Service Design and Transition Analyst Grade: 6 Directorate: IT Services Division: IT Service Management About IT Services IT Services at the University of Manchester is a vibrant and fast-moving department, we focus on delivering excellent customer service and quality services for our staff, students and researchers. Find out more about our organisation and values: IT Services: About us and ITS Practice Charter Benefits of working at The University of Manchester The Role The role is to co-ordinates an end to end Service Assurance (Service Design and Transition) process. You will work closely with Project and Operational Teams to ensure that new and changed IT Services have a complete Service Design Package, and that it meets the agreed Service Transition and Operational Readiness measures, which includes creation of artefacts such as runbooks, configuration of ITIL service support processes, support and RACI models, Disaster Recovery plans, and the completion of knowledge transfer. The Person The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate: Proven experience of co-ordinating/managing Service Design and Service Transition activities for new and changed services Experience of collaborating with multiple stakeholders to successfully onboard all new and changed solutions delivered into the production environment A demonstrable understanding of Availability Management, Capacity Management and Information and Governance Understanding of ITIL Experience of project delivery and working within a governance framework Experience of security system implementations preferred What can you expect in return: Our diverse job opportunities all include a top benefits package that includes many features that are hard to find in the private sector: Generous annual leave allowance, including Christmas/New Year closure; Pension scheme membership to provide benefits for you and your family; Well-being programme with counselling, fitness and leading sports facilities; Learning and development opportunities; Season ticket loans for public transport; Cycle to Work Scheme; Workplace nursery scheme; Staff recognition schemes; Staff discounts on a range of products and services including travel and high street savings. In fact, there are so many benefits available you can see more of them by clicking HERE As an equal-opportunity employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit. Our University is positive about flexible working you can find out more here Blended working arrangements may be considered. Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies. Enquiries: Please contact our IT Resource Management Team Email: it.resourcemanchester.ac.uk General enquiries: Email: People.recruitmentmanchester.ac.uk Technical support: https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date. Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.