Senior SLATE Functional Consultant (Higher Education Admissions)

Job Summary

Guru Consulting Services LLC is seeking an experienced Senior Slate Functional Consultant to support the University of Arkansas Graduate School & International Education (GSIE) in evaluating, optimizing, and enhancing its existing Slate Admissions platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct discovery workshops and assess the University's existing Slate environment, workflows, and business processes.
• Analyze graduate and international admissions operations and recommend workflow improvements.
• Evaluate the current Slate configuration and recommend the optimal system architecture.
• Optimize Slate CRM functionality, communication plans, forms, portals, and application workflows.
• Recommend improvements for Slate and Workday Student integrations.
• Design dashboards, reports, custom datasets, and analytics to improve operational visibility.
• Identify opportunities for AI-enabled automation, OCR, transcript evaluation, and document verification.
• Improve applicant and faculty portal usability and user experience.
• Configure tracking and workflow recommendations for assistantships, fellowships, sponsored students, exchange students, and other special applicant populations.
• Develop process documentation, governance guidelines, and best practices.
• Deliver training sessions and knowledge transfer to University staff.
• Provide ongoing advisory support and recommendations for continuous platform improvement.
• Collaborate with University stakeholders throughout discovery, assessment, recommendation, and implementation planning.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, Higher Education Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience implementing or optimizing Slate CRM in higher education.
• Strong understanding of graduate, undergraduate, and international admissions processes.
• Experience configuring Slate workflows, forms, portals, communications, queries, reports, and dashboards.
• Experience integrating Slate with Student Information Systems (preferably Workday Student).
• Knowledge of admissions lifecycle management and enrollment operations.
• Experience conducting discovery sessions, business process assessments, and workflow optimization.
• Excellent analytical, documentation, presentation, and communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate with technical teams and business stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting colleges, universities, or higher education institutions.
• Experience with Workday Student integrations.
• Experience implementing AI-enabled workflow automation or OCR technologies.
• Experience with CRM optimization and enrollment management strategies.
• Experience leading digital transformation or admissions modernization initiatives.
• Familiarity with change management and user adoption strategies.

Preferred Certifications

• Slate Certified Consultant (Preferred)
• Workday Student Certification (Preferred)
• Project Management Professional (PMP) - Preferred
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) - Preferred
• ITIL Foundation Certification (Preferred)

Responsibilities During Engagement

• Play a key role in discovery and assessment of the current Slate environment.
• Admissions workflow evaluation and optimization.
• Slate CRM enhancement and configuration recommendations.
• Workday Student integration assessment.
• Reporting and dashboard strategy.
• AI and automation recommendations.
• Documentation and knowledge transfer.
• Ongoing advisory support and continuous improvement planning.