Technology Support Analyst

Founded in 1966, the Center for Urban Affairs and Community Services ( CUACS) extends the educational research capabilities of North Carolina State University to governmental and community agencies. The Center operates under a mandate to provide research and technical assistance to state and local government as well as to the faculty and staff of NC State University. Specifically, CUACS applies research and development skills to major policy and technological issues and provides product and quality control support to the measurement of performance and the evaluation of programs and outcomes in various state programs.

CUACS: 1) provides research, technical, and training assistance in carrying out research, policy analysis, program evaluation and assessment on a statewide or local basis; 2) provides support for technological improvements for data-driven decision-making; 3) conducts needs assessment and research studies in priority areas of mutual interest. These work activities are highly sensitive and confidential and are technically complex and therefore require expert application of sophisticated programmatic procedures on a daily basis.

At present, the Center has two major program areas, Applied Research Group and Technical Assistance to Public Schools Program. Technical Outreach to Public Schools ( TOPS), was established in 1992 to support functions critical to statewide public education, K-12 and to collaborate in areas of mutual interest with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction ( NCDPI) to support public schools on educational areas of high priority. NC State University works with North Carolina Department of Public Instruction ( NCDPI) in applying research and development skills to major educational and technological issues and by providing product and quality control support to the measurement of educational performance in the state's 115 local school systems and providing technical support to school systems as applicable. TOPS provides research, technical and training assistance in carrying out assessment on a statewide basis, provides support for technological improvements for data-driven decision-making , and creates subject matter tests each year. The number of different tests for which TOPS is responsible is 189 at this time. In addition, there are thousands of individual items to be developed for formative assessment for language, math, science, and social studies.

Conduct analytical work providing consultation, support, and/or training to end-users/clients of computer or other technology based systems. Employees may provide technical support of hardware, applications, operating systems, and networking. This function requires a broad understanding of a variety of technologies to effectively support end-users/clients. These employees are not usually involved in application development or network design, but may participate in system integration and network analysis activities. This work requires strong communication skills, and ability to effectively interact with a broad range of end-users/clients and an ability to use a variety of technical resources for providing this support. Employees at this level may provide routine and non-routine support for a wide range of technologies, or may provide in-depth support for a more narrowly-defined area of technology. These employees may be responsible for oversight of programs or projects.

Other duties as assigned.

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Please include as attachments a resume, cover letter, and contact information for at least three professional references.

If no applicants apply who meet the required competency level and training & experience requirements, then management may consider other applicants. Salary would be determined based on competencies, equity, budget, and market considerations.

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