Lead Technology Help Desk

Thanks for your interest in Success Academy! Running the largest, fastest-growing, and highest-performing network of public charter schools in New York City takes a village - families, children, teachers, staff and faculty, advocates, and supporters alike. We would love to welcome you to our community! We work tirelessly every day to ensure each child in NYC has access to a fun, rigorous, whole-child education regardless of zip code or economic status. When you join SA, you play a part in giving every student who walks through the doors of one of our 57 schools in NYC a fair shot at reaching his or her potential.

As the fastest growing, highest-performing charter school network in New York State, Success Academy is reimagining K-12 public education. Nationally recognized for our innovative, whole-child school model and outstanding academic results, Success Academy educators are empowering children from all backgrounds with the knowledge, skills, and self-belief to succeed in college and in life. We now need a results-driven Lead, Technology Help Desk to join our Technology team.

Reporting to the Head, People Technology, the Lead, Technology Help Desk will oversee the services provided to the Help Desk team and manage the day-to-day operations of the service. This role is responsible for ensuring that the team’s standard operating procedures (SOPs) are consistently followed and steps in when escalations occur to mitigate. This person will also be responsible for reporting performance of the team, managing the team’s schedule, conducting performance evaluations and other administrative duties. In addition, this role will act as an escalation point for advanced troubleshooting and quickly escalate issues as needed across the organization. To be successful as a Lead, excellent interpersonal and conflict management skills are a must. Ultimately, a top-notch Lead, Help Desk Support should be able to ensure that our employees receive professional and efficient technical support.

Key responsibilities include :

• Manage the Help Desk team and evaluate performance.
• Mentoring your team, providing training, and conducting performance evaluations.
• Own and manage vendor relationships for tools and services provided for the Help Desk team.
• Develop daily, weekly and monthly reports on the help desk team’s productivity.
• Communicating with users, providing in-person and remote support, when required.
• Develop, conduct and maintain technical training presentations for onboarding employees.
• Troubleshooting and resolving advanced technical issues.
• Managing escalations and ensuring any issues are resolved in a timely manner.
• Making recommendations to improve operational efficiency.
• Ensure customer service is timely and accurate on a daily basis.
• Recruit, train, and support help desk representatives and technicians.
• Contribute to improving customer support by actively responding to queries and handling complaints.
• Establish best practices through the entire technical support process.
• Follow up with customers to identify areas of improvement.
• Maintaining confidentiality and privacy in all dealings with organizational technical initiatives.
• Flexibility to travel between the central "Network" office and multiple school locations.
• Assist with other Technology initiatives and projects as needed.

A successful applicant will have the following experiences and education :

Required Qualifications

A successful applicant will have the following traits :

Required Traits

Exact compensation may vary based on skills and experience.

Compensation Range

$140,000 - $160,000 USD

Success Academy Charter Schools is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages applications from people of all backgrounds. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience. Success Academy offers a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth.

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