IT Officer - Head of Help Desk job at World Food Programme (WFP)
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Vacancy title:
IT Officer - Head of Help Desk

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Computer & IT ]

Jobs at:

World Food Programme (WFP)

Deadline of this Job:
13 May 2022  

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Monday, May 02, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
JOB PURPOSE
The Head of IT Help Desk's primary objective is to supervise rapid resolution of technology issues that are reported through the WFP ticket system to ensure service request fulfillment. The position requires a hands-on technical leader who is responsible for delivering a world class support experience for WFP RBN staff and other external partners. The manager is expected get into details with complex technical issues while thinking about the big picture. Additionally, this manager has strong leadership and communication skills which lead to their team to exceeding performance expectations.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education:

• An advanced university degree in IT or Computer Science or other relevant field with training on MCSE, MCP, CCNA, ITIL and customer service training; or First University degree with additional years of related work experience or trainings/courses.
Working Experience:
• At least 5 years’ progressive experience in a busy IT environment, with at least 2 years managing an ICT team in a large or busy organization
• Competence in Windows Active Directory Management Tools plus creation and deployment of Group Policy Objects.
• Conversant with process automation and experience working with automation tools such as MS Easyvista Service management and SharePoint.

Language:
• Fluency (level C) in English language and the duty station’s language, if different.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
Manage All Help Desk Operations
• Deliver first level for day-to-day technical support and overall incident management process for WFP RBN Staff and Partners.
• Promote positive end-user relationships and drive customer satisfaction.
• Promote continuous improvement of Tier 1 support, desktop administration, and telecom delivery for all stakeholders.
• Develop, mentor, coach and promote talent growth among staff to support business through excellent customer service.
• Ensure good working relation and coordination of service desk staff with other Sectional/Divisional staff.
• Monitoring ticket volume and performance metrics while supporting the team in exceeding expectations, including corrective action if necessary.
• Gather and report operational metrics, accomplishments, and priorities for weekly leadership meeting.
• Establish trends and identify patterns of recurring issues, SLA breaches or inefficiencies
• Escalation and resolution of software issues to the information systems/development team
• Escalation and resolution of third-party software/systems issues by the support team
• Define team goals and lead staff to achieving desired results, and while being accountable for team performance.
• Define and implement processes and procedures for supporting all Business units across the organization.
• Develop Helpdesk annual work plan with performance targets assigned weights.
• Collect feedback to determine patterns and issues such that they can be resolved, or FAQs can be provided to customer to ease in troubleshooting.
• Develop and maintain Technical Support/knowledge base.
• Other duties as assigned. Management reserves the right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time.

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

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Job Info
Job Category: Computer/ IT jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 13 May 2022
Duty Station: Kenya
Posted: 02-05-2022
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 02-05-2022
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 02-05-2065
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