IT Support Specialist

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - FAO

Consultant Closes 08 Apr 2026 5 days left

Overview

The IT Support Specialist will act as the first point of contact for IT-related issues, providing rapid response and resolution for users across multiple platforms. The role involves logging requests, troubleshooting problems, and providing user training.


Key Responsibilities
  • Act as first point of contact for rapid response requiring assistance in resolving IT-related problems across multiple platforms.
  • Log requests, resolve IT issues, provide trouble-shooting support for non-standard problems, disseminate IT-related material to users and provide one-on-one training.
  • Daily review of user requests for rapid response and meetings requests received through all channels.
  • Provide immediate resolution of incidents and service requests and increase first contact resolution (FCR) metrics.
  • Receive user demand for IT services and/or support through a multi-channel single point of contact and open ServiceNow tickets.
  • Provide hands-on assistance and set up of meetings and conferences with audiovisual elements.
  • Maintain an up-to-date inventory of all audiovisual equipment used for meetings support.
  • Support meetings and IT hardware/software in FAO meeting rooms.
  • Participate to the design and definition of new operational procedures for meeting room setup and equipment provisioning.
  • Coordinate requests for the setting-up of IT services s.a. SharePoint, Teams workspaces, cloud services, MFA etc.
  • Coordinate the delivery, deployment and configuration of standard and non-standard hardware and software for users.
  • Assist in identifying hardware and software needs and coordinate requests for the purchase of hardware and software.
  • Participate in meetings with supervisor in order to check on IT and meetings support.
  • Perform other related duties as required.
Required Experience

• 1 year of related experience supporting service desk operations

Qualifications

• Secondary school education and specialization in IT service management or other related IT fields

Other Details
Languages Required
• Working knowledge of English, French or Spanish.
Languages Preferred
• Knowledge of one of the other FAO official languages is an asset.
Contract Duration
11 months
Work Modality
Not specified
Remuneration
Not specified
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