Supervisory IT Specialist (Customer Service Branch Chief)

Major duties for this position include, but are not limited to the following:

• Serve as the Customer Service Branch Chief for headquarters and key advisor to the Division Chief of Enterprise Service Desk on short and long range-goals for the Support Center (a.k.a. Enterprise Service Desk) in customer experience, operations, efficiencies, and quality of services.
• Lead the agency-wide, fast-paced Support Center team that is the single point of contact for IT and Applications support at the Department of Labor. Works with other IT managers to provide a cohesive customer experience.
• Lead and coordinate the Level 0 (self-service) services (e.g., web portal, chatbot, knowledge base).
• Oversee the 24/7 Level 1 (phone) support services. Apply industry standards and uses technology solutions and processes to ensure timely and quality support services on first contact.
• Manage the main walk-in location where consistent Level 2 (desk-side) services such as break-fix, IT hardware repairs and exchanges, and user support are provided.
• Apply the appropriate industry frameworks within the Support Center to fulfil the organization's vision, mission, and goals; ensuring high quality and cost-effective IT service delivery and a robust continuous improvement approach.
• Monitor and report on service level targets for incidents, problems, and requests fulfilment; regularly presenting performance results to the Agency executive leadership.
• Maintain and test contingency plans to ensure high availability of the Support Center services.
• Formulate and defend IT budget proposals and ensures maximum efficiency and cost-effectiveness in the use of IT resources.
• Develop performance standards and evaluates work performance of direct reports.
• Serve as one of the program managers for the labor services support contract.
• Perform other duties as assigned.