Common Cause

IT Administrator

Common Cause

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Washington, DCDistrict of ColumbiaWashingtonUnited States

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Salary

💰 $82,400 - $97,850 per year

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Provide IT support and training for staff
  • Provide support to resolve IT questions and issues faced by staff, either through Zendesk, virtually or in-person
  • Develop and execute a series of staff-wide trainings to increase staff members’ awareness and understanding of key technical, IT, software, and hardware skills, planning for teammates with different levels of technical knowledge
  • Train staff to identify and avoid security risks
  • Create and manage a resource center of training materials for staff to access at any time to support their understanding of our IT products
  • Write technical support documentation for IT infrastructure and applications
  • Manage our Microsoft platform and other software subscriptions
  • Manage all Microsoft 365 license subscriptions for Common Cause
  • Create and manage all Microsoft groups and permissions for Common Cause staff
  • Manage all distributions lists used by the organization
  • Manage subscription inventory and provision and deprovision accounts for multiple different platforms used by the organization (Google Workspace, Zoom, WordPress, Action Network, and more)
  • Manage and maintain our DNS configurations
  • Identify and eliminate security risks in our systems, including recommending, testing and implementing system and security upgrades
  • Manage Common Cause’s technology hardware inventory
  • Permission and ship new computers and other technology as needed
  • Refurbish and reprovision all technology hardware as needed
  • Manage computer and hardware inventory
  • Set up user accounts, permissions and passwords
  • Collaborate on the development of IT Strategy
  • Identify the organization's IT needs and analyze business requirements for systems
  • Create and implement IT policies and standard processes
  • Develop and manage automated workflows across the organization
  • Collaborate in the creation and management of the IT Budget
  • Other duties as assigned

Requirements

  • Have provided technical IT support to staff
  • Have led technical trainings for staff members with wide range of technical fluency
  • Fluency with Microsoft 365, including experience functioning in Admin Console
  • Demonstrated knowledge of IT security best practices
  • Familiarity with both PC and Mac operating systems, and ideally experience managing hardware inventory
  • Ability to travel 1-2 times per year for team and/or all staff retreats
  • Ability to work in-person in our Washington, DC office at least two days per week
  • Per our nonpartisan policy, Common Cause staff members may not currently be in elected office (or running for office); on the Steering Committee or Finance Committee for any political candidate; or affiliated with the leadership of a political party
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Hard Skills & Tools
IT supporttechnical trainingIT security best practiceshardware inventory managementautomated workflowstechnical documentationDNS configurationuser account managementMicrosoft 365Google Workspace
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationorganizational skillsproblem-solvingadaptabilityleadershiptraining and developmentanalytical skillsattention to detailcustomer service