Higher Education Lead

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