Consultancy Services
for Partners
01
Local Presence Year Round
Future Bridge Education provides a low risk and cost effective first step towards setting up a long-term presence for education providers in the market.
We offer our clients a bespoke service fully compliant with all local regulations. Please see case study.
Dedicated and sector experienced local staff work on your behalf and to your objectives. Client objectives can include recruiting international students, brand building, university partnership development, finding local sponsors and making links with local and international corporations to offer internship and employment opportunities to your students and graduates.
Future Bridge Education helps you to develop a local operation, free from the governance issues and expense of having to start and maintain a local entity with the significant responsibilities of a permanent establishment with directly hired employees.
Ensure
- Dedicated local representative(s) for your organization.
- Future Bridge Education local management support.
- No separate legal entity is required.
- Finance, VAT and accountancy are covered.
- Compliance with local regulations.
- Payroll and expense management.
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Setting up your regional team – big or small
Our recruitment team hires business development, sales and management team members for international universities and education organizations starting up in the MENA and Pakistan regions.
We identify locally based talent with regional knowledge, relevant experience and the ability to work remotely within a multi-cultural organization and sector.
Future Bridge Education can recruit staff in the UAE or engage contractors across multiple countries and regions and deliver HR management support to reduce the compliance and administrative burden on our clients.
- Managing the search, interview, short-listing and appointment process.
- Drafting and issuing offer letter and employment agreements.
- Sector benchmarking for salaries, benefits, healthcare and insurance.
- Providing employment contracts and professional service agreements.
03
HR Support
Future Bridge Education delivers local HR support to ensure compliance with local HR requirements, and high levels of ongoing employee productivity, satisfaction and retention.
- Employment laws and statutory labour compliance.
- Employee compensation assessments and e.g., end of service gratuity payments.
- Management of on going HR & employment formalities.
- Drafting of working terms and conditions.
- On-boarding and HR induction.
- Development/localization of company policies and procedures.
- Arranging medical and travel insurance benefits cover and the management of any claims.
- Assisting performance management processes.
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Finance & Accounting, Payroll & Expense Management
Our Future Bridge Education finance team provides
- Accounting and book-keeping.
- Preparation of annual financial statements.
- Management of all banking activities.
- Payroll services.
- Regular accounts reporting.
- Local project expense management.
05
Market Research & Opportunity Assessment
Our research team has 20 years of experience of higher education international student recruitment.
Future Bridge Education can assist organizations looking to work in MENA mature and emerging education markets for the first time or for those considering raising their brand profile in education markets where they already operate.
- Multi-market comparative analysis.
- Territory analysis.
- Opportunity identification and development.
- Pricing and product research.
- Competitor analysis.
- Regulatory and compliance advice.
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Partner Search & Sales Channel Development
Finding the right local partners is crucial. Future Bridge Education will identify, help develop and manage these local relationships to ensure they continue to add value and operate effectively.
- Identifying and developing new high school, university, sponsor, and corporate partners.
- Maintaining and progressing relationships with local partners.
- Identifying good education agent partners.
- Undertaking due diligence (repetitional, technical, financial
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Case Study
Since 2016 we have provided a bespoke service for a UK university enabling them to now deploy a team of 8 recruitment and admissions workers in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates and Pakistan without the cost and administrative burdens of registering as a local entity or directly employing staff in region.
The University is not a registered company in the MENA and Pakistan, so is unable to legally employ in-country staff directly.
We facilitate a full-time work contract, transfer monthly fees and other work-related expenses incurred in the MENA and Pakistan and elsewhere, arrange the payments for event, participation and issue official documents such as visa support letters.
Although the University oversees the strategic and day-to-today management of the team, Future Bridge Education provides market intelligence and support as required.
Our service facilitates a low cost and effective operation giving year-round presence across all major markets in the MENA region and Pakistan.
If the University requires a less committed approach, Future Bridge Education can liaise to represent you at recruitment events across MENA and forward or manage leads. Our team has 20 years of experience recruiting international students from multiple regions for UK, Australian and US universities and colleges, in previous roles working for universities and pathway providers.
We have in-depth knowledge and experience of the whole MENA region.
For more details please contact
consultancy@futurebridgeeducation.com