**This position is no longer accepting applications.**

The DoIT Technology Support Center is looking to hire additional consultants to work during the Fall. Please see our job description below and visit our job posting on UMBCWorks to apply. 

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TSC Student Consultant Job Description

Technology Support Center (TSC) student consultants are the first points of technical contact for the UMBC community and those who do well often go on to work in other areas of the Division of Information Technology (DoIT). Minimally, consultants are expected to provide initial triage and support for a wide-range of information technologies including accounts, hardware, instructional technologies, networking, software, telecommunications, and basic web development.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Provide technical assistance to users by phone, online and in person;

• Answer TSC phones in a professional and courteous manner;

• Create, update and resolve tickets in the Request Tracker (RT) ticketing system;

• Create, update, suggest and recommend relevant FAQ articles to users (www.umbc.edu/faq);

• Provide direct assistance to users on technical issues they cannot easily resolve on their own;

• Complete in-person or online training about quality support as defined inumbc.edu/go/ticketrubric;

• Respond to all work related communications in a timely manner;

• Escalate urgent problems to the Full-Time staff, as appropriate.

Required Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate by phone or in person.

• Demonstrated writing ability.

• Demonstrated ability to achieve successful outcomes in handling difficult situations and customers.

• Demonstrated analytical and troubleshooting skills.

• Ability & willingness to learn coupled with clear understanding of one’s technical abilities, so as to triage and escalate an issue that leads to an effective solution for the user.

Note: The following is adapted from a Library news story originally published on 8/15/15 

Thumbnail shows equipment part of the program which includes a choice in either a Dell Latitude or Macbook Pro. Also included with the laptop are their respective chargers and carrying bag. 

With support from DoIT, the AOK Library & Gallery has expanded its Equipment Loan Program to include laptops. 

DoIT has provided the program with access to five Macbook Pros and five Dell Latitudes. The laptops are available on a first-come-first-served basis at the Media Desk, located on the second floor on the library. Laptops may be checked out until the Media Desk closes the next day.

The Digital Media Lab also provides the UMBC community with access to audio/visual equipment suitable for a wide variety of video, audio, and graphic design projects. 

You can find more information regarding available equipment and loan policies here