IT Service Manager
Hybrid
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Full Time
05-02-2025
Job Specifications
IT Service Manager
Milton Keynes or London
As MHA continues to grow, we are seeking an IT Service Manager for our Milton Keynes office.
Purpose of the Role
The management and assurance of all IT Services, ensuring high quality, consistent, professional and service level driven support is delivered to the MHA staff and partners (customers).
The role of the Service manager is to provide outstanding service to our customers. Focusing on your aligned regions, offices and customers to gain a deep understanding of their ways of working and ensuring that IT services deliver an exceptional experience.
Working closely with the Head of Service, lead in the delivery of an IT service that is reliable, resilient, scalable, and secure, continually improving the customer experience while adhering to policies and standards.
Proactively contribute to the service improvement plan and take ownership for your region(s). Work with the Head of Service to monitor the service delivered by our IT service providers, ensuring that there is a seamless approach to service and a relentless drive to delight our customers.
Build great relationships with our key customers in your region and become known as the 1st point of escalation for any service queries. Where complaints do arise, ensure that the Head of Service is informed promptly.
Work with the Head of Service to create a customer engagement plan for your region. The primary focus is to continuously improve services through efficiency, saving time and removing frustration. Using your own knowledge and detailed analyses of tickets and current trends to identify and drive opportunities for improvement.
A key part of the role is to help our customers to achieve value from IT through improved understanding of the tools available. Through the delivery of workshops, knowledge materials and focused communications. You will be expected to tailor these to the specific needs of your region, offices and customers.
In your role you will monitor the support queues for your region and ensure that expectations are being met or managed. You will not personally fix each ticket, but you will be responsible for progress and escalation where necessary. You will understand the business priorities and ensure that timely resolutions are found.
You will provide direct support for applications and workplace systems. Working with the IT Service Analysts you will ensure that these tickets are kept updated, prioritised and resolutions documented.
As a high-presence role, time with customers is key and weekly travel will be required. As part of the IT service team, you will at times be providing services nationally and internationally, both remotely and in person across our offices and to remote based people around the world.
Qualification and Essential Skills
Qualifications:
ITIL Foundation desirable
Technical Certification such as CompTIA or equivalent desirable
Essential skills:
>5 years’ experience in a customer facing IT role
People management, development, performance and recruitment
Skilled in the creation and delivery of customer focused presentations and communications
Experience working within an IT Managed Service (outsourced) environment
A high level of general knowledge of end user technologies, e.g. PC’s, Audio Visual, Mobile Phones, Telephone systems
Experience working with ITIL service and support processes
Strong analytical and diagnostic skills for problem resolution and root cause analysis
A broad understanding of technology and a good level of awareness of technical concepts
Excellent knowledge of Microsoft products
Any experience supporting relevant business applications would be an advantage
Main Responsibilities
Ensure that all the Service to your region, offices and customers are delivered in a customer centric manner that is also secure, efficient and cost-effective. The activities associated with this include:
Help our customers with questions and allow them to get the most out of our systems by resolving their issues so they can focus on what is important
Provide high quality support to customers by email, phone and in person
Be proactive in the support of office IT equipment including meeting room technologies, perform daily checks to ensure these systems continue to function without causing frustration
Resolve 2nd line application issues and manage the escalation to 3rd line support where necessary
Take ownership of several service processes and lead on the delivery. These will be agreed with the Head of Service and will be divided with the other Service Manager(s). They may include Procurement, Problem Management, Service Improvement, Change Management, Knowledge Management, Training, Reporting and others.
Plan and deliver service and workplace projects including office moves
Providing a point of escalation to ensure issues are managed efficiently and proactively ensuring minimum impact on staff that use the IT Services
Work with regional business champions to ensure that a positive message is given to all and dealing with any dissatisfaction in a professional and positive manner
Build strong relationships with our IT Managed service providers ensuring that we work as one team in the interest of the customer
To be considered, professional and objective at all times
Work with the Head of Service to build and implement a service improvement plan that delivers measurable improvements in service and raises the perception of customers
Ensure that the Service Documentation and Processes that support the services are up to date and an accurate representation of the environment
Actively contribute to knowledge and communications by personally producing new articles on a weekly basis and ensuring that the team also delivers to a high standard.
About the Company
MHA provides a full range of financial and business strategy services to enterprises and individuals, helping them to achieve growth and success for the long term. With understanding and inspiration, the firm can help businesses achieve goals be they local, national or global and help individuals create sustainable wealth for future generations. www.mha.co.uk Know more
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