Workday Student Advising and Curriculum Management Consultant

Collaborative Solutions

3d • Remote

About The Position

Join Cognizant's Workday Student Practice in Australia and New Zealand to help universities transform curriculum management and student support. The consultant works directly with clients on Workday Student deployments, leading design and configuration across curriculum management, academic planning and advising. The role brings higher education and student systems expertise to engagements, working with academic leaders, registrars and advisors and aligning designs with Student Records and other areas of the Workday platform.

The role is suited to someone with experience in curriculum planning, academic administration or student advising who wants to apply that experience in consulting. The Cognizant Workday Student Practice combines higher education practitioners and Workday specialists to design and implement sustainable solutions for universities across Australia and New Zealand. Solutions should support local regulatory requirements, align with institutional strategy, and remain adaptable as university needs evolve.

Requirements

• Experience in academic administration, curriculum management, registrar services, academic advising, student success or a related higher education function at an Australian or New Zealand university.
• Understanding of academic programs, courses, curriculum approval, progression, degree requirements and advising practices.
• Familiarity with the regulatory context for curriculum and student progression in Australia or New Zealand, such as the Higher Education Standards Framework, AQF, ESOS National Code and HESA Support for Students requirements, or CUAP programme approval and the Pastoral Care Code.
• Proven experience guiding business stakeholders through operational and policy decisions, including presenting options, explaining trade-offs and securing agreement.
• Experience implementing, supporting or serving as a super-user for student information systems (SIS).
• Ability to translate academic policy and operational requirements into structured system design.

Nice To Haves

• Experience facilitating workshops, documenting decisions and working across academic and professional teams.
• Experience with testing, data validation, training or deployment readiness activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and design sessions for academic advising, academic planning, curriculum management and related student processes.
• Configure the course catalogue, offerings and prerequisite rules, and support integration with the institution's curriculum management system.
• Design advising models, including advisor assignments, caseloads, student cohorts, notes, appointments and communications.
• Configure academic requirements, student planning and progress monitoring in alignment with institutional policy and regulatory requirements.
• Work with Student Records and academic stakeholders to align curriculum, enrolment, progression and completion outcomes.
• Document requirements, design decisions and configuration.
• Use higher education experience to shape practical future-state processes for curriculum and advising teams.
• Bring an understanding of Australian and New Zealand university operations into design discussions so Workday Student reflects local academic structures, terminology and policy settings.
• Identify data, security, reporting and integration requirements associated with advising and curriculum processes.
• Prepare and execute unit testing, support end-to-end testing and assist with defect resolution.
• Support data conversion validation, cutover preparation, training and go-live readiness.
• Provide advice on Workday leading practices while recognising institutional context and policy obligations.
• Contribute reusable configuration guidance, test assets and delivery methods to the Cognizant Student Practice.

Benefits

• Entrepreneurial environment that welcomes your ideas.
• Opportunity to do great work.
• Outreach programs that support communities and tap into your volunteer spirit.
• Learning opportunities to help with current needs and advancement.
• Global operations, with opportunities in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
• Affinity groups to meet your needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed