Data & AI Consultant for Strategic Transformation

Pact Solutions; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

PACT Solutions is a specialist management and digital transformation consultancy working with higher education institutions across the UK. We help universities solve complex challenges across strategy, student records, data, change and delivery.

As a Consultant-level role, you will own delivery of defined data workstreams, combining hands‑on analysis with stakeholder engagement and structured delivery. You will build dashboards and reporting to support programme oversight and contribute to

Qualifications

• Experience in data analysis, reporting or data quality roles.
• Strong SQL and experience working with structured datasets.
• Experience using tools such as Power BI (or similar).
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to communicate with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Organised and able to manage workstreams independently.
• Higher education or transformation experience.
• Data migration, integration or governance exposure.
• Consultancy or project‑based delivery experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of data workstreams (planning, coordination, reporting).
• Conduct data quality assessment, cleansing and validation activity.
• Translate data into insights and actionable recommendations.
• Develop dashboards and reporting to support programme oversight.
• Engage stakeholders to understand requirements and resolve issues.
• Maintain governance (RAID, documentation, reporting).
• Support coordination across projects and workstreams.
• Contribute to internal tools, methods and continuous improvement.

Skills

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Problem solving

Organised

Communication

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Job description

PACT Solutions is a specialist management and digital transformation consultancy working with higher education institutions across the UK. We help universities solve complex challenges across strategy, student records, data, change and delivery.

As a Consultant-level role, you will own delivery of defined data workstreams, combining hands‑on analysis with stakeholder engagement and structured delivery. You will build dashboards and reporting to support programme oversight and contribute to