As a Trainee Service Desk Support Technician, you’ll provide first-line IT support to colleagues and be the first point of contact when they need help with technology.
You’ll learn how to identify and fix common IT issues, keep accurate records, and work with other teams to resolve more complex problems. Your role will help ensure colleagues can get back to work quickly and have a positive experience. Training Outcome:
To gain the skills and experience to start your career in IT
ICT Support Technician / Helpdesk Analyst
Senior ICT Technician or Systems Support Analyst
Network, Infrastructure, or Cyber Security roles
Specialist progression into cloud, systems administration, or software support
Progression to Team Leader, ICT Manager, or Level 4/5 digital qualifications
Employer Description:SNG (Sovereign Network Group) is one of the largest housing associations in England.
Our purpose is to provide good, affordable homes that are the foundation for a better life - and our vision is thriving communities, over generations. We provide over 85,000 homes and invest in communities across London, the South East, South West and East of England, as well as aiming to create thousands of new affordable homes every year.
Everything we earn, we reinvest so that our customers - now and in the future - have a sustainable home in a thriving community. Working Hours :Monday to Thursday, 9.00am - 5.00pm.
Friday 9.00am - 4.30pm.Skills: Communication skills,IT skills,Attention to detail,Customer care skills,Problem solving skills,Analytical skills,Team working,Initiative....Read more...
Deliver a consistent, high-quality service for customer incidents and requests, meeting agreed service levels and productivity targets.
Manage requests through a streamlined workflow, ensuring customers receive standard business services quickly and efficiently, boosting end-user productivity.
Be the first point of contact for IT support issues, responding promptly and performing initial triage.
Provide technical support for hardware, software, and operating systems, resolving issues right the first time and prioritising based on wait time.
Handle escalated or complaint tickets with care and professionalism, following a clear framework.
Act as a key part of our teams, resolving technical issues and contributing to the management of major incidents and problem records.
Offering support to users to minimise disruption.
Proactively monitor and diagnose issues in key systems, helping to maintain data integrity and system resilience.
Provide second-line user support, involving setting up new IT end user equipment, provisioning user accounts, user access management, resolving basic
Connectivity, user hardware and printing issues, software installations, and perform regular health checks of the IT kit.
Manage IT asset registers when users/hardware move locations.
Training:The ICT apprenticeship will enable you to provide quality support to internal or external customers and troubleshoot system issues to keep your organisation running at all times. This apprenticeship has two routes: The Support Technician role is based around resolving system user queries and faults in a helpdesk environment. Support Technicians rectify or escalate faults rapidly to reduce the impact to their customer. The Network Technician role is usually desk based but may involve visits to client's premises to resolve issues. Network Technicians may be installing networked IT systems, including cabling and hardware, or cloud services to support expansion and better network services. Our Information Communications Technician apprenticeship programme integrates six modules of technical training with work-based projects. This ensures that learning and skills are directly applied to the apprentice’s role, and maximises the time used as part of off-the-job training.
The modules include:
Networking Essentials.
Cloud Services.
Mobile and Operating Systems.
Technology and Business.
Scripting and Automation.
EPA Readiness Training.
For each module, learners benefit from attending small, scheduled Live online classes taught by a subject matter specialist, combined with additional online learning that can be completed at their own pace. Each of our live classes are interactive and involve lots of practical discussion, giving learners quality time both with tutors and industry peers to spark new ideas and get new perspectives. Learners get practical lab time to hone their skills and learn from each other, as well as their tutor.Training Outcome:
Career paths in I.T. service and infrastructure, applications or analyst roles in a growing organisation/sector.
Employer Description:BRUSH Group provides the energy solutions that help power our built world. From power transformers to switchgear and engineering solutions, for generations, the BRUSH brand has stood for engineering excellence.
We are committed to supporting the global effort for industrial decarbonisation and sustainable development and have set ambitious objectives to achieve our target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.Working Hours :37 hours per week.Skills: Communication skills,IT skills,Organisation skills,Attention to detail,Problem solving skills,Administrative skills,Analytical skills,Logical,Team working....Read more...
Providing first line support on all core systems related issues via all the Service Desk’s contact methods
Ensuring all contact with users is recorded accurately in the IT Service Management tool
Identifying trends within recent and ongoing issues by monitoring incoming incident records and collaborating with colleagues
Utilising skills, experience, and documented knowledge to provide solutions to users for the majority of reported issues
Accurately triage more complex or time-consuming issues to other CSOT support teams, by building a thorough understanding of our services and support teams
Developing a broad understanding of the University’s organisational structure, business functions, strategic aims, and key stakeholders to accurately assess the impact of issues
Participating in ITIL-based Incident and Problem Management in line with documented processes
Occasionally carrying out remote desktop support to resolve minor issues
Ensuring that technical solutions are documented within the IT Service Management tool for future reference
Being an advocate for our users and escalate whenever CSOT support is falling below expected levels, to ensure issues are resolved in acceptable timescales and excellent customer service is delivered
Contributing to the creation and maintenance of knowledge base articles, ensuring documentation is easy to follow, written in plain English and tailored to the correct audience
Any other duties that may reasonably be required in line with your position within CSOT or to help deliver excellent customer service
Supports equality and values diversity, moderates own behaviour to avoid unfair discriminatory impact or bias on others
You will be expected to engage fully with the University of Birmingham apprenticeship scheme, attending mandatory group days and contributing to the successful promotion of the scheme by representing your department in a positive manner
Training:HIT training provide online training and on-site support. This will amount to on average 6 hours per week.Training Outcome:On completion of this apprenticeship, you may be able to progress into one of the following roles:
Support Analyst
Functional Expert
Employer Description:People are at the heart of what we are and do.
The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years, and we are equally proud to be recognised as a leading global university. We want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success.
We are committed to helping the people who work here to develop through our sector-leading Birmingham Professional programme which provides all professional services staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full potential. With almost 5,000 professional services jobs in a wide-range of functions in Edgbaston and in our campus in Dubai, there are plenty of opportunities for you to be able to develop your career at the University.
We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation, and debate. We warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we are, and how we work.
Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees and to the success of the University and, depending on the role, we offer a variety of flexible working arrangements. We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible working. In addition, you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme. We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.
The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus, including main bus routes and a train station on site. On campus we have a state-of-the-art sports centre with pool, shops, places to eat and drink, our own art gallery, museum and botanical gardens.Working Hours :Monday to Friday, 7 hours per day. Shifts to be confirmed.Skills: Communication skills,IT skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Customer care skills,Problem solving skills,Team working....Read more...
