University of California  Los Angeles

Senior Technology Consultant

Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Minimum three years of technical service experience.
  • Strong customer service orientation and ability to work with diverse groups.
  • Ability to handle difficult customer service situations effectively.
  • Skill in active listening and problem-solving for user support.
  • Familiarity with faculty research and instructional needs (preferred).
  • Effective written and verbal communication in English.
  • Self-motivated team player, able to manage responsibilities independently.
  • Ability to work under pressure, prioritizing tasks appropriately.
  • Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and expand knowledge base.
  • In-depth knowledge of PC/Mac software and hardware peripherals.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technology support to faculty, staff, and students across the Anderson School.
  • Resolve technical problems as a second-tier support at the ACIS Helpdesk.
  • Monitor service tickets, classroom hotline, and email inquiries.
  • Set up and troubleshoot classroom A/V systems and network equipment for events.
  • Research, evaluate, and implement technology solutions for academic needs.
  • Develop training materials and provide user documentation for technology solutions.
  • Collaborate with other ACIS teams to quickly address technology issues.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package starting from day one.
  • Opportunities for professional development.
  • Supportive work environment within the Anderson School's community.
Full Job Description
Position Summary

Anderson Computing & Information Services (ACIS) provides information and technology services to the Anderson School of Management. Under the general direction of the Director, Client Support Services (CSS), the Anderson Technology Consultant provides technology support to about 400 Anderson School faculty and staff and 2000 students in various academic programs. The CSS team, which is made up of both full-time staff and student workers, advocates and supports the use of technology, which includes hardware, software, and A/V equipment, in Anderson classrooms and other learning spaces, as well as faculty and staff offices, conference rooms, and study spaces. The CSS team serves as the second-tier support at the ACIS Helpdesk, handling inquires related to technology, such as video and web conferencing, classroom A/V equipment, learning management system, productivity and collaboration software, printers and etc. CSS collaborates closely with other internal teams within ACIS to ensure issues and requests are resolved as quickly as possible. The Technology Consultant will perform hands-on support tasks, resolve technical problems, monitor service ticket system, classroom hotline, and email inboxes, operate A/V systems, and provide training and documentation to Anderson and guest users. This position will have extensive interactions with Anderson staff, faculty, and students to understand course objectives and technical requirements and to provide consultation and support including setting up, configuring, testing, and troubleshooting computers, network, A/V equipment, and software systems in classrooms and other learning spaces for instructions, seminars, workshops, and conferences, as well as staff, faculty and student office and collaboration spaces across the Anderson complex. This position will research, evaluate, implement, deploy, and support technology solutions, as well as manage and participate in classroom and technology upgrade and roll-out projects, including for staff, faculty and student devices.

Salary & Compensation

*UCLA provides a full pay range. Actual salary offers consider factors, including budget, prior experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business considerations. Salary offers at the top of the range are not common. Visit UC Benefit package to discover benefits that start on day one, and UC Total Compensation Estimator to calculate the total compensation value with benefits.
Qualifications

  • Minimum three years of technical service experience. (Required)
  • Strong customer service orientation and possess the ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relations with faculty, students, Anderson and ACIS staff, as well as vendors and suppliers. (Required)
  • Demonstrated ability to handle the highest difficulty customer service situations calmly, courteously and efficiently. (Required)
  • Skill in portraying to the user availability and approachability, patiently listening to the user's description of the problem, probing with knowledgeable questions, interpreting information to advise and guide the user to an effective solution. (Required)
  • Familiarity with Anderson School faculty research and faculty/student instructional needs. (Preferred)
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in standard English, both written and verbally, to share information with co-workers and users and to explain details in a clear and concise manner. (Required)
  • Self-motivating, able to work as part of a team sharing duties and responsibilities with peers, generating own assignments and completing them without supervisor involvement. (Required)
  • Demonstrated ability to work under time constraints and competing requests for services, and to set priorities which accurately reflect the relative importance of job responsibilities. (Required)
  • Demonstrated ability to learn new skills in response to a changing work environment and to expand the knowledge base on issues affecting the work-unit and the organization. (Required)
  • Detailed knowledge of off-the-shelf PC and Mac software applications including Microsoft Office, web browser, video conferencing solutions, and email applications, as well as common hardware peripherals (setting up, integration and training). (Required)
  • Working knowledge of software installations and testing procedures for networked and single user systems for Anderson supported software. (Required)
  • Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot hardware problems and replace parts as necessary. (Required)
  • Working knowledge of mobile devices, operating systems (e.g. Android and iOS), and software applications, such as Office Mobile. (Required)
  • Detailed knowledge of mobile devices and screen casting and connectivity issues. (Required)
  • Demonstrated ability to anticipate and solve potential computer, network, and A/V system problems through running appropriate diagnostic programs. (Required)
  • Demonstrated ability to program with APIs and in various programming languages to integrating systems and data. (Required)
  • Demonstrated ability to employ logical methodology while troubleshooting technical problems. (Required)
  • Detailed knowledge of projection equipment and audio/visual equipment, including microphone, video camera, speaker, and etc. (Required)
  • Demonstrated ability to explain diagnostic and troubleshooting procedures to clients. (Required)
  • Demonstrated ability to schedule, prioritize, and complete tasks in a fast-faced and demanding environment. (Required)
  • Must be able to lift and move equipment weighing up to 30 pounds. (Required)

  • Special Conditions for Employment

  • Background Check: Continued employment is contingent upon the completion of a satisfactory background investigation.
  • Age Requirement: Candidate(s) must be 18 years or older to be eligible to be hired.

  • Schedule

    Standard hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Union/Policy Covered

    TX-Systemwide Technical
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    About University of California Los Angeles

    The University of California, Los Angeles is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California State Normal School. This school was absorbed with the official founding of UCLA as the Southern Branch of the University of California in 1919, making it the second-oldest of the 10-campus University of California system. UCLA offers 337 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines, enrolling about 31,600 undergraduate and 14,300 graduate and professional students. UCLA received 174,914 undergraduate applications for Fall 2022, including transfers, making the school the most applied-to university in the United States. The university is organized into the College of Letters and Science and 12 professional schools. Six of the schools offer undergraduate degree programs: the School of the Arts and Architecture, Samueli School of Engineering, Herb Alpert School of Music, School of Nursing, Luskin School of Public Affairs and School of Theater, Film and Television. Three others are graduate-level professional health science schools: the David Geffen School of Medicine, School of Dentistry and Fielding School of Public Health. The School of Education & Information Studies, Anderson School of Management and School of Law round out the university.
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