Higher Education Senior Analytics Consultant

Attain Partners is an innovative consulting firm dedicated to disrupting the status quo to change the world and improve the lives of those we touch. From strategy to technology and ever y where in between, our experts use their unique skills to advance the important missions of education, nonprofit, healthcare, and state and local government clients.

Benefits

packages, encourage a flexible work environment, and foster a culture of inclusion to support the needs of our team. We share a collective passion for our mission and our people. Guided by our seven core values, The Attain Way, our vision is the foundation of our culture—to be and attain the best.

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, and constituent data.

Requirements

, define key performance indicators, analyze data, and 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. The role will also collaborate with data engineering, integration, CRM, and functional teams to validate data sources, establish reporting logic, support testing, and improve the usability and adoption of analytics solutions.

Required Skills Hands-on experience designing, developing, testing, and deploying Tableau dashboards and reports. Knowledge of or experience with Tableau Next. Experience with Salesforce, with knowledge of Salesforce Education Cloud for Advancement or other Salesforce-based Advancement solutions & Salesforce CRM Analytics preferred.

Experience working with Higher Education Advancement, fundraising, alumni relations, or constituent data.

into dashboards, metrics, data visualizations, and reporting solutions. Strong understanding of data visualization principles and dashboard design best practices.

and design sessions with business and technical stakeholders. Strong SQL, data analysis, and data-validation skills.

, 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.

Desired Skills Experience with Power BI. Experience with Advancement platforms such as Ellucian Advance, Blackbaud CRM, Raiser’s Edge, Slate, or similar systems. Familiarity with 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. Years of Experience 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.