Do you want to make a difference in the UK and around the globe?  Do you enjoy a role with variety, where you will learn multiple disciplines and different frameworks within Service Management?  

This is an ideal role for somebody who would like to start a career working within IT but in a non-technical role.  Development will be provided as part of the role, so when you are ready to move to the next level whether within Service Management or other customer facing roles you will have the right skills.

Within this role, you will use your existing skills and experience to deliver excellent customer service to our government departments in the UK and around the globe.  You will be joining a team who provide Asset Management, Problem Management, Change and Release Management and within this role you will provide support in all these areas.  You will be involved in communicating with our user base, both on the phone and in writing, taking ownership of Hardware changes and ensuring successful delivery, visiting sites to perform audits of hardware, and maintaining our configuration system.

More About You

You will already have:

•    Experience of delivering excellent Customer Service 
•    Experience of being able to plan, prioritise and organise a varied workload to meet deadlines
•    IT knowledge and skills such as using Microsoft Office and Windows Operating Systems

To strengthen your application, it would be beneficial if you have one or more of the following (but these are not essential):

•     ITIL Knowledge
•     Experience in one of the following areas: Service Desk, Incident Management, Configuration, Change or Problem Management

Your Personal Skills

You will be the type of person who

•    Likes taking ownership of tasks and seeing them through to a successful completion
•    Enjoys problem solving; thinking on your feet when things do not go according to plan
•    can engage at different levels whether internal technical teams or our customers
•    Is inquisitive and proactive with the ability to challenge and offer solutions

Putting your skills to use

Using your diverse range of skills within the Service Management team, you will:

•    Monitor open Request for Changes (RFC’s), and Problem Records on the Call Management system to ensure that they are up-to-date, an chase contributors for action
•     Create/and or update reports covering all Service Management areas as required
•     Minute Service Management meetings

Change/Release Management:

•    Register new Requests for Change onto the Call Management system
•    Plan and manage through to completion all open RFC’s for users for installs and moves to equipment based at site, liaising with various stakeholders and agreeing dates and times
•    Provide information of new or updated releases of software to the user community,
•    Help prioritise backlog of work

Problem Management:

•    Register new Problem Records onto the Call Management system

Configuration Management:

•    Record and maintain asset information in relevant systems
•    Assist in hardware asset audits

What we Offer

Now that we’ve explained a bit about what you will we be doing, here’s what we can offer you

•    25 days annual leave, rising to 30 after 5 years’ service.
•    8 Bank Holiday days off in addition to your annual leave. 
•    2 ½ additional days leave (set dates through the year).
•    Paid overtime or time off in lieu.  Your salary is for your contracted hours.  If you work more, we believe you should be rewarded for that.
•    Training.  Lots and lots of training.  This can be anything from a ½ day internal course to a distant learning degree.  If it’s relevant to your career, we will aim to support you.
•    Pension.  Our Pension scheme is Alpha.  It’s competitive.
•    Sports & Social Society.  Whether its classis cars or baking, golf or crafting, we have a society for you.
•    On site nursery (subject to availability).
•    3 days paid leave a year to support a registered charity of your choice.
•    Free parking
•    Free onsite gym, open 24 hours a day
•    Affinity Groups – whether you are disabled, LGBTQ and/or from an Ethnic Minority.  We provide an inclusive environment and support for everyone.

About HMGCC

We are HMGCC, the engineering specialists at the heart of the UK’s national security.

We work with the intelligence agencies, UK Government, academia, private sector partners and international allies to bring engineering ingenuity to the national security mission, creating tools and technologies that drive us ahead and help to protect the nation.

We invest in our people, not only with training but also support throughout your career with us; to allow you to reach your full potential at work, as well as enjoy the work/life balance many aspire to.

To find out more about us and if we’re right for you, please visit our website.
 

Equal Opportunities

Inclusion & Diversity really matters to us. It's not just about numbers or visible differences. 

HMGCC are committed to providing equal opportunities and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and those with disabilities or who are neurodiverse.

We’re not looking for any one type of person. We’re looking for talent from all different backgrounds to join our organisation, where we genuinely respect and value each other's differences, as well as our similarities. It makes us even better at what we do. 

HMGCC is proud to hold the status of Disability Confident Employer. In line with this, we offer the Disability Confident - Offer of Interview. To find out more and how you can apply under this scheme, please click here.

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Our Recruitment Team will process your application once the role has closed and everyone will get a response.

Please note dependent on the recruitment requirements, we withhold the right to bring forward the closing date for this role from the original closing date.