• Senior Responsible Officer for a large multimillion-pound portfolio of education programmes aimed at internationalising schools across the UK.• Provide strategic oversight and leadership, signing off on regular client reporting, ensuring programmes meet strategic objectives and impact targets, building relationships with senior stakeholders and partners, managing performance and providing timely interventions.• Oversaw the largest ever school trip of 1,200 pupils and 150 teachers from the UK to China.

• Member of the Senior Leadership Team overseeing the high-profile Erasmus+ and Tier 5 programmes on behalf of the UK.• These are the largest ever programmes delivered by the British Council, with a value of over £950m.• Leadership of a team of over 50 people across multiple locations.

• Head of the prestigious Language Assistants programme on behalf of the UK, a large international mobility programme with 4000+ participants annually who teach in education institutions across 15 countries.• Negotiated post-Brexit settlements with partnering EU countries, including visa arrangements and additional UK Government funding• Led the programme through COVID-19 and its impact on international mobility, overseeing emergency response procedures and strategic engagement with clients, partners, participants and sector stakeholders.

• Managed the world's largest open Higher and Further Education conference (Going Global), bringing together over 1000 ministers and leaders of education from around the world to discuss the role of tertiary education in tackling a range of global issues.

• Designed and negotiated partnership agreements with overseas Ministries of Education globally.• Led on the implementation of criminal record checks for all outgoing programme participants to reduce Safeguarding risks.

• Ensured all customers, including universities, schools and local authorities, were provided with the right administrative and logistical support inputs, delivered to time and quality standards.

• Involved in the Global Institutional Profiles Project which documents academic institutions and provides data for the Times Higher Education’s World University Rankings.• Researched academic institutions and presented my findings to complement data analysis and allow for accurate conclusions to be drawn for the university rankings.• Kept in regular contact with institutions around the world to ensure data was submitted in a timely manner.

• Independently taught English lessons to classes of up to 30 French students.• Produced engaging materials and worked closely with the English department to ensure my work contributed towards the overall curriculum.• Adapted to and overcame various challenging situations posed by teaching large groups of students and setting myself up in a new country.