Client Services Analyst (Help Desk)

About the role

The Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association (WFAA)*, the private fundraising and alumni relations organization for UW-Madison, is recruiting for a Client Services Analyst (Help Desk) to join the Technical Services & Support Team. The Client Services Analyst is a key member of the IT support team, serving as a first point of contact for end users seeking assistance with endpoint devices, collaboration tools, and IT systems. This role focuses on triaging and resolving routine technical issues, escalating more complex problems to senior analysts, engineers, or specialized teams as needed. In addition to day-to-day support, the analyst assists with endpoint deployments and contributes to basic security and compliance tasks. The ideal candidate is customer-focused, detail-oriented, and eager to grow their technical skills in a fast-paced support environment. The Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association is a private, nonprofit corporation that encourages individuals and organizations to make gifts to the university and to connect with the UW. In 2014, the UW Foundation merged with the Wisconsin Alumni Association® to better serve a growing population of UW alumni and donors. We believe that private support grows out of good relationships between campus leaders, faculty and program staff who need support, and the alumni and friends who want to invest in UW-Madison. We provide important engagement opportunities to link UW-Madison alumni to each other and to their alma mater, building a strong community of Badgers.

Responsibilities

• Provide end-user support via phone, email, or in person by troubleshooting common hardware and software issues across desktops, laptops, printers, mobile devices and collaboration spaces.
• Set up and recover equipment for onboarding and offboarding employees, contractors, and interns following established procedures.
• Monitor the support queue (e.g., Zendesk), triage incoming tickets, and document troubleshooting steps clearly and accurately.
• Help identify recurring issues and share observations to support process improvements.
• Escalate unresolved or complex issues to senior analysts or engineering teams.
• Collaborate with IT team members to support user experience improvements across core systems.
• Support delivery of basic technical orientation or training for new hires.
• Maintain and update internal documentation as directed.
• Maintain accurate asset inventory records by documenting moves, adds, and changes.
• Assist with imaging, configuring, and deploying laptops and mobile devices for end users.
• Support the lifecycle of endpoint devices by helping