System Administrator and User Support Specialist

System Administrator and User Support Specialist

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Base pay range

$47,154.00/yr - $62,463.00/yr

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POSITION SUMMARY:

Reporting to the Director of Enrollment and Student CRM Systems, the Systems Administration and User Support Specialist plays a key role in advancing the effective use and ongoing evolution of the University’s Slate CRM platform across multiple databases. The specialist serves as both a frontline resource and a subject matter expert for Slate users across campus, guiding adoption through training, documentation, and collaborative problem‑solving.

In addition to supporting end users, the specialist develops and maintains core CRM functionality (including forms, events, and communication tools), contributes to the design and enhancement of data structures, workflows, applications, portals, integrations, and related components, and ensures data integrity through auditing and resolution efforts. The specialist also partners on cross‑functional projects to optimize CRM capabilities for institutional goals, manages testing and quality assurance processes, and oversees team and project productivity practices to support effective collaboration and alignment across university priorities.

• Develop communication campaigns, forms, and events/templates in support of core processes and workflows for units across campus. Support and monitor constituency usage of communication, form, and event tools.
• Customize the CRM configuration in Slate to meet the unique needs of different offices/departments.
• Assist in development of Slate data structures, workflows, applications, automations, portals, and related infrastructure to support operational requirements and streamline processes for offices across campus.
• Build and configure application and form processes in Slate (including infrastructure for supporting materials, recommendations/references, checklists, and other processing needs).
• Build complex, multi‑stage workflows to streamline and automate business processes; assist in implementation of appropriate permission settings and access controls, ensuring data security and maintaining compliance.
• Create and maintain portals for student, staff, and faculty end users, providing secure and personalized access to relevant information, forms, and applications.
• Stay up to date with industry best practices and technological advancements, exploring opportunities to leverage new features and functionalities of the Slate system.

• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of system configurations, workflows, and user guides to facilitate knowledge sharing and support users.
• Develop and deliver training programs and materials to educate users on optimized system usage, new features, and best practices.
• Develop and implement innovative solutions for managing, maintaining, and sharing documentation, training, and instruction materials; conceptualize, design, and/or develop tools and applications to provide robust and user‑friendly support resources.
• Troubleshoot and diagnose user‑reported problems, identify and implement solutions, and triage problems to other ESCRMS process owners or Technolutions support as necessary; guide power users in understanding and troubleshooting problems independently.
• Develop and manage user assistance processes and tools, ensuring rapid and optimal resolution of requests for assistance while optimizing ESCRMS team bandwidth; manage productivity tools (e.g. Airtable, Slack) for use by Slate constituents across campus.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in Slate administration; develop, train, and guide Slate users across campus; support individual offices in their day‑to‑day adoption of Slate functionality.

• Develop tools and practices for auditing data in Slate to maintain data…