As an IT Operations and Support Team Lead you will drive IT operational team to provide effective and timely day-to-day support to Emirates Group and External Clients. The role ensures a positive customer service experience and actively supports and complies with all corporate policies and procedures ensuring that the support & operational activities are completed in agreed Service Level Agreements and with acceptable quality.


In this role, your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Provide functional, technical and process guidance to IT support team, overseeing staff activities and is accountable for planning and scheduling resource shifts, leave as well as time and attendance.

• Develop daily, weekly and monthly reports on the support team?s performance

• Prioritize, schedule, and assign operational tasks ensuring effective resource capacity management.

• Assess the nature of problems and resolves support issues. Ensures customer service is timely and accurate.

• Drive service excellence and leads by example ensuring continuous seamless customer service for every interaction.

• Provide customer support by actively responding to queries and handling complaints. Pro-actively suggests and/or implements customer service improvements

• Follow up with customers to identify areas of improvement and provides feedback to the appropriate team

• Install and test new desktop components, new applications, operating systems, and upgrades to ensure compatibility with overall networking operations in conjunction with specialist technology teams

• Troubleshoot, research, and resolve problems related to operating systems, software, hardware and applications in a timely and accurate manner

To be successful in this role, you will possess the following:

·         Information Technology: 5+ Years

·         Degree or Honours (12+3 or equivalent)

·         Experience in Information Technology, specialist technical experience within an IT operational based environment

·         Must have extensive proven experience in systems, operations and environments of a similar size and complexity

·         Experience of working accurately and confidently with service desk tools and technology, such as ITSM, remote access, knowledge resources

·         Technical & Professional Certifications (MCSE, MCP, ITIL foundation etc.) will be an added advantage.

·          Experience of delivering a high level of customer service

·          Demonstrable ability to think around issues and look at the wider picture in order to provide solutions through a variety of problem-solving techniques

·          Be driven, self motivated and the ability to work under own initiative