Technology Customer Service Representative (Part Time)

Position Summary

Why Join Us?

About Are you passionate about customer service, technology, and problem solving? Are you an inherently curious individual? Join our team as a Technology Customer Service Representative and play a vital role in the City's success. This is your opportunity to:

• Make an Impact: Directly empower City employees to serve our community by keeping our systems running smoothly.
• Grow Your Skills: Gain hands-on technical experience, refine your troubleshooting abilities, and contribute to the evolution of our computing strategy.
• Collaborate: Work within an outstanding, supportive team that values problem-solving and innovation.
• Drive Change: Participate in exciting projects, including the implementation of our new ticketing system and a push towards best practices.

Essential Functions/Typical Working/Mental Demands/Working Conditions

Under the general supervision of the City of St. George Technology Customer Support Manager, supports City-owned workstation and network equipment; provides hardware and software planning and evaluation; provides problem solving and training for end users; and ensures systems efficiency and integrity. This is an entry level position.

Answering Phone Calls

Answer incoming phone calls into the City Help Desk.

Ticket Management

Open, route, manage, and resolve tickets in the IT Service Management platform.

Technical Assistance

• Provide technical assistance, support, and advice as needed to users when resolving computer related incidents through phone, e-mail, web, and in-person requests.
• Independently identify, troubleshoot, document, and resolve user incidents.
• Inform users of progress and resolution.

Training and Setup

• Assist with the setup, installation, and configuration of new hardware and software systems.
• Assist with the upgrade of existing mobile devices, hardware, operating system, and software.
• Evaluate and recommend changes and proposals for upgrades to existing hardware and software systems.
• Escalate problems to vendors, administrators, and engineering staff and remains engaged through resolution.
• Aid in troubleshooting and setting up mobile devices, such as tablets and cell phones.

Documentation

Document processes, troubleshooting steps, and contributes to the knowledge base.

Qualifications

• Education: Windows or Apple OS and device certifications preferred.
• Experience: Minimum of one (1) year customer service or computer support work experience required. May substitute on a year for year basis an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Inner workings and technological developments of computers, laptops, tablets, mobile devices, printers, software, and related equipment.
• Emerging technologies.
• Wide variety of application programs.
• Federal copyright laws as they pertain to the use of computer software.
• The holistic nature of technology.
• Knowledge of Apple OS and hardware preferred.

Skills

• Customer service.
• Interpersonal, written, and verbal communication.
• Problem solving.

Physical/Mental Demands/Working Conditions

• May work alone or as a member of a troubleshooting team.
• Work is performed primarily indoors in a typical office environment with potential travel to other city locations.
• Uncomfortable conditions may include stooping, crouching, bending, etc.
• Susceptible to eyestrain, back discomfort, and hand and wrist problems.
• Medium physical strength requirement: exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or 25 pounds of force frequently.
• Exposure to stress as a result of human behavior and irregular working hours required to get equipment or programs set up or repaired under department time constraints.

Benefits

• Recreation Benefit: Free access to all 4 city golf courses (Dixie Red Hills, Southgate, St. George Golf Club, and Sunbrook), swimming pools (City Pool and Sand Hollow Aquatic Center) and recreation center is available to all part-time employees.
• Note: Golf course privileges are based on availability. Employees can book a tee-time within 24 hours or the same day, but may be turned away if there are no available tee-times. If you happen to be golfing with at least 2 paying customers; tee times can be set with more advance notice, but are still based on availability.
• Red Hills Golf Course will not be available to schedule tee times in advance --- walk on play based on availability only.