service center
TITLE: Service Center Staff
LOCATION:������������������������������������� Facilities Center Bldg. 201
SUPERVISOR�S TITLE: Service Center Supervisor
HOURS: Fall/Spring: 9+ hrs./week
Summer: 15 hrs./week.
STARTING SALARY: $6.15 per hour
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:
The Facilities Service Center, dealing mainly with residents and staff members' work requests, provides 24-hour support year around for a wide variety of processes and systems which are necessary for the functioning of the Facilities Unit.
SPECIFIC STAFF RESPONSIBILITES:
  • Conducts pager and beeper transmissions for contracting maintenance, housekeeping, security, and emergency duty staff; maintains transmission log of all calls received and transmitted.
  • Answers telephones: provides information, makes resource referrals, cites Department's policy, receives complaints concerning services, etc.
  • Issues Residential Facilities keys and keyrings in accordance with established key sign in/out procedure and policy.
  • Receives work order requests from residents and completes the processing of all appropriate forms.
  • Responds to emergency situations and processes emergency work orders.
  • Does all the data entry and processing for the work requests received at the Facilities Center on a daily basis.
  • Is responsible for getting all work requests received in a given day distributed to the Maintenance shops by the following day.
  • Conducts key audits of the Service Center keybox during each sift.
  • Conducts airchecks of pagers used by the Resident Life staff and Facilities Security personnel.
  • Routine filing of paperwork.
  • Is the main contact for residence halls during off hours and makes decisions about emergency response based on established guidelines and judgement.
  • Interacts frequently with a variety of persons (residents, guests, Department employees, etc.) through face-to-face interaction and the telephone.
  • Often informally functions as a reference person or liaison to other sections.
  • In response to unusual circumstance, can decide to override normal departmental policies to provide better services.
  • Initiates and updates information on work order status.
  • Initiates and completes inquiry process for all emergency, overdue and returned work orders.
  • Receives reports of deficiencies in vending services and completes the processing of all appropriate forms; maintains necessary records.
  • Receives and processes other requests that include but are not restricted to: Extermination, furniture replacement, etc.
  • Performs additional duties as assigned.
  • Attends all staff meetings and training sessions.
  • Assists in training of new staff members.
  • Participates in employee evaluations.
  • All Service Center staff are required to report for their assigned shifts even when the University is closed or opening is delayed due to inclement weather.
  • All Service Center staff are required to work at least one of the scheduled holiday breaks (Thanksgiving, Winter Break, or Spring Break).
QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Registered student at UMCP (Fall/Spring)
  • Prior customer service experience preferred.
  • Students with on-campus housing preferred.
  • Prior administrative, clerical, or computer experience preferred.
  • Experience desirable, but not required. We will train you.

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Department of Residential Facilities, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA, 301-314-7512 Copyright © 2003