Assistant Manager - Desktop Support

Job Description

The purpose of the Assistant IT Manager role is to assist the IT management team in maintaining, implementing, and improving IT system compliance, ownership of day-to-day IT support and processes adherence towards customer relationships and staff management.

Key accountabilities include but are not limited to:

• Reporting, Audit deliverables, change management, training, quality management are addressed and monitored to ensure deadlines and service levels are met and results delivered.
• To own incidents and requests to ensure completion in both the client and WNS infrastructure and IT environments.
• To ensure that policy and strategy is in compliance with defined standards and local compliance adherence.
• Ownership of Incidents and escalation and driving closure on a 24/7 basis.Should be able to understand Client requirement and provide appropriate solution for the same in discussion with local/functional team.
• The role will involve close coordination and project management of various internal and external technology groups to meet deliverables
• To maintain strategy in line with local/functional IT stakeholder needs and in keeping up with current best practice.
• To line manage and develop reporting IT team.
• Plan and priorities their workloads, set objectives, conduct appraisals and support in continuous improvement of their performance and results.
• Ensure high level of customer centricity and engagement, forming a partnership with the operations team.
• Act as a point of escalation for customers and manage their expectations.
• Ensure the alignment of technology, process and people to business objectivesMonitor all projects and prepare schedule of all work within required timeframe and coordinate with resource managers and supervisors to evaluate all approvals.
• Draft reports on IT Service Delivery and present the data to the Senior Management Team
• Forefront Audits and collate /provide evidences and ensure audit compliance in all areas through out the year.
• Engage frequently with the customer to maintain awareness of customer expectations and service delivery experiences
• Be proactive and review business processes and suggest improvements, identify opportunities and risks and suggest appropriate action.
• Continuously evaluate staff performance and behavior and to take the necessary corrective actions where required

Qualifications

• Matric
• ITIL Certified (Beneficial)Tertiary
• IT Qualification (Required)
• Asset Management and Stock Control Experience (Required)
• Incident Management and Change Management Experience (Required)
• End-User Computing Management & Compliance Experience (including Anti-Virus, Patch-Management etc.) (Required)
• At least 5+ years of experience in an IT Team Management Role (Required)
• Additional informationTo be able to work on a 24/7 rotation basis if required.
• Broad general knowledge and awareness of the IT landscape (Required)
• Analytical and Practical motivated self starter. (Required)
• Be an IT specialist, but also have an understanding of commercial operations. (Required)
• Good Communicator (Required)
• Sound understanding of business processes and IT operations (Required)
• Assertiveness (Required)
• Good understanding of the ITIL Framework and implementation thereof (Advantageous)