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Job Description Overview Girl Scouts of the USA Founded in 1912, Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) is the preeminent leadership development organization for girls and the leading authority on their healthy development. Millions of Girl Scout alums across the country and the world have gone on to achieve incredible things and make a tremendous impact in fields ranging from public policy, medicine, journalism, and athletics to international relations, science, technology, art, and entertainment. As a mission-driven organization, Girl Scouts of the USA champions girls as they explore their worlds, try new things, and develop the courage, confidence, and character to make the world a better place. From stargazing during a first overnight camping trip to building robots, navigating a rocky hiking trail, working together on a community project, and learning about the importance of environmental stewardship, Girl Scouts of all backgrounds and abilities can unapologetically be themselves as they rise to meet new challenges and discover the issues that matter most to them. Along the way they learn the power of friendship, connection, and teamwork. Girl Scouts are doers, innovators, problem-solvers, creators, and dreamers, and the GSUSA team is here to center, support, and inspire them, working with 111 local councils across the country and USA Girl Scouts Overseas to deliver our life-changing Girl Scout Leadership Experience. This is a Hybrid role with in NYC Office 2 days a week. Responsibilities Customer Care, part of the Council Partnership Community and reporting to the Chief Experience Officer (CXO), drives movement wide sustainable growth and health through implementation of strategic priorities in an aligned network. The team builds strong relationships and creates empowering ways of work between and among GSUSA and councils to ensure movement wide collaboration, trust and success. The team ensures GSUSA is offering excellent communications and customer service to councils, members and other customers. POSITION SUMMARY The Analyst, CS Experience is a core member of the customer care team. This position is a customer-facing role, responding to requests for assistance and responses to concerns that come in through the national 800 phone number, live chat and email to case inquiries through Salesforce and/or social media monitoring platforms, reinforcing Girl Scouts reputation as a leading brand who puts their customers' needs first. Provides general and technical support to users by researching and answering questions, troubleshooting problems, and maintaining workstation performance. The Analyst works with cross-functional teams to ensure timely, accurate, consistent response to customer inquiries, as well as leading special projects as assigned. The position is expected to be highly communicative and a team player. This position will work collaboratively to improve support escalation, effective communications and provide other customer-related services, as needed. The position reports to the Manager, CS Experience, who manages a team of customer care subject experts. ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES - Primary duties of the position Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. • Thorough and prompt responses to social media, phone calls, live chat, e-mail inquiries and assistance requests based on a working knowledge of GSUSA policies and positions, sensitive issues messaging, content of Knowledge, Salesforce Chatter communities, communications alerts, FAQs, official documents, webinar content, and other materials., • Provides technical support to users by researching and answering questions, troubleshooting problems, and maintaining workstation performance. Creates and monitors cases in Salesforce Service Cloud case management system. Provides Level 1 technical support. Learn new technology quickly and thoroughly. Create tickets (phone to case and web to case) into Salesforce Service Cloud as part of the customer service interaction. Maintains own tickets, problem-solves individual customer needs, and responds within the service level agreement for the department and customer type. Supports and/or leads special projects as assigned based on subject matter expertise. Analyses and reports trends and ticket volume for potential performance improvements., • Provides answers to customers by identifying and investigating problems, researching answers, and guiding customers through corrective steps, while maintaining a knowledgeable, professional approach to customer care. Ensures that a cooperative and supportive relationship is maintained with direct team, volunteers, Girl Scout councils, GSUSA staff members, and the public., • Escalate tickets to councils and to internal GSUSA staff, when necessary. Shifts management and/or toggles tickets between council and other GSUSA queues, such as Digital Cookie, Technical, Information and Referral, and Merchandise. Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. REQUIRED COMPETENCIES Administrative coordination duties or may support Executive Team with confidential, administrative support; Individual Contributors who may have responsibility for projects or processes and who are still developing. • 5+ years relevant experience in customer care/service in phone/chat/email/social media. Demonstrates a basic understanding of customer service concepts and exercises tact and an appropriate sense of urgency when dealing with the public., • Ability to manage expectations, outstanding organizational skills, strong reading comprehension and ability to communicate results. Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication skills., • Answers questions and inquiries, problem-solves, and investigates customers’ issues while maintaining a knowledgeable, professional approach to customer care. Ability to handle challenges with a smile, love to help people; strong interpersonal skills, demonstrates empathy and commitment., • Must have strong technical skills, including Microsoft Suite, and ability to learn new applications quickly. Must learn Salesforce Service Cloud if inexperienced with the platform., • Demonstrates strong problem-solving ability, including within tight timeframes and with multiple customers. Ability to multi-task while meeting deadlines., • Develops understanding of the experiences, products, and services of GSUSA. Fosters innovation by seeing opportunities, not just issues or problems., • Focuses on continuous learning and development. Works effectively within a team and cooperates and contributes to team knowledge, skills, and processes., • Participates in cross-functional project teams by providing basic customer information or by conducting specific tasks., • Maintains knowledge of internal staff organization so tickets are escalated and followed through to the appropriate person and/or department., • Manage projects such as organization-wide Functional Directory, contributes to Knowledge Base (aka Solutions in Salesforce), and handles cross-functional projects as assigned. REQUIRED TECHNICAL SKILLS Office 365 or similar suites Competency in PowerPoint or similar presentation software Competency in Microsoft Excel or similar software Experience with software ticketing systems such as Salesforce Service Cloud Phone call management system Email management REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE (i.e., degrees, certifications) Degree or Equivalent Experience: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience Minimum Years of Experience: Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in customer service environment SALARY RANGE: $65,000 - $80,000 This represents the present low and high end of the pay range for this position. Actual pay will vary based on various factors, including but not limited to experience. What We Offer: Girl Scouts is powered by people, and we encourage our team members to be their best selves in and out of the office. We place a high priority on flexibility and offer a competitive employee salary and benefits package that includes: Paid Time Off: GSUSA offers 20+ days of paid time off, 2 floating holidays, as well as 9 workplace holidays per year. GSUSA staff also enjoy a paid holiday year-end office closure between Christmas and New Year's. Other Benefits: • Medical and Behavioral Health Coverage, • Plan options with individual and family coverage which includes wellness, hospitalization, and fertility assistance., • Both plans include GSUSA partial subsidy of premium costs, • Dental and vision coverage, • Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) including Health, Dependent Care, and Limited FSA for those with Health Savings Accounts, • Company-paid life insurance, • Flexible work arrangements, • 12 weeks of paid parental leave, • 401(K) with company match, • Sick leave, • Short- and Long-Term Disability for salary continuation, • Health and Wellness Classes and Activities throughout the year, • Access to Employee Engagement Groups PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. WORK ENVIRONMENT: This job operates in a professional office environment. POSITION TYPE / EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK: This is a full-time position with Weekend and Holiday shift. Days and hours of work are Thursday through Monday with a 35 hour per week schedule. Evening work required as job duties demand. AAP/EEO Statement: GSUSA is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Job DescriptionITTConnect is seeking an IT Service Desk L2/L3 Analyst for a direct-hire full time position with a large financial institution. Position is hybrid: 3x a week onsite Job location: Midtown Manhattan This role is a combination of hands-on IT system administration and IT Service Desk L2/L3/Team leader, to ensure prompt resolution of incidents, adherence to service-level agreements (SLAs), and support of critical financial systems and end user computing while maintaining compliance and security standards. Key Responsibilities: System Administration (40%): • Administer, monitor, and maintain servers (Windows/Linux), networks, and cloud systems (e.g., AWS, Azure, Microsoft 365), • Manage Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, e-mail, M365, phone system, file servers, and other core services, • Maintain system security by implementing patches, updates, and backups, • Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues and incidents to ensure high availability and reliability, • Assist with IT infrastructure projects including upgrades, migrations, and new deployments, • Maintain documentation of system configurations, procedures, and network diagrams, • Project management, • Management of local server room Service Desk Support (60%): • Supervise the day-to-day operations of the IT service desk to ensure efficient handling of support requests, • Ensure consistent documentation, classification, and resolution of tickets, with prioritization of high-impact financial systems, • Train and coach team members on compliance, security protocols, and customer service best practices, • Monitor KPIs and SLAs, generate reports, and provide recommendations for continuous improvement, • Act as the escalation point for complex or high-priority incidents, including those affecting financial transactions, trading platforms, or compliance systems, • Collaborate with system administrators, security, and application teams to ensure seamless support, • Assist in compliance audits by maintaining records and contributing to access control reviews and incident documentation, • Maintain and monitor virtual desktop environment including core financial applications, • Perform regular backups and support disaster recovery and business continuity planning, • Provide technical support for financial applications and trading systems Requirements • 12+ years of experience in IT Infrastructure / Service Desk, • 5+ years of experience in system administration and IT support roles, • Proficient with Windows OS, Microsoft 365, Active Directory, wi-fi and MS exchange, • Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, or AWS, • Knowledge of networking concepts (TCP/IP, LAN/WAN, firewalls), • Experience with ticketing systems (e.g., Jira, ServiceNow), • Scripting experience (PowerShell, Bash), • Experience with virtualization platforms (VMware, Hyper-V), • Experience with virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI – e.g. Citrix), • Strong knowledge of ITSM tools (e.g., Jira) and ITIL practices, • Understanding of data privacy, regulatory requirements, and cybersecurity in finance, • May require after-hours or weekend work during system upgrades, maintenance or emergencies, • On-call responsibility for critical infrastructure issues, • Desirable experience working with banks / financial services, • Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field