Analyst - Data & AI

Role Summary

Support delivery of data-led transformation across higher education partners by analysing, improving and preparing data to enable better decision-making and successful system and process change.

About PACT Solutions:

PACT Solutions is a specialist management and digital transformation consultancy working exclusively with higher education institutions across the UK.

We help universities solve complex challenges across strategy, student records, data, change and delivery. As we grow, we want to strengthen the way we run the business internally while protecting the quality, culture and partner focus that have made us successful.

The role

Support delivery of data quality, readiness and analysis activity across transformation programmes, contributing to improved data practices and partner outcomes.

What you’ll be doing

- Analyse datasets to identify data quality issues, trends and remediation needs

- Support data cleansing, validation and standardisation activities

- Contribute to data readiness assessments and improvement plans

- Develop dashboards and reports to support decision-making

- Translate data issues into clear insights for stakeholders

- Support workshops, stakeholder engagement and issue resolution

- Contribute to project delivery and coordination across workstreams

- Support development of internal tools, templates and data capability

Our Values

Our values sit at the heart of everything we do:

Partnership: We work with you, not for you. 

Integrity: We do the right thing, even when it requires difficult conversations.  

Inquisitive: We dig deeper to uncover what will truly deliver value.  

Transformative: We focus on outcomes that create lasting, measurable improvement.  

Why join PACT?

Develop your data and consulting capability in a fast-growing consultancy, working on impactful transformation programmes across UK higher education with strong support for learning and progression.

Essential Experience

- Experience or strong interest in data analysis, reporting or data quality

- Experience using SQL and tools such as Power BI (or similar)

- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail

- Ability to communicate insights to technical and non-technical audiences

- Organised, proactive and able to manage multiple tasks

- Strong collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills

Desirable:

- Higher education or transformation project experience

- Experience in data migration, cleansing or governance

- Familiarity with student systems or public sector environments