Higher Education Analytics Senior Consultant

Role Description

The Higher Education Analytics Senior Consultant will design and deliver reporting, dashboard, and analytics solutions for higher education institutions, with a primary focus on:

• Advancement
• Fundraising
• Alumni engagement
• Constituent data

This role will work directly with institutional stakeholders to:

• Gather reporting requirements
• Define key performance indicators
• Analyze data
• Translate business needs into actionable dashboards and visualizations

The Senior Consultant will serve as both a client-facing advisor and hands-on analytics practitioner, primarily using Tableau and Tableau Next. Responsibilities include:

• Collaborating with data engineering, integration, CRM, and functional teams
• Validating data sources
• Establishing reporting logic
• Supporting testing
• Improving the usability and adoption of analytics solutions

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience designing, developing, testing, and deploying Tableau dashboards and reports
• Training and certification in Tableau
• Knowledge of or experience with Tableau Next
• Experience working with Higher Education Advancement, fundraising, alumni relations, or constituent data
• Ability to translate business requirements into dashboards, metrics, data visualizations, and reporting solutions
• Strong understanding of data visualization principles and dashboard design best practices
• Experience facilitating requirements and design sessions with business and technical stakeholders
• Strong SQL, data analysis, and data-validation skills
• Ability to document reporting requirements, business rules, data definitions, and test results
• Strong client-facing communication, presentation, and workshop-facilitation skills
• Ability to manage multiple deliverables within a consulting or project-based environment

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in analytics, business intelligence, reporting, data visualization, or a related field
• Minimum of 2 years of experience working with Higher Education Advancement, fundraising, alumni, or constituent data
• Prior consulting or client-facing delivery experience is strongly preferred

Desired Skills

• Experience with Power BI
• Experience with Salesforce CRM Analytics
• Knowledge of Salesforce Education Cloud for Advancement or other Salesforce-based Advancement solutions
• Experience with Advancement platforms such as Ellucian Advance, Blackbaud CRM, Raiser’s Edge, Slate, or similar systems
• Familiarity with Tableau Next and Salesforce Data Cloud capabilities
• Experience with cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, or Azure
• Knowledge of Advancement concepts, including gifts, pledges, campaigns, funds, designations, prospects, portfolios, moves management, alumni engagement, and constituent households
• Experience building executive dashboards, fundraiser performance dashboards, campaign reporting, pipeline analytics, and constituent engagement reporting
• Experience supporting reporting assessments, dashboard rationalization, data governance, or analytics modernization initiatives
• Consulting experience within Higher Education, nonprofit, or public-sector organizations

Certifications

• Tableau certification, such as: Tableau Certified Data Analyst, Tableau Desktop Specialist, Comparable current Tableau certification

Additional Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to build trusted advisor relationships with clients
• Experience supporting sales and business development
• Position requires flexibility to travel periodically based on business and client needs

Benefits

• Competitive health, dental, and vision coverage
• HSA and FSA accounts
• Life and disability insurance
• Fertility and family planning benefits
• Employee assistance and discount programs
• 11 paid federal holidays and flexible unlimited time off (UTO)
• Generous 401(k) matching with immediate vesting
• Flexible career paths providing advancement, mobility, and flexibility
• A healthy environment valuing unique experiences

Salary

Salary range for this job is $100,000. Attain Partners is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Individual compensation will be commensurate with experience, education, and skills.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Attain Partners is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.