...education, skills, bid writer, PRINCE2, project management, VET, donor funding, Lifelong Learning Programme, Train to Gain, Eastern Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, languages, IT management, marketing, MS Project...

Experience

I can bring the following skills and experience to a project:

PRINCE2 Practitioner
International project management experience
Bid writing, report writing and proposal design
Business management
In depth understanding of World Bank, EU and DFID specifications
Experienced project designer, planner and implementer
Strong analytical, communication and organisational skills
Native English speaker, fluent French speaker
IT programming experience in ASP, HTML and SQL

My sector experience includes:

International qualifications and skills mapping
Credential evaluation
Vocational education and skills
Qualifications and National Qualification Frameworks
Researching different international education systems

Recent Assignments

My recent experience includes the following assignments:

Bid Management on behalf of The Psychology Network at the University of York, for an EC Lifelong Learning Project for an Academic Network.
Research in lifelong learning qualifications on behalf of SVUK.
Bid writing on behalf of Manley Summers for an LSC ESF funded project.
Bid writing for an LSC Train to Gain contract.
Project Management for UK NARIC Pathways to Skills Project, represented NARIC in this international project to develop a database on international vocational skills in Europe.
Bid Management for University of Edinburgh: Supporting the University to win a tender for an education project to design specific e-learning language materials
Bid management for Binley’s NHS database supplier: Supported Binley’s in writing tenders for database management projects.
Bid management for EC LLP: Written a number of tenders and studies for Lifelong Learning projects including developments of European Qualifications Frameworks; Leonardo mobility project for construction apprentices and Leonardo Transfer of Innovation opportunities on behalf of Bedfordshire Chamber of Commerce.
Bid management and feasibility studies: Supported Bedfordshire Chamber of Commerce in writing tenders and EOIs for a number of potential clients including the FCO and the TDA.
Bid management for UK NARIC: Projects include Establishing Equivalence of Workforce Qualifications on behalf of the Singapore Ministry of Manpower; UFI project work and LLP projects in the vocational education sector.
Designing Yemeni Higher Education Legislation and Bylaws: legislation to support the implementation of a new quality assurance and accreditation system in the higher education sector.
Writing EOIs for City & Guilds: Wrote expressions of interest for EC PHARE vocational education and skills projects in Turkey, Romania and Egypt.