Technical Support Specialist

Grand Canyon Education • Phoenix, AZ

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The Technical Support Specialist provides telephone, e-mail, live chat and social media support to GCU Students regarding their issues with online classroom access. Team members are required to achieve call center activity targets (calls answered, wait time) as outlined in the department’s operating guidelines. Shifts available: Monday-Thursday 6am-3pm & Sunday 7am-4pm, or Monday-Thursday & Sunday 3pm-12am. This role involves handling technical support calls, chats, emails, and social media requests, assisting students with basic and advanced troubleshooting, ongoing issues, and classroom technology setup. It also includes handling advanced browser troubleshooting, following through with users, collaborating with team members and other departments, meeting first contact resolution metrics, preparing documentation, and escalating issues to management when necessary. The specialist must be able to inform management of persistent issues, engage with callers, actively listen, analyze and isolate tech issues, navigate multiple applications, multitask while providing instructions, provide conflict resolution, navigate frustrated customer situations, work independently in a virtual environment, adhere to a strict schedule, and handle high-volume inbound calls in a fast-paced, sometimes stressful environment. The role requires working at a desk, wearing a wired headset.

Requirements

• Must have a customer-focus, service orientation and professional and courteous manner.
• Ability to work on simultaneous multiple cases effectively.
• Solid problem solving/trouble shooting skills with strong attention to detail.
• Able to demonstrate personal ownership of all customers’ issues and follow through to obtain desired results.
• Skilled in determining why and how, what steps or procedures are required in problem resolution.
• Ability to learn University E-Learning software and applications.
• Ability to function in a fast-paced call center environment.
• Willingness and ability to work assigned shifts which may consist of weekends, holidays and evenings.
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, to transmit information accurately and understandably.
• Team player with adaptability to changes in workload, systems, and processes.
• The ability to multi-task, prioritize, and remain detail-oriented.
• Self-motivated, positive, and friendly demeanor; ability to remain calm and professional in all situations.
• Call center or technical support experience highly desirable.
• Must be able to pass pre employment background check.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience with University e-learning environments and software preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Handles Technical Support Calls, chats, emails, and social media requests regarding online classroom access from students.
• Assists Students with basic and advanced troubleshooting, ongoing issues, and provides assistance on classroom technology setup.
• Handles advanced issues related to browser troubleshooting for supported applications.
• Follows through and communicates with the user while working the problem to ensure successful and timely completion of the problem.
• Works with team members and other GCU departments on behalf of the customer to resolve issues.
• Consistently meets first contact resolution metrics.
• Works alternate shift hours as assigned to handle the call in/ticket requests.
• Prepares required documentation related to customer requests and resolution and adheres to proper documentation guidelines.
• Determine when to escalate issues to management level for assistance.
• Inform management of persistent and recurring issues.
• Effortlessly engage with callers, actively listen, analyze, and isolate tech issues.
• Comfortably navigate multiple applications to research solutions.
• Multitask in systems while patiently providing step-by-step instructions.
• Calmly provide conflict resolution.
• Navigate frustrated customer situations.
• Work independently with discipline in a virtual environment.
• Work in a highly structured environment with strict adherence to your assigned full-time schedule taking high-volume inbound calls from customers.
• Work at a desk, wearing a wired headset, while talking to customers in a high-volume, fast-paced, and sometimes stressful environment.

What This Job Offers

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