Discovery Service Desk Administrator Internship


Advertiser: Discovery
Location: Sandton

Tracking Number: JH/D225/050614-1/JHB
Job Title: Service Desk Administrator Internship
Business Unit: Discovery Health
Department: People
Location: Sandton

Key Purpose: The Internship programme is for learners / students who have completed their IT qualification and require work experience.

GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING TO THE INTERNSHIP:
- Please ensure that you apply only if you meet the minimum criteria in order to be eligible for the Internship
- You must have a valid SA ID

To assist and facilitate dealing with any system or application related queries and requests in order to ensure that clients are able to operate at an optimal level. The Service Desk Agent is responsible for dealing with admin support queries. The incumbent is required to thoroughly understand research, trend, define and identify a system issue that has been reported. The agent will be responsible for ensuring that the logged system issues are resolved timely or that a workaround is provided to the relevant business area as soon as possible.

Key Outputs: Operational:
- Ensure that all received queries are attended to within the agreed Service Level
- Ensure that all queries are logged and recorded / logged within the relevant systems tools
- Ensure that projects are managed accordingly and meet the set deadline
- Ensure that the set performance criteria with regard to quality assurance are met.
- Ensure that all queries are managed effectively within the set timeframes so that all calls are resolved in accordance to agreed business processes and standards
- Investigation and understanding of reported queries and obtain a clear understanding of what the actual incident is that’s being reported. Understand the extent and impact of the incident within business
- Where applicable, ensure that all telephonic calls are managed according to the stipulated departmental performance measure

Customer focus:
- On an ongoing basis present a professional image and service delivery to all clients
- Maintain customer focus throughout the resolution of calls, ensuring that the incident is resolved within the shortest possible time
- Ensure client satisfaction with the service delivery levels provided by the service providers

Strategic / Tactical:
- Provide input as required to Team Leaders and Management on optimising internal processes and SLAs

Competencies:
- Ability to do Trend Analysis
- Trouble shooting, fault diagnosis and Root Cause Analysis
- Analytical and logical thinker
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Ability to deal with difficult clients
- Ability to work under pressure
- Interpersonal skills
- Politically astute
- Proactive
- Self-motivated and driven
- Team Player
- Attention to detail
- Good time management
- Ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders
- Extensive Knowledge of Discovery Health Product, business rules and processes
- Knowledge of the various Applications used in servicing the Discovery product.

Qualifications & Experience:
Qualification: IT related diploma / degree

No experince required

Closing date: Not indicated in advert

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Definitions:

Internship:

There are basically two types of internships:

  • The Undergraduate Internship: Usually with bigger organisations that pick undergraduates to attend the internship. It often takes places during the holidays and the average durations is a few weeks. In most cases the intern will receive some sort of stipend or salary and this type of internship may lead to a job offer to the intern once he / she is finished with their studies.
  • The Graduate Internship: This type of internship could be paid or unpaid and it is to gain practical work experience after the qualification has been completed and in a job related to the qualification. It could be from a few weeks or even one or two years long. This type of internship could also lead to permanent employment.

Learnerships:

A learnership is an occupational qualification and it consists of theory and work-based experience and practical skills, with formal assessment and a qualification. At the end of the learnership the candidate may be offered permanent employment.

In-service training:

In-service training is to gain practical work experience during studies. It usually takes place after a few years of theory has been successfully completed. It is essential work experience that is part of the qualification and the in-service training is necessary to achieve the qualification. It could be paid or unpaid.