Ryan Hamilton Email & Phone Number

Dunfermline, GB

Edinburgh, City Of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• My primary responsibility is as project lead for our Reach Edinburgh project, which works with 300+ S4-S6 pupils from state schools across the south east of Scotland interested in pursuing a career in Law, Medicine and.
• I liaise with internal and external stakeholders to arrange, promote and support events and activities aimed at developing pupils’ understanding of each of our subject strands. Stakeholders include: Royal College of.
• Liaised with staff from other institutions to organise and deliver a joint offer holder event in Inverness for applicants from Widening Participation backgrounds.
• Took the lead in organising, promoting and partially delivering career exploration events for: Engineering, Nursing, Social Work and Vet Medicine. The Nursing event was a collaborative event with Queen Margaret.
• Providing advice and guidance to pupils on my project about admission into Law, Medicine or Vet Medicine.
• Collaborating with Lothians Equal Access Programme for Schools (LEAPS) staff to help co-deliver 1:1 interviews with S6 pupils thinking of applying to university. This involved liaising with LEAPS and school staff to.

Musselburgh, East Lothian

• Single member of the Student Recruitment team with responsibility for developing, implementing and monitoring the QMU Home and RUK Student Recruitment strategy.
• Developing and implementing a conversion strategy and timeline of activities for Scotland and RUK Markets.
• Attending UCAS Higher Education Exhibitions (HEEs), School Careers Conventions and other recruitment events across Scotland and the UK. This involves providing 1:1 information, advice and guidance, including entry.
• Providing detailed admissions and application advice and guidance face-to-face, via email and over the phone.
• Developing and delivering presentations and workshops to potential applicants, their parents and other key influencers to promote and raise awareness of QMU.
• Organising and assisting in delivery of a range of on campus events including individual and group visits, Applicant Interview/Visit Days for individual subject areas and campus tours.

Musselburgh

• Completed first part of PgDip in Careers Guidance and Development through distance-learning, gaining a PgCert
• Working with clients in school, post-school and college.
• Developing understanding of and using Career Management Skills (CMS) with clients to allow them to develop the autonomy to progress in their career independently.
• Developing knowledge of key Labour Market Intelligence (LMI) for East and Midlothian as well as country-wide.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Working as part of a small team of 6 supporting graduate Engineers and Modellers.
• Assimilating various sources of information and compiling proposals, including pricing, for clients.
• Bringing together data from Engineers and Modellers to compile final reports for issue to clients.
• Using software packages such as MapInfo and InfoWorks to build models and run simulations for projects.
• Travelling across Scotland to carry out site visits when required.
• Maintaining website and social media profiles.

Edinburgh

• Working as part of a small team to deliver a transitional education programme for 16-25 year old with complex additional needs.
• Planning and organising activities for students to take part in.
• Forward planning and dynamic risk assessing activities and situations when out in the community and at the project.
• Using my interpersonal skills and remaining calm and professional when dealing with difficult situations involving students
• Making decisions on the most suitable course of action to take when dealing with situations (e.g Physical Intervention)
• Keeping a detailed record of activities carried out with students for the purposes of learning outcomes and reporting at a later stage.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• 4 month extension from WP Graduate Internship within UK and EU Undergraduate Student Recruitment.
• Providing accurate and high quality advice and guidance to prospective students regarding entrance requirements and general information about the University by the following means: face-to-face, over the phone, via.
• Delivering talks and workshops to prospective students and parents on topics such as: Choosing and Applying to University, Writing Personal Statements and Studying at The University of Edinburgh.
• Travel across the UK to attend Higher Education Conventions (HECs) and deliver talks at schools.
• Involved in organisation and delivery of Undergraduate Open Days. This included liaising with academic and professional staff across the University.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• 1-year internship in Widening Participation (WP) team providing a key insight into the issues surrounding Widening Access to Higher Education.
• Working with prospective students from under-represented backgrounds including those who will be first in their family to attend university, those who come from schools with low-progression to university and those who.
• Partnership working with Lothians Equal Access Programme for Schools (LEAPS).
• Involvement in various projects including Pathways to the Professions and REACH, which work with prospective local students interested in pursuing studies in high demand subject areas including: Medicine, Vet Medicine.
• Delivery of talks and workshops to prospective students mainly in local WP schools, but sometimes those further afield.
• Planning and delivery of Kickstart and Sutton Trust Summer Schools.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Leading campus tours for visiting prospective students, parents and advisers from the UK and across the world.
• Assisting with Open Day set up and working at Open Days.
• General office administration including assisting with mailing.
• Travelling across the UK on occasion to attend events with members of Recruitment staff to provide a student perspective at talks.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Working as part of a team to provide a safe and secure environment for customers at large- and small-scale events (e.g. T in the Park, rugby matches and music concerts).
• Using verbal communication and interpersonal skills to de-escalate volatile situations.
• Cultural awareness working with customers and members of staff from a range of backgrounds.
• Training in Pit Safety and qualification in Door Supervision.
• Gained Security Industry Authority (SIA) Door Supervisor License.

Master Of Arts (Ma) With Honours, Linguistics, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Linguistics and English Language Society (LangSoc)• Undergraduate Degree with Honours in Linguistics. Also.

Postgraduate Certificate (Pgcert), Careers Guidance And Development

Completed PgCert part-time, distance learning whilst working full time with Skills Development Scotland. Modules completed in PgCert were.