IT Desktop Support Engineer

IT Desktop Support Engineer London, England

UK Export Finance
Full Time London, England 37000 - 41800 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Details

Reference number

311513

Salary

£37,000 - £41,800
A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

UKEF - Information Technology Division

Type of role

Information Technology

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

    Location

    About the job

    Benefits

    Things you need to know

    Apply and further information

Location

1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ

About the job

Job summary

The Digital, Data and Technology function is responsible for the provision of IT and related services to all UKEF users. The Division has three principal areas of responsibility:

  • The provision of IT infrastructure, equipment and support services for the Department;
  • The definition, development and testing of bespoke software for the Department; and
  • Definition of the Enterprise Architecture for the Department and the logical design and business analysis of UKEF IT systems.


This post sits within the IT Operations function (number 1 above) within UKEF. The IT Operations functions vision is to provide a first class employee experience with technology. We deliver, provide, manage and support critical IT services to the UKEF business. We own and define the employee experience across all technology our customers use, to enable greater productivity throughout the business.

We are here to enable and ensure that our employees have a first class, seamless and productive experience with their technology.

Job description

This End User Computing Engineer plays a critical role in supporting UKEF services and business objectives, through delivering a first class employee experiencing with technology and also when delivering support and maintenance IT services within the organisation. In addition, it is a role which requires an individual to be responsible and accountable for the delivery of such services, which includes both desktop technology, infrastructure as well as digital and data services. The role function is as part of the wider IT team, as well as requiring the role-holder to work independently in-office/remotely.

You will need exceptional IT support experience, including but not limited to laptop, tablet, and mobile experience. Some Microsoft Azure and networking experience would also be advantageous. You will need to be a team player and effective team member and that KPI’s, SLAs and customer satisfaction targets are consistently achieved.

We are looking for someone who is positive, collaborative and helpful colleague with good attention to detail when working in a fast paced, dynamic government department.

An end user computing engineer works on-site, maintaining hardware and fixing technical problems as quickly as possible.

At this role level, you will:

  • provide first-time resolution by troubleshooting and diagnosing or escalating faults (or both) to service desk managers, incident managers and problem managers to investigate and resolve
  • coach associates and share knowledge with team colleagues

Person specification

  • Provide IT support daily onsite (1HGR) and remotely 500+ colleagues in a variety of locations
  • Ensuring that IT SLAs are met, and IT policies are adhered to by planning, managing, and maintaining workload;
  • Observe trends in issues to help escalate issues and prioritise
  • Maintain good working relationships with key service stakeholders, suppliers and customers to help understand their business requirements and priorities;
  • Basic support of Microsoft Active Directory, Azure Administration, InTune and Office 365;
  • Device management (Configure, deploy, maintain, troubleshoot and support computer workstations, laptops, printers, mobile devices, meeting devices and other computer and telephony equipment);
  • Document operating procedures, standards, best practices configurations, settings, installation sequences and back-out instructions.

Further duties of the role can be found in candidate information document.

Qualifications

To meet the National Security Vetting requirements for this role you will need to have resided in the UK for a minimum of 3 out of the past 5 years. If you do not meet this requirement, you would not be eligible for SC clearance and therefore not eligible to apply for this role.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Delivering at Pace

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

  • Tell us about an experience in helping a customer(s) with a technical issue. Describe the problem and process you went through with the customer as well as the technical resolution from fault to fix.
  • Technical questions relevant to the role.

We only ask for evidence of these technical skills on your application form:

  • Tell us about an experience in helping a customer(s) with a technical issue. Describe the problem and process you went through with the customer as well as the technical resolution from fault to fix.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £37,000, UK Export Finance contributes £9,990 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
  • Learning and development tailored to your role
  • An environment with flexible working options
  • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
  • A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Ability, Experience and Technical skills.

We are assessing candidates using Success Profiles and across the whole process we will assess your Experience, Ability, Technical aptitude and Behaviours as highlighted below.

You will be invited to complete the online application form. The application form must be completed by 23.55 on the day of the closing date for it to be accepted.

All applications will be sifted against our minimum selection criteria outlined in the personal specification.

You are required to upload a copy of an up-to-date CV which should include information on your employment history, experience and relevant qualifications.

For the initial sift your application will be evaluated against:

  • Experience – As demonstrated in your CV
  • Technical – Addressing 1 technical questions (250 word answers):


Tell us about an experience in helping a customer(s) with a technical issue. Describe the problem and process you went through with the customer as well as the technical resolution from fault to fix.


Following the sift, successful applicants will be invited to attend an initial short telephone interview. If you are successful following the initial interview, you will then be invited to attend a 2nd interview; this will include the following assessment:


  • Behaviours/Technical/Experience
    - a formal panel interview where you will be interviewed across the behaviour below and your technical ability to successfully carry out the role.
    • Behaviour- Delivering at Pace
    • Technical – Technical questions relevant to the role.


Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Apply and further information

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Recruitment team

Further information

Should you have a complaint or wish to raise any concerns regarding the recruitment process, please e-mail your complaint to the Head of Pay and Resourcing (UKEF) at [email protected] and include “Complaint” in the subject heading. Should you remain dissatisfied following UKEF’s investigation then you can refer your complaint to the Commission - http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/making-complaint.

IT Desktop Support Engineer
UK Export Finance

www.gov.uk
London, United Kingdom
Louis Taylor
Unknown / Non-Applicable
201 to 500 Employees
Government
National Services & Agencies
1919
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