IT Dispatcher (Remote - work from home)
United States - Remote
If you are an experienced client service representative who likes a fast-paced environment and has experience providing services in person, we invite you to explore our Dispatcher position. Work from home and receive outstanding benefits that support your family- while working for a company that takes a people-first approach to business.
- This is a remote role working from home within the United States.
- Shift: Monday - Friday, 9 AM - 6 PM PST or 10 AM - 7 PM PST.
The overall objective of the dispatcher role is to coordinate workflow for service desk technicians and consultants who, in turn, provide service to our clients, such as:
- Answer high volume incoming calls from our call center.
- Identify incoming service requests within the ConnectWise dispatch board and remove unwanted SPAM.
- Provide chat support assistance when necessary.
- Perform ticket triage by clarifying and updating fields within tickets to ensure technicians are able to quickly and accurately gauge the scope of the service requests.
- Schedule tickets to the most appropriate resources based on urgency, availability, and technical skill level.
- Adhere to internal security policies by seeking approval for access changes in service requests from client's IT liaison in writing, where appropriate.
- Set client expectations, when needed, regarding the availability of resources for tickets that come into the service board and tickets that require re-dispatch.
- Maintain an awareness of trends in client’s service requests and alert service managers or primary consultants to recurring issues, particularly when problems reported may be indicative of a larger issue.
- Forecast workload for support staff, including weekend and after-hour work, in order to assist with scheduling and escalating work.
- Prepare resource schedules for help desk coverage, escalation engineers, on-call resources, and team meetings.
- Update client information (i.e. client engineer assignments, primary liaisons, etc.) as needed.
- Periodically review open requests and verify their status, proper client agreements are selected, and a resource is assigned.
- Occasionally follow up with clients to request feedback.
Required Client Service Experience and Qualifications
- Authorized to work in the U.S.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- 3 – 5 years of customer service experience.
- Ability to quickly and accurately determine incident scope and impact.
- Demonstrable competency in the use of Microsoft Office products:
- Outlook - high level for e-mail and organizational tracking tasks
- Excel / Word - intermediate skill
- Ability to multitask with an appropriate sense of urgency.
- Superior customer service and communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Efficient time management skills.
- Superior documentation and follow-up skills.
Benefits
- Salary $45,000/year
- 100% of medical, dental, and vision for you and your family.
- 401K with company match up to 4% of salary.
- Certification and training reimbursement.
- 17 days/year PTO (in addition to training allowance).
- Bonuses for referring new clients or employees.
Xantrion is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
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Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Benefits/Perks100% medical/dental/vision 17 days PTO 401(k) match Bonuses for referrals Certification reimbursement People-first approach
Tasks- Answer incoming calls
- Coordinate workflow
- Follow up with clients
- Forecast workload
- Maintain client information
- Perform ticket triage
- Prepare resource schedules
- Schedule tickets
Client service Communication Customer Communication Dispatch coordination Microsoft Office Multitasking Problem-solving Security policies Ticket triage Time Management
Experience3 - 5 years
EducationBusiness Equivalent High school diploma
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