lead design inputs and co-writing responsibilities on winning proposals valued at over $133 million. Technical support across a range of education, workforce development and education technology projects including development and delivery of MOOCs and Digital Badges, research management capacity, university - industry engagement, curriculum development and higher education capacity assessment and performance improvement. Show less

Project direction, technical support and business development across IREX's general and higher education portfolio. Based in UK from September 2018.

Project management, technical support and business development across IREX's (higher) education portfolio.

Academic Partnership Manager and Senior Lecturer in University of Bolton's Off Campus Division with focus on flying faculty and blended learning delivery for work-based learners in Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Singapore and Sri Lanka. Based in Lusaka, Zambia from 2013.Key Responsibilities: • Academic Partnership Manager (Malawi, Zambia, Botswana)Oversight of 21 blended learning programs delivered via moodle and ranging from Foundation Certificate to PhD. Delivered in… Show more Academic Partnership Manager and Senior Lecturer in University of Bolton's Off Campus Division with focus on flying faculty and blended learning delivery for work-based learners in Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Singapore and Sri Lanka. Based in Lusaka, Zambia from 2013.Key Responsibilities: • Academic Partnership Manager (Malawi, Zambia, Botswana)Oversight of 21 blended learning programs delivered via moodle and ranging from Foundation Certificate to PhD. Delivered in partnership with the Malawi Institute of Management, In-service Training Trust, Zambia, and Institute of Development Management, Botswana. Responsibility for new academic developments; program validation, ensuring compliance with quality assurance processes, conducting annual health checks and designing and delivering program of staff development and mentoring, particularly in use of online platform, moodle. Coordination of international team of 60 Module Tutors and 15 Program Leaders.• Program Leader, Master of Public Administration Curriculum development; validation; coordination of programme team; academic management and quality assurance.• Development of New Africa Partnerships and Extension of Existing Partnerships Established partnership in Botswana with 7 programs successfully validated in October 2013; Validated 3 new franchise programs in Malawi in 2014. The portfolio in the region increased from 3 to 21 programs and from c. 60 to c. 350 students during tenure. The delivery arrangements shifted from 100% shared delivery, where UK staff fly out, towards part and full franchise. • Teaching and Student Support Development and delivery of modules including Public Policy and Administration, Corporate Governance in the Public Sector, Personal Development and Leadership, Management and Leadership, Risk and Decision Management, Research Methods and Study Skills; face to face and distance support of postgraduate dissertations and PhDs; focus on blended learning pedagogy using moodle. Show less

Sector Development Manager and Principal Officer for the NWUA, a membership organisation representing the 14 Higher Education Institutions in the North West of England. Worked closely with HEI colleagues on business engagement, innovation, enterprise, skills, and employability agendas.Manager on NW Higher Level Skills Partnership which engaged universities, further education colleges and the private sector in collaborative course development projects, supported by Sector Skills Councils… Show more Sector Development Manager and Principal Officer for the NWUA, a membership organisation representing the 14 Higher Education Institutions in the North West of England. Worked closely with HEI colleagues on business engagement, innovation, enterprise, skills, and employability agendas.Manager on NW Higher Level Skills Partnership which engaged universities, further education colleges and the private sector in collaborative course development projects, supported by Sector Skills Councils. Project Management responsibility for HEFCE funded 'Higher Education Response to the Economic Downturn' project and the North West Higher Level Skills Partnership (HLSP) Redundancy Response Fund. Sector development manager for the Food and Drink sector, including facilitation of "Innovation Vouchers" to promote university - small business collaboration. Show less

Consultant with SQW Consulting, an economic development consultancy with focus on higher education, innovation, skills and business support evaluation. Clients included the Higher Education Funding Council for England, the Office of Science and Technology, Research Councils UK, Regional Development Agencies and Local Authorities.

Various roles at the University of Manchester including: - Tutor for 3rd year undergraduate course International Management of Knowledge and Technology.- Contributing Editor, ‘Science Insight’, PREST for the British Council (part of seven person editorial team covering UK research, science, higher education and science policy stories). - Research Assistant on various innovation policy projects.