Technical Support Apprentice

  • Company Name: EWS Digital
  • Type: Apprenticeship
  • Sector: IT
  • Application Deadline Date: 20/01/2020
  • Positions Available: 2
  • Location: Derby, DE1 2RJ
  • Salary:
  • Ref: VAC-04530
  • Start Date: 27/01/2020
  • Working Week: Monday to Friday: 8:45am - 5:15pm

Brief Description

Remit Group are recruiting on the behalf of the award winning EWS Digital who help a range of brands become successful online. Due to recent & continuous growth they are looking to recruit 2 new IT Support Apprentices' to join their team in Derby!

Vacancy Detail

Actively looking for the chance to learn all there is about the Technical Sector? See yourself as someone who enjoys solving problems and issues with technology? EWS Digital are looking for a Technical Support Apprentice with a real passion for ensuring customer satisfaction and learning new systems to join their support team. This role is the perfect opportunity for a great team player, someone whose customer focused and self-motivated with a positive attitude and overall, looking to make their first step into the IT industry!

You will help to assist and resolve customer queries across a range of systems whilst maintaining SLA's and being responsible for creating high level reports to send to EWS Digital's important stakeholders. You will also be reporting directly to the Manager of the Support Desk, whilst also having the chance to gain day to day mentor ships from one of EWS Digitals' senior support team.

Typical day to day responsibilities will include the following:

? Aiming to provide support to customers via telephone regarding issues with orders
? Learn how to take ownership of client incidents logged in the support desk and resolve these via troubleshooting, liaising with the EWS development teams, and guiding the client through corrective steps.
? Get involved with the logging of service desk tickets, ensuring all the fields are completed, assigning the correct priority status to the call.
? Learn all about maintaining an agreed level of contact with the customer to deliver an exceptional level of service that their customers expect.
? Assist by working to individual and team SLA?s to ensure they are met or exceeded where possible.
? Communicate verbally and in writing to customers and other internal stakeholders
? Become able to communicate at an appropriate level, especially where technical information may need to be interpreted in a non-technical way.
? Develop yourself to have excellent written skills being able to accurately and concisely log issues on the companies? ticket system
? Support and work collaboratively with other members and where necessary being happy to make the extra effort to ensure everyone?s work is done.
? Learn how to construct and communicate customer incident and shift reports.

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Qualifications Required

You are required to have GCSE A-C or 9/4 grades in English, Maths & ICT or the Functional Skills equivalent at Level 2

Personal Qualities

? You'll need to demonstrate a passion for customer service
? Have a proactive attitude and be an overall team player
? Articulate and have a good grasp of the English Language
? Outgoing, sociable and have a strong desire to achieve

Skills Required

? Excellent written and verbal communication skills and good clear telephone manner
? Excellent customer focus and strong desire to provide exceptional customer service
? A good team player with a flexible approach, possessing a strong commitment to customer service excellence
? A background in relevant customer care / service environment, including handling e-mail and telephone queries

Future Prospects

As well as the chance to receive full on the job training throughout, by the end of the Apprenticeship you?ll have gained nationally accredited qualifications as well as English & maths Functional Skills Level 2.

The school are also offering a full, long term position of employment with them upon successful completion of the Level 3.

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