Service Desk Tech II - Onsite Chicago Loop office

NORC at the University of Chicago is seeking a Service Desk Tech II to provide desk side technical support. This position is responsible for providing basic desk side technical support (including answering user PC and software questions and providing resolution to issues), maintaining a log through data entry, and prioritizing questions into a call tracking system.

This position will be working Onsite 4-5 days a week at our Chicago Loop office.

The primary goal of Technology Support Services (TSS) is to provide a central point of contact for customers who need technical assistance. The HelpDesk's mission is to reduce downtime across the enterprise by facilitating in the coordination of support for the restoration of normal operational service with minimal business impact on the customer within agreed service levels and business priorities.

• Respond to telephone calls, email, and requests for technical support.
• Provide feedback to supervisor on unusual matters and suggest changes to existing products or services to better aide the end user.
• Rely on standard procedures to resolve questions and escalate more complex issues to more experienced tech support specialists.
• Document, track, and monitor the problem to ensure timely resolution.
• Handle most basic requests with significant oversight from supervisor.

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Familiarity with Intel-based computers running Windows
• Ability to follow established trouble-shooting procedures
• Good customer interaction and communication skills.
• Able to work Onsite 4-5 days a week at our Chicago Loop office.
• Qualified applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S. We regret that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position.

NORC is an objective, non-partisan research institution that delivers reliable data and rigorous analysis to guide critical programmatic, business, and policy decisions. Since 1941, our teams have conducted groundbreaking studies, created and applied innovative methods and tools, and advanced principles of scientific integrity and collaboration. Today, government, corporate, and nonprofit clients around the world partner with us to transform increasingly complex information into useful knowledge.

For over 80 years, NORC has evolved in many ways, moving the needle with research methods, technical applications and groundbreaking research findings. But our tradition of excellence, passion for innovation, and commitment to collegiality have remained constant components of who we are as a brand, and who each of us is as a member of the NORC team. With world-class benefits, a business casual environment, and an emphasis on continuous learning, NORC is a place where people join for the stellar research and analysis work for which we're known, and stay for the relationships they form with their colleagues who take pride in the impact their work is making on a global scale.

NORC is an equal opportunity employer. NORC evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, sexual orientation, and other legally protected characteristics.

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