Higher Education Lead

Codec Azure; Belfast; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Microsoft partner is hiring a Higher Education Lead to manage solution design and delivery for the Power Platform. This role, remote-ready within the UK and Ireland, requires over 12 years of experience in education solutions, with specific expertise in Microsoft technologies like Dataverse and Power Pages. The successful candidate will shape high-quality outcomes across various educational services while building a trusted advisor relationship with stakeholders.

Benefits

Meaningful work in Higher Education

Career growth opportunities

Supportive work culture

Qualifications

• 12+ years delivering Microsoft solutions in the education sector.
• Proven experience designing Power Pages solutions.
• Strong Power Automate patterns for integration.
• Excellent facilitation skills for communication at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to HE solution architecture on Power Platform.
• Assist with accelerator development on customer projects.
• Design Dataverse data models with security measures.
• Build and govern solutions utilizing Azure DevOps.
• Lead stakeholder workshops translating policies into platform capabilities.

Skills

Microsoft solutions delivery

Power Platform expertise

Dataverse proficiency

Power Pages solutions design

ALM confidence

Data modeling

Facilitation skills

Higher Education experience

Tools

Azure DevOps

Power BI

Job description

Higher Education Lead

Department: Biz Apps - CE

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Belfast

Description

Location: Remote-first (UK/Ireland) with occasional travel to Belfast, Dublin and customer sites

Team: Codec Power Platform Practice

Type: Full-time

Why this role exists

We’re hiring a hands‑on Higher Education Lead to own solution design and delivery on Microsoft Power Platform – with Dataverse at the core – while shaping and creating accelerators for repeatable, high‑quality outcomes across admissions, student services, case management, outreach, and engagement.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to HE solution architecture on Power Platform (Dataverse, Model‑driven Apps, Power Pages, Power Automate, Power BI) from discovery to go‑live and adoption for our HE customers.
• Assist with accelerator development: define scope, backlog, release cadence, and documentation; turn successful project patterns into reusable components.
• Design robust Dataverse data models: entities/relationships, security (teams, BPF‑stage security, field security), auditing, retention, and environment strategy.
• Build and govern solutions using solution layering, environment strategies (Dev/Test/Prod), pipelines and ALM (Azure DevOps or GitHub) with managed solutions.
• Integrations: design and guide implementation via Dataverse APIs, Webhooks, Power Automate (cloud flows), Azure Functions/Logic Apps where appropriate; promote low‑code first patterns.
• Power Pages leadership: site architecture, identity strategies (Entra ID/External Identities), web roles/permissions, Liquid/PCF where needed, and performance/accessibility best practice.
• Quality & delivery: backlog shaping, refined user stories, acceptance criteria, test strategy (solution checker, automated deployments, telemetry), and “smoke tests” for installs.
• Stakeholder leadership: run executive‑level workshops; translate policy/process into scalable platform capabilities; maintain a trusted‑advisor relationship.
• Practice & pre‑sales: shape proposals, estimates, demo storyboards, and proof‑of‑value builds; coach consultants; contribute to HE thought leadership and community.
• Outcomes & value: define measurable KPIs (cycle time, conversion, service SLAs, adoption), build lightweight dashboards, and hand over enablement materials.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

What you’ll bring

Essential

• 12+ years delivering Microsoft solutions in the education sector, with a heavy emphasis on Power Platform and Dataverse (including Model‑driven Apps).
• Proven experience designing Power Pages solutions (architecture, security, CMS model, ALM).
• Strong Power Automate (cloud flows) patterns for approvals, orchestration, and integration.
• Confident with ALM: solution segmentation, pipelines, managed solutions, and environment strategy.
• Data modelling, privacy/security by design, role/team/security profile configuration.
• Excellent facilitation skills: discovery, playback, blueprinting, and C‑level communication.
• Track record delivering in or adjacent to Higher Education (admissions, recruitment/marketing, student services, case management, outreach, research support, or similar).

Desirable

• Power BI for operational dashboards; Application Lifecycle instrumentation/telemetry (e.g., Azure Monitor).
• Azure Functions / Logic Apps for extension patterns when low‑code isn’t enough.
• CoE Starter Kit experience (governance, DLP, environment strategy) and ALM Accelerator familiarity.
• PCF/TypeScript skills for targeted component customisation; C# for advanced extensions.
• Experience turning delivery artefacts into accelerator components (managed solutions, docs, samples).

Why Codec

• Ireland’s leading Microsoft partner with a deep track record in Dynamics 365 & Power Platform delivery, a supportive practice, and a culture of productising what works.
• Meaningful work in Higher Education, modern tooling, and real career growth