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ID #19844696
State Massachusetts
City Boston
Job type Contract
Salary USD TBD TBD
Source Softworld, Inc.
Showed 2021-09-18
Date 2021-09-17
Deadline 2021-11-15
Category Et cetera
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Customer Support Associate / IT Support Center Assistant Role

Massachusetts, Boston, 02117 Boston USA

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Customer Support Associate / IT Support Center Assistant

The Customer Support Associate offers first-level support to faculty, staff, and students, through phone, email, remote support, and hands-on/desk-side channels. The Associate provides strong customer service in a fast-moving, high-touch environment by supplying timely, high-quality resolutions to support requests. They refer those they cannot resolve to other technology teams, after ensuring they are properly prioritized and documented.

The ideal candidate will be motivated, energetic and a quick learner, have excellent interpersonal skills and a focus on detail, possess a sense of personal ownership over the work they carry out, and have a serious interest in information technology, customer service, and desktop support.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

  • At least 1-3 years of relevant experience
  • Must be able to travel to and from campus in Allston, MA.
  • This is considered a "Remote Access Critical Position": the employee is required to perform non-deferrable work during emergency closures or curtailments but is not necessarily required to do so at his/her normal workspace; instead, a remote access employee may perform his/her non-deferrable work remotely from home or another off-campus location
DESIRED SKILLS:

  • A commitment to excellent customer service in a high-touch user environment, an ability to appropriately set and meet expectations, and a desire to help others
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, as well as a strong team-player mentality with both peers and end users
  • Organizational skills and attention to detail in all work efforts, and an ability to quickly learn and retain new skills and institutional knowledge
  • Personal ownership and accountability with every interaction, and ability to excel in role with minimal direct supervision
  • Experience supporting both Microsoft and Apple personal computers in an enterprise environment
  • Ability to successfully manage many simultaneous work items of changing priority
  • Ability to clearly and easily present technical concepts to customers in non-technical language
  • Ability to capture and maintain accurate technical documentation and knowledge management content (internal and customer facing)
RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Monitor incoming service channels and ticketing system, and respond to customer requests in a timely manner
  • Manage a high-volume, fast-paced work queue filled with shifting priorities and many simultaneous pieces of work; maintain detailed and accurate ticket information
  • Troubleshoot and permanently resolve technical issues related client-managed hardware/software, and create/use knowledge articles to aid in resolution
  • Stay in close communication with customers on all open work, set and maintain appropriate expectations throughout interactions, and deliver superior customer satisfaction
  • Proactively escalate customer service issues, trends, and suggestions for product/process changes to senior peers or management
  • Work to consistently meet team key performance indicators and queue management guidelines
  • Assume additional responsibilities as required

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