Higher Ed Advise Senior Consultant

• Conducting primary and secondary research using established qualitative and quantitative methods; synthesize findings from interviews, surveys, datasets, and literature into clear insights (accelerated through the use of AI tools).
• Project plans, risks, deliverables, and stakeholder communications across cross-functional teams
• Producing concise, well-structured writing tailored to executive audiences — including strategy briefings, point-of-view papers on emerging technology, governance frameworks, executive-level and detailed presentations, and sections of larger client deliverables inclusive of current state analysis, future state recommendations, and implementation roadmaps.
• Tracking developments across generative AI, agents, automation, and adjacent technologies; can articulate what these shifts mean for the future of work, workforce strategy, and business models — and where the hype outruns the evidence.

The team
Deloitte’s Government & Public Services (GPS) practice – our people, ideas, technology and outcomes – is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.

Our Strategy offering architects bold strategies to achieve business and mission goals, enabling growth, competitive advantage, technology modernization, and continuous digital and AI transformation.

Qualifications
Required:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3+ years of relevant experience in higher education setting, either in the higher education consulting industry or in strategic, operational, and/or managerial roles as an employee of a higher education institution or institutions
• Ability to travel 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Preferred:

•  Demonstrated ability to manage multiple workstreams, hit deadlines, and deliver client-ready work with limited supervision.
•  Proficiency with standard analytical and productivity tools (Excel, PowerPoint); hands-on experience with AI tools, prompting, or data analysis tools is strongly preferred.
• Comfort working in ambiguous problem spaces and structuring open-ended questions into analyzable components.
• Demonstrated ability to translate analysis into defensible, realistic, and actionable recommendations, both strategic and operational, to improve our clients’ performance.