1st Line Support : Retail
Peterborough (Cambridgeshire) Infra / Networks / Telecom
Job description
Location
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
· Salary
£ 9.5 - £ 10.5 / Hour
· Category
IT - Helpdesk, Technical Support
· Job type
Contractor
· Industry
IT and Telecoms
· External Reference
JN-122018-39337
Job Title
1 st Line Technical / Customer Service Support
Department
Service Desk
Responsible For
Answering incoming contacts from customers and to accurately log incidents ensuring all relevant data is captured whilst logging the incident. To provide a single point of contact to our customers and to ensure that incidents are fully managed through to resolution.
Responsible To
Service Operations Team Leader
Main Purpose of Job
� 1 st Line Support of Wintel / Retail and Hardware related incidents.
� Accurately log incidents and ensure all relevant data is captured whilst logging the incident.
� Regularly updating incidents logged on the Incident Management system and provide end users with a technical solution within Service Level Agreements.
� Proactively keeping Customers informed on incident or request status and progress.
� Escalate incidents where a first time fix is not possible to either 2 nd line support or the relevant resolver group.
� Adhering to Incident management procedures.
� Monitor, progress, and resolve incidents whilst ensuring customer satisfaction through proactive updates, frequent contact and escalation where necessary.
� Resolve >60% of incidents logged as a First Time Fix
� Keeping up to date with the current standard procedures.
� Proactively maintain and develop knowledge, skills and experience through client contact, industry sources, formalised training and development plan.
� Provide a point of technical escalation and expertise.
� Escalate potential service issues initially with Team Leader/Service Desk Manager /Service Delivery Manager
� Escalate potential problem issues with Problem and Incident Management.
� Act as a role model for technical competence, helpfulness, facilitation of learning and teamwork.
� Contributing to team meetings.
Knowledge & Experience
� Educated to GCSE level or equivalent in Maths and English.
� Good knowledge of IT platforms, equipment and applications.
� Proven Customer service skills
� Up to 6 months' experience as an analyst within a similar environment
� Industry recognised qualifications in relevant area is desirable (i.e. MCP)
� Up to 6 months remote support experience of
o Windows Operating Systems (Essential)
o Citrix (Desirable)
o Cisco Telephony Systems (Desirable)
o Hardware troubleshooting of both desktop and server hardware. (Desirable)
o Application support of applications from major vendors such as Netapp, Cisco, Microsoft, etc (Desirable)
� Knowledge of supporting various windows applications including MS Office from end user perspective (Desirable)
� Understanding of the ITIL framework and knowledge of the various associated disciplines is desirable
� Experience of working to SLAs and KPIs and to be able to accurately describe their purpose is desirable.
Personal Attributes
� Positive, enthusiastic and supportive individual.
� Effective communication skills.
� Ability to take ownership of and progress incidents to resolution.
� Communication and interpersonal skills including listening, building rapport, establishing empathy whilst demonstrating awareness of internal and external issues in a calm and polite manner.
� Ability to work under pressure and apply existing knowledge to unknown areas.
� Ability to work in a team and to support team members.
� Structured troubleshooting skills and inquisitive nature.
� Passionate, professional, with a 'can-do' attitude at all times
� Proactive thinking
� Problem management and Problem solving
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