IT Specialist

Freeman, Mathis & Gary Law•Kansas City, MO

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP (FMG) is a leading national litigation firm with more than 500 attorneys across 40 offices in 22 states seeking an experienced IT Support Specialist to join our Kansa City office. The IT Support Specialist provides ad-hoc and planned training and support to end users across our national Firm. The primary focus is on the end user and ensuring that their needs are met so they can effectively use technology to perform their jobs. This position requires excellent customer service skills, communication skills, problem solving skills, training skills, and an expert level mastery of Microsoft Office. The IT Support Specialist works closely with other IT Team members in one or more offices, Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) across functional roles, the Learning and Development department, the HR Department and the Administrative Managers. This role may at times be called on to present training to leadership or large audiences virtually or in person. The following set of success factors describe the characteristics of those who are successful in our Firm: Helpful, Congenial, Personable, Positive Unpretentious, Approachable, Respectful, Team Oriented Accountable, Takes Ownership, Corrects Mistakes Organized, Timely, Confidential, Responsive (within 24 hours)

Requirements

High School Diploma required.
Expert level Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel, Word & Outlook. OneDrive, Teams & SharePoint are highly
Demonstrates a high level of patience, able to meet users where they are and teach them how to self-serve to reduce their reliance on IT support going forward
Self-motivated with the ability to work under little or no direction once basic job competencies are mastered
Flexibility to work outside of business hours and overtime as required

Nice To Haves

Bachelors’ Degree preferred (IT or IS)
iManage or Document Management experience preferred
Five or more years’ experience as an IT support specialist in a professional services environment
Experience in training and development highly desired
Law Firm experience a plus, working knowledge of the legal process preferred

Responsibilities

Support for all end user technical and applications software problem resolution
Monitor ticketing system to ensure resolution of all incidents and/or appropriate escalation to firm technology resources in a timely manner
Interact with the IT team, HR and Administrative management-leverages relationships for excellent outcomes and end user support initiatives
Communicates effectively with attorneys, staff, clients and vendors
Provide support & training for VOIP & Softphones, Unified Collaboration systems, and video conferencing systems
Active Directory, Office 365 Administration
Support deployment of new technologies, identification of technical needs, and effectively communicating those needs to the managing partners of the firm
Accurate documentation of IT service requests to ensure ticket response and resolution as well IT Processes and Policies
Maintain positive vendor relationship management when necessary and escalate issues to IT Support Manager as needed
Facilitate the setup and relocation of offices under tight timelines (technologies include desktop and user setup, printing, application support and many others)
Additional duties as assigned