IT Service Desk Lead

Public Health Management Corporation•Philadelphia, PA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The IT Service Desk Lead is a senior role in the IT Systems Support group. This role, positioned between IT management and service desk staff, is responsible for supporting and mentoring Service Desk Technicians. This role is also responsible for supporting IT management in the comprehensive support of PHMC systems. This includes research relating to new support and customer service methods and technologies in support of IT systems and PHMC users in general. Beyond the new research, the successful candidate will utilize established service desk software to track and solve widespread technical concerns raised by PHMC’s business units and to organize the workload. The candidate must have the ability to communicate effectively with team members and management in general and with direct regard to the progress of assignments, project task timelines, issues, and contingencies.

Requirements

Five to eight years of professional IT help desk or customer support experience required
Clear understanding of hardware, software, and application error handling
Excellent organizational skills, strong attention to detail, and highly accurate work
Excellent communication skills

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in a technology major from an accredited institution of higher learning
IT-related certifications, especially ITIL

Responsibilities

Establish and implement training protocols for all service desk-supported PHMC technologies.
Ensure all team resources follow change management procedures.
Participate in system reviews, analysis, and other process functions as required by management.
Perform support functions according to change management processes and procedures.
Set support criteria and metrics to support management of the service desk workflow and performance management.
Work with project teams, application and network support specialists, and the user community to confirm that system functionality is operating efficiently and consistently.
Work with management to develop and maintain standard operating procedures (SOP) and service level agreements (SLA) with basic delivery estimates for common support tasks.
Be responsible for the service desk team’s service delivery in accordance with established SOPs and SLAs.
Communicate status through the support cycle, reporting to the manager.
Periodically track the progress and quality of support work performed by service desk resources in the service desk ticketing application and other available tools.
Drive accountability for all time and work efforts entered into the service desk application.
Communicate ideas for improving department processes with a positive and constructive attitude while working to develop this attitude in others.
Keep IT management and others informed about work efforts and challenges that may affect business relations.
Perform other related duties as required by management.