K-12 Expertise - Business Analyst

Looking for Consultants who has experience working within a K–12 school district, county office of education, charter management organization, or similar public education environment.

Minimum Experience:

• Ten (10) or more years of overall experience performing business analysis functions. 

 Highly Desired Qualifications / Experience

• Experience working within a K–12 school district, county office of education, charter management organization, or similar public education environment.
• Familiarity with K–12 operational areas such as student enrollment, attendance, scheduling, special education, assessments, budgeting, HR, payroll, and school operations.
• Understanding of state and federal reporting requirements (e.g., CALPADS, ESSA, IDEA) and compliance data needs.
• Hands-on experience with major K–12 platforms (e.g., Aeries, PowerSchool, Infinite Campus, Synergy, Illuminate).
• Ability to analyze SIS data structures, workflows, and integrations to support process improvements and data accuracy.
• Experience supporting SIS migrations, enhancements, or cross-system integrations.
• Proven ability to diagnose data-quality issues, design data validation processes, and develop sustainable data governance practices.
• Experience compiling and analyzing education data for dashboards, accountability reporting, and performance metrics.
• Knowledge of reporting tools used in K–12 (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Looker Studio).
• Experience mapping and redesigning processes across school sites and central office departments.
• Skill in identifying workflow bottlenecks in areas such as enrollment, master scheduling, attendance accounting, discipline entry, or special education case management.
• Ability to develop standardized procedures that increase staff efficiency and reduce compliance errors.
• Ability to collaborate with principals, counselors, registrars, teachers, IT staff, HR/payroll teams, and executive leadership.
• Skilled at facilitating workgroups and translating school based operational needs into technical requirements.
• Strong communication skills to present findings to leadership and coach school staff through change.
• Experience planning and executing K–12 technology projects, such as system implementations, process audits, or districtwide rollouts.
• Familiarity with Agile and Waterfall methodologies and the ability to adapt project plans to the school-year cycle.
• Ability to develop detailed business requirements, user stories, functional specifications, and training materials specifically for education audiences.
• Skilled in gathering requirements from non technical staff and converting them into actionable technical guidance.
• Experience leading adoption of new systems or processes among diverse employee groups.
• Ability to develop communication plans, staff training, job aids, and implementation supports that account for school calendars and staffing constraints.
• Working knowledge of SQL, Excel Power Query, or API integrations used to support SIS and Students/Parents portal and application systems.
• Understanding of data privacy requirements including FERPA and state-level student privacy laws.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Education, Information Systems, Public Administration, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• Professional certifications such as CBAP, PMI PBA, Lean Six Sigma, Scrum Master, or education specific data credentials.