[Hiring] Senior Slate Consultant @Human Capital Education

Role Description

We are seeking a well-rounded Senior Slate Consultant to join our growing team. The Senior Slate Consultant role leads engagements across a portfolio of client accounts, with a focus on Slate implementations, ongoing Slate support/capacity extension, custom Slate development, and special projects. You will use your dynamic product knowledge and Slate experience to guide clients in best practice configurations, troubleshoot issues, and strategize successful approaches to solving complex business process problems. Our work with clients is highly collaborative, and we prioritize teaching users how to do the work in Slate, rather than always doing it on their behalf. The goal is for clients to feel empowered and well-prepared for the future after our work together.

This is a role for someone who likes to make things work better. The ideal candidate is a proactive, analytical thinker with project management and significant Slate experience, who is excited about building processes and systems for improving our clients' experience with Slate. You have a strong orientation towards execution and excel at managing details, seeing how all the pieces fit together and making things run smoothly.

Qualifications

• Highly organized with an aptitude for working in a constantly changing environment and adapting changing priorities.
• Demonstrated project management experience.
• Accountable with strong attention to detail.
• Experience with and/or belief in the importance of customer service as a foundational aspect of business success.
• Possess a client-centric attitude to listen with empathy and the ability to explain both technical and non-technical concepts and issues.
• Well-rounded Slate knowledge and abilities, including mastery in most Slate tools.
• Technical Slate skills necessary to conduct root cause analysis, including relational database understanding, and a problem-solving mindset.
• Experience with, or desire to learn, HTML, CSS, Javascript, and front-end frameworks.
• Experience with, or desire to learn, SQL, XQuery, and database query languages.
• Bachelor's Degree, plus 8+ years of professional work experience or 10-12 years + of professional work experience in higher education/CRM systems.
• 5+ years of advanced Slate use or Slate administrator experience.

Requirements

• Establish a trusted relationship with clients and work to ensure their overall satisfaction and success with Slate.
• Create and manage strategic success plans and project timelines for clients.
• Work to understand client processes and motivations, and maintain a high degree of functional expertise in Slate as a means of helping clients be successful.
• Lead client engagements in the following areas of focus:
• Slate Implementations
• Audit/Diagnostics
• System and Process Optimization & Support
• Reporting and Analytics
• Training
• Custom Slate Development & Special Projects

Benefits

• Salary range: $120,000 - $160,000, commensurate with experience and technical proficiencies.

Company Description

Human Capital Education (HCE) enables colleges and universities to grow with purpose by providing the systems, expertise, data, and strategy needed to attract, enroll, and support students more effectively and efficiently. HCE works across undergraduate, graduate, online, and adult programs, helping institutions translate strategy into actionable insights that deliver sustainable results.

In January 2026, Human Capital Education acquired Kennedy & Company Education Strategies, bringing together complementary organizations with a shared commitment to helping institutions navigate change, strengthen performance, and achieve long-term sustainability. Now, HCE serves more than 300 colleges and universities nationwide, offering integrated strategic enablement services that span research, enrollment management, financial analysis, institutional strategy, and technology implementation.