Desktop Support Specialist Lead Supervisor

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A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.

Department Overview

Health Information Technology & Services (HITS) plays a role in the success of Michigan Medicine by providing clinicians, educators, researchers, students, and staff with technology-related information, products, and support. HITS also provides institutional expertise related to IT strategy, security, infrastructure, and resource management.

Division Overview

The HITS Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) division, deploys, and supports application platforms, integration solutions, and computing devices. ETS is dedicated to advancing security, quality, and availability of services and data across Michigan Medicine. The team connects patients and partners with relevant data for both clinical and our needs, while ensuring electronic medical records are accessible and secure. The team's staff provide telephone, online, and in-person customer service to support computers, printers, telecommunication, and mobile devices.

Summary

Has oversight for support for a complex computing environment in the areas of hardware, software, and network to users within the unit. Provides first level guidance/direction (either as a full-time supervisory position or on a project management basis) to desktop support specialists. Plan and implement network upgrades, extensions, and modifications. Provides guidance/direction for installations, upgrades and troubleshooting of all new and existing hardware and software; responsible for equipment purchasing; coordination and scheduling of vendors and maintenance providers. Employees in this classification supervise three or more full-time equivalent employees every week. Direction is over a permanent status-continuing function, not a collection of employees assigned to complete a project. Management duties include participating in interviewing, selecting, and training of employees; setting and adjusting their rates of pay and hours of work; planning and directing their work; appraising their productivity and efficiency for the purpose of recommending promotions or other changes in their status; handling their complaints and grievances and disciplining them when necessary. Management responsibilities include the authority to hire, fire, or promote assigned employees or make recommendations. Employees may spend time performing many of the same duties as subordinate employees. 

Responsibilities*

As a supervisor, the responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provides daily supervision for a Device Support Team covering Medical Campus and Medical School buildings
• Ensure workload balance and adequate coverage between all device support teams during heavy workloads, absences, or other special circumstances
• Provides technical and administrative leadership to staff.
• Trains and mentors staff.
• Recognizes issues in a timely manner, escalates and documents them as necessary
• Works with other technical teams to find the best options for the customer requirements based upon Michigan Medicine and H.I.T.S. strategic directions and priorities.
• Coordinate multiple teams for resolutions to complex customer issues.
• Responsible for customer satisfaction in their team's areas of responsibility
• Provides after hour support as necessary.
• Keeps current with technology and enterprise-wide applications.
• Coordination of device support involvement in large scale enterprise and departmental projects.
• Department specific work related to application roll outs and hardware upgrades, customer moves.
• IT project budget management for equipment and services.
• Manages contract and student labor resources assigned to device support project teams.
• Evaluates and approves time off requests and approve timesheets
• Participates in the development of position descriptions, postings, interview process and candidate selection
• Writes annual staff evaluations and submits for review, participates in delivering staff evaluation.
• Assumes leadership responsibilities during Manager absences as specified

Required Qualifications*

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 3+ years with team leadership experience
• 7-10 years progressive IT experience in a complex environment
• Experience that includes desktop and device support, oversight of IT projects, project planning, problem and change management and leadership responsibilities

Desired Qualifications*

• Experience working with the academic medical and healthcare environments
• Demonstrated experience leading and working in a team-oriented and collaborative environment
• Effective analytical, verbal, and written communication skills, computer, and interpersonal skills
• Strong customer service skills
  

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this position, employees may remain in a stationary position for prolonged periods of time; those in this position regularly move and traverse great distances while traveling to and from our customer locations. Person in this position will work around obstacles and confined spaces while troubleshooting and installing computer equipment. Staff will occasionally ascend and descend stairs and ladders. Must be able to travel or transfer equipment to and from different buildings throughout the campus and off-site locations weighing up to 50 pounds with or without accommodations.

Work Schedule

This is a day shift position, working Monday - Friday.  As part of HITS, the candidate would report to the Device Support team located at the Michigan Medical Academic Medical Center. Employee in this position must be able to work flexible schedules, occasionally off hours, weekends, holidays and participate in on-call rotations.

Additional Information

Benefits  

We offer a benefits package that includes comprehensive training and career development opportunities, generous retirement savings plans, ample paid time off, and a wealth of family care support: https://careers.umich.edu/benefits  

Diversity Statement

HITS is firmly committed to advancing inclusion, diversity, equity, accessibility, and belonging, which are core to the culture and values of Michigan Medicine. Our community supports recruiting and cultivating a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the diverse people of Michigan and the world. We strive to create a work culture where each team member feels respected, valued, and safe.

Mission Statement

Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally. Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three essential components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.

Background Screening

Michigan Medicine conducts background screening and pre-employment drug testing on job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent job offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background screenings.  Background screenings are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act. Pre-employment drug testing applies to all selected candidates, including new or additional faculty and staff appointments, as well as transfers from other U-M campuses.

Application Deadline

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days.  The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.

U-M EEO/AA Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.