Niall Horan

• Manage International Admissions and Conversions team, significantly increasing international undergraduate enrolments which will see largest international cohort of students coming in 2026.
• Developing strategies to enhance conversion rates for prospective international students which includes a 20% increase in conversion rates.
• Analyse data to identify global trends in tertiary education and reallocate resources where appropriate.
• Liaise with senior executives to communicate operational insights.
• Oversee recruitment and management of Global Ambassador Programme.
• Manage budgets and forecasts for operational efficiency.
• Directing recruitment efforts across Europe, attending fairs and managing agent networks.
• Part of various working groups to improve overall operations of University.
• Recruitment, interviewing and training of new administration staff.
• Successfully resolving Visa issues, changes to Government policy's and other Global factors on daily basis.
• Daily use of Ellucian, PowerBI, The Ambassador Platform and sharepoint to successfully carry out duties.

Volunteering

• Board of Director for ASPIRE - An autism charity
• Member of the board for Tralee Boxing Club
• Volunteer teacher and advisor for Tralee International Resource Centre - Helping new immigrant to Ireland
• Bumbleance Volunteer and Advisor. Children Ambulance Service in Ireland.

External Activities

• IELTS Examiner for both Written and Oral exams - Correcting over 15,000 exams in last 5 years
• Occupational English Test (Medical English Exam )- Teacher and trainer for Post graduate international medical professionals.

• Co-managed Joint Venture with RCSI and Munster Technological University to develop high-standard international doctors.
• Managed daily operations for 14 staff members including Academic and Administration staff.
• Attended stakeholder meetings to enhance course offerings.
• Liaised with embassies to ensure compliance with international standards.
• Facilitated continuous professional development for staff through in-house and international training.
• Oversaw key account management for Middle Eastern and African markets.
• Promoted medical universities in Ireland at international fairs, recruiting students globally.
• Developed business growth strategies and aligned standards with HSE and European regulatory bodies.
• Managed Student Body of over 150 Undergraduate and 200 Postgraduate Medical students
• Developed Modules for Medical programmes, trained staff and taught on various programmes.
• Created modules and guest lectured for other programmes, including medical programmes in University of Limerick, Royal College of Surgeons and Royal College of Physicians.
• Collaborated with HSE to quickly develop 'Ukrainian Doctor Project'. To ensure that over 400 medical professionals from Ukraine had opportunity to work in Ireland.
• Moved programmes online during Covid via Moodle, which then went on to form part of blended learning.

• 2 Years teaching and lecturing in Italy across a broad range of modules.
• Developed syllabi for new courses and made changes to previous syllabi.
• Taught language based exam classes to undergraduates.
• Worked between faculties to develop new courses for psychology and engineering departments.
• Developed summer programmes and showcased Ireland as a destination for junior students.

• Teaching a number of Cambridge First Certificate (FCE) preparation classes.
• Developing relationships with local businesses and multinational companies and then teaching English to personnel of companies throughout Santander.
• Teaching children, teenagers and adults from false beginners to advanced.

• Teaching all levels and age groups from 15 years and older.
• Escorting large volumes of students on excursions throughout TheUK
• Developed new courses for junior students.
• Managed bookings and developed relationships with local host families.
• Assigned students to appropriate housing and being on call in emergency situations.