Brief Description
The railway has seen nearly 200 years of technology and innovation that has transformed how we provide services to passengers and freight customers. Technology is continuing to transform the railway industry. Imagine an exciting environment where Digital, Data, and Technology (DDaT) are not just buzzwords but the driving force behind every operation, every decision, and every solution.
As part of the DDaT directorate, you have a unique opportunity to enable our customers and industry partner with modern and transformative technology.From the day-to-day IT operations that keeps a national railway running, to the extensive delivery programmes that our helping to reshape the railway – we are at the forefront of all of it. We operate with a talented and passionate workforce, fostering empowered individuals and teams who understand that technology is not just a tool – it's the catalyst for progress, especially in an ever-demanding industry where change is a constant.
About the role (External)
To fulfil IT related service requests within Service Level Agreements and in accordance with the organisations policies and procedures. Identifying and contributing to continual service improvement initiatives that enhance quality and efficiency, and lead to increased customer satisfaction and user experience.
Provide a friendly, fast and efficient service in the fulfilment of IT requests.
Building and maintaining relationships with other teams within the support organisation.
Maintaining high levels of personal/team productivity by actioning and resolving customer requests in accordance with defined Service Level Agreements.
Achieve high levels of accuracy in updating call/requests details on Help Desk tools in accordance with team processes and procedures.
Adhere to escalation procedures, promptly allocating unresolved calls as appropriate.
Recognise and escalate request trends to Team Leader to enable prompt escalation to Incident Management as appropriate.
Pro-actively highlight gaps in processes, knowledge and tools to Team Leader.
Provide high levels of customer service providing a consistently friendly, helpful and efficient service, so that customer satisfaction rates are maintained.
Highly adaptable/flexible approach in order to achieve corporate goals and objectives.
What are we looking for?
·Highly self-motivated, with the ability to concentrate on complex customer requests for significant periods of time.
·Previous knowledge and experience of working with Active Directory and Exchange.
·Excellent written and verbal communication skills with attention to detail.
·Strong customer focus with the ability to build rapport, engender customer confidence and increase customer satisfaction.
·Strong sense of personal responsibility and achievement with awareness of how personal performance influences team spirit and service level attainment.
·Excellent keyboard and accuracy skills.
·Ability to work under pressure at times, both individually and as part of a team.
·Previous experience of software deployment tools.
·Knowledge of folder structures and security permissions inheritance.
·Awareness and application of security policies in relation to request fulfilment activities
·Aptitude for logical problem solving.
What could set you apart?
·Previous exposure to, or use of the Oracle e-Business suite
·Awareness of Service Management disciplines (e.g. configuration, change, problem, operations, capacity, availability, performance etc.)
·Familiarity with Microsoft Windows technology and operating systems
·ITIL Foundation
We are committed to a diverse workplace enriched with representation from diverse cultures, backgrounds and skills. We pride ourselves on creating an environment where difference is embraced, and individuals can thrive. We recognise that the success of the team is dependent on a multi-cultural, multi-disciplined group of individuals, aligned to deliver successful solutions.
At Network Rail, we have a number of employee networks to reflect our diverse population and help to raise issues to the wider workforce and support their membership and support our Everybody Matters strategy, led by our central Diversity & Inclusion team. We have Diversity & Inclusion Champions who take part and lead on many activities, to drive through more initiatives to support an inclusive environment for all its people and promote a professional and positive working environment.