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About the role
AlphaGov is looking for a Higher Education Strategic Planning & Enrollment Strategy Consultant, a college or university strategy expert who has led institution-wide or system-wide strategic plans, state higher-education plans, and enrollment management strategy. This independent consultant role supports public university systems, state higher-education agencies, and colleges.
What you'll do
Lead enterprise or system strategic planning for universities and colleges: environmental scan, stakeholder engagement, goals, KPIs and implementation roadmap
Support state higher-education plans: governance assessment, policy-lever analysis and performance-management frameworks
Run enrollment strategy discovery: funnel and yield analysis, recruitment and retention operations, CRM (e.g., Slate) and process review
Facilitate sessions with presidents, cabinets, boards of trustees/regents, faculty senates and students
Write the plan and implementation scorecard, and present to governing boards
Contribute approach and past-performance narrative to proposals when naming is authorized
Engagement
This is a project-based, remote engagement. It is contingent on contract award and final staffing approval, and no assignment is guaranteed. We will ask your permission before including your name or résumé in any proposal.
How to apply
Send your résumé and a short summary of comparable higher-ed strategic plans or enrollment engagements (institution, year, your role, what was delivered).
Requirements
Required
8+ years in higher education strategy, institutional planning/effectiveness, or enrollment management, at a leadership or consulting level
Led or co-led at least one institution- or system-wide strategic plan through adoption (name the institution, year and your role)
Hands-on enrollment management experience (admissions, recruitment, retention, financial aid strategy or enrollment analytics)
Strong facilitation with boards and senior leadership; clear written deliverables
Comfortable as an independent consultant on a project basis
Nice to have
State higher-education commission or system office experience
Public university system governance
Accreditation or institutional effectiveness experience
