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What We’re Looking For:
The Technical Support Specialist I is responsible for ensuring a positive user experience for 2U students and faculty by providing proactive, comprehensive, and exceptional customer service.
You will be the critical “first line of defense” in executing 2U’s expected white glove service level for its students and faculty. The Technical Support Specialist I takes incoming calls, emails, and chats from enrolled students and faculty who need technical assistance with 2U supported applications. You will also resolve or escalate all incoming cases regarding faculty or students.
Schedule: Availability needs to be Monday through Sunday, 7am – 2pm Eastern Time. This position is required to work weekends.
Hours: Part-time. Up to 29 hours.
This is a fully remote position.
Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To:
- Troubleshoot student and faculty technical issues via phone, email and chat to identify the root cause and provide world class service to customers.
- Collaborate with 2U departments and internal cross-functional teams to promptly resolve student and faculty issues.
- Master all 2U’s software to provide technical assistance to faculty and students with competence.
- Assist with training new hires and ongoing support of team members as needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
Things That Should Be in Your Background:
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
- 1 – 3 years experience working in a service-oriented customer support, technical support, or other support-related field.
- Experience assisting customers using phone, email, and chat software.
- Familiarity with current Apple, Microsoft Operating Systems, and video conferencing software.
- Organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Excellent prioritization and time management skills required.
- Ability to identify service improvement opportunities and automation proposals to improve service quality.
- Ability to work holidays, evenings and weekend hours to support students and faculty at peak times as assigned.
Other Attributes That Will Help You in This Role:
- Excellent written and verbal skills with the ability to communicate in a courteous, tactful, collegial and concise manner.
- Ability to work with a core team in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the business.
- Enthusiasm and the ability to thrive in an atmosphere of constant change.
About 2U Inc. (NASDAQ: TWOU)
2U is comprised of 3 lines of business: Graduate Degree Programs, Short Course, and Boot Camps. Going beyond traditional learning management systems, we use tech, people, and data to help top universities and enterprise organizations transform in the digital era—and eliminate the back row in higher ed. We support lifelong learning which means thinking beyond a single degree. It means finding ways for students to gain the skills they need to change careers, evolve their expertise, and meet the challenges of the changing world head-on. We help our partners fill those needs—developing new digital education technologies and offerings capable of supporting students at different points in their lives. Whether they need a simple refresher, to learn something new, or to change their career trajectories completely, our partners are there to help them succeed. Together with our partners, 2U has positively transformed the lives of more than 275,000 students and lifelong learners.
2U Diversity and Inclusion Statement
At 2U, we are committed to creating and sustaining a culture that embodies diverse walks of life, ideas, genders, ages, races, cultures, sexual orientations, abilities and other unique qualities of our employees. We strive to offer a workplace where every employee feels empowered by the ways in which we are different, as well as the ways in which we are the same.
