IT Support Analyst
Salary: £28,000 - £31,950 dependant on experience
On call once proficient at an additional rate
Who are we?
First Customer Contact is part of FirstGroup, one of the leading rail operators and one of the largest bus operators in the UK. FirstGroup operates services throughout the UK and Ireland, with over 30,000 employees providing services that make travel smoother and life easier. FirstGroup works hard to reduce its impact on the environment, introducing cleaner and more environmentally responsible methods of transport.
About the job
The IT support role reports directly to the IT Delivery Manager, FCC and is responsible for leading on the coordination and delivery of key IT change projects within the contact centre. The role will also work with key stakeholders to assist with the transition and go live of new service lines into the contact centre and will be responsible for managing helpdesk tickets and providing 1st/2nd line support day to day along with the existing IT support team members. The role will involve working on our ITSM tool to ensure that tickets are picked up, worked on within the SLA's, and escalated to either 3rd parties or internally to resolve more complex issues. The role will also involve building new devices, installing, configuring laptop and mobile devices and ensuring our asset management is kept up to date. You will work across platforms that support communication, collaboration, and identity and access management within the organization.
Your main responsibilities will be:
• Maintain the performance, availability, integrity and security of all IT services
• Develop, maintain and document all aspects of IT services to ensure compliance and demonstrate appropriate control to third parties
• Support service desk operations in line with ITIL, ISO27001, PCI-DSS and other relevant frameworks.
• Ensure that services adhere to best-practice principles and standards
• Establish, maintain, develop and communicate service levels required by the business units and Group
• Systems and applications support, and escalations as required to ensure swift resolution of all incidents impacting the contact centre.
• Management of the contact centre IVR and any changes required by the business to the IVR
• Management of all contact centre applications and systems
• End to end ownership of leavers, movers and starters process within all FG internal and external contact centres, ensuring that correct access levels for agents and team managers are established and maintained (CRM and email addresses)
• Management and coordination of incidents, issues and IT projects impacting the contact centre.
• Providing technical input into all contact centre change requirements.
• Logging, monitoring and reporting on all contact centre incidents, projects and issues.
• You will be required to work additional on-call hours which will be allocated within the rostered shifts on a rotational basis to meet customer driven demand and include evenings and weekends, from 6am until 11pm.Your rostered shifts, which will include the rotational additional on-call hours, will be distributed monthly.
We are looking for:
About the location
Sheffield city centre. Ten minutes' walk from Sheffield Station. Travel to other UK locations as appropriate
This role is a fully onsite position
Working pattern
37.5 hours per week between core business cores (8am - 6pm Monday to Friday).
On call hours allocated on a rotational basis
The Reward
We believe great work deserves great rewards. That's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your lifestyle, well-being, and future:
We all belong at First Customer Contact. FirstGroup's vision is to provide an inclusive environment for all colleagues, across its group of businesses, ensuring all candidates have an equal opportunity to access meaningful employment.
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