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PACT Solutions

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11 - 50 employees

💼 Consulting

📚 Education

Consulting • Education

PACT Solutions is a digital transformation consultancy focused on higher education. They partner with UK universities and colleges to modernise student-facing and back-office platforms—especially student records systems—by providing strategy, data management, API and event-driven integration, cloud migration preparation, MI/reporting, change management, and delivery support. Their approach emphasises ‘adopt, not adapt’ solutions to reduce complexity and create sustainable, easier-to-run systems; they frequently work alongside internal teams to build capability and report strong repeat business from university clients.

📋 Description

• **Key Responsibilities** • - Lead data-related workstreams across Higher Education transformation programmes. • - Support the planning and delivery of large-scale projects, identifying dependencies, risks and priorities. • - Work closely with the Data & AI Capability Lead to shape delivery approaches and contribute to data strategy discussions. • - Collaborate with Project Managers to translate technical work into clear milestones, deliverables and implementation plans. • - Facilitate workshops and discovery sessions with business and technical stakeholders. • - Produce high-quality documentation including requirements, specifications, data mappings and technical designs. • - Develop and review SQL queries, reports and dashboards using Power BI and SSRS. • - Support data migration, reconciliation, reporting and student systems implementation activities. • - Apply data management best practice across projects, including data quality, governance, metadata and lineage. • - Contribute to the development of governance artefacts such as business glossaries, semantic models, data dictionaries and reporting standards. • - Maintain Azure DevOps tickets and project documentation, ensuring work progresses through agreed delivery stages. • - Support and mentor other consultants where appropriate, sharing knowledge and promoting best practice.

🎯 Requirements

• **Essential Experience** • - Significant experience delivering data projects within UK Higher Education. • - Experience working with Student Record Systems and the wider Higher Education data landscape. • - Strong SQL skills with the ability to analyse, troubleshoot and manipulate complex datasets. • - Experience developing or supporting reporting solutions using Power BI and SSRS. • - Experience using SharePoint within project delivery. • - Experience contributing to large-scale transformation, implementation or data migration projects. • - Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to engage across technical teams, business users and senior leadership. • - Experience planning and managing your own workstreams within complex projects. • - Ability to translate technical concepts into language appropriate for non-technical audiences. • - Excellent written communication and documentation skills. • **Desirable Experience** • - Experience applying data governance and data quality principles within delivery projects. • - Familiarity with the DAMA Data Management Body of Knowledge (DMBOK) or similar data management frameworks. • - Experience supporting the development of data strategies, governance frameworks or operating models. • - Knowledge of HESA, statutory reporting or regulatory data requirements. • - Experience with Azure DevOps. • - Tableau or other Business Intelligence platforms. • - Experience working with cloud data platforms or modern data architectures.