Key Responsibilities
Portfolio Operations, Funding and Service Management
- Review current IT processes, structures, and ways of working to understand how well they support business needs
- Manage and track subscriptions, billing, cost recovery, AOR / WBS funding, procurement / logistics interfaces, utilisation and payment reconciliation.
- Maintain the operational picture for service requests, quotas, migrations, lease extensions, outstanding actions and key dependencies.
- Coordinate Client, EUSS, TSMs, Service Reps, Finance/Funding, Procurement and other supporting parties to drive actions to closure.
Technical Service Manager (TSM) Operations and Continuity
- Gather and document key assumptions that will guide IT improvements
- Coordinate TSM day-to-day activities and interfaces covering subscriptions, billing, service requests, quotas, site operations and escalation.
- Track TSM staffing, contract, funding, security clearance and understudy / replacement arrangements to mitigate transition risk plans for moving from current to future state
COMET Mobile and Device Operations
- Oversee COMET Mobile procurement, demand, device/account mapping, configuration, onboarding, handover, replacement, reassignment and termination.
- Maintain accurate device, subscription and user entitlement records and coordinate resolution of operational issues.
Service Flexibility and Security Controls
- Support exploration of differentiated COMET operating models for different target audiences, including eligibility, approvals and provisioning arrangements.
- Coordinate assessment of proportionate security controls for different user populations, including temporary staff and the feasibility/governance of MAC-based access or whitelisting controls where applicable.
Governance, Documentation and Improvement
- Maintain action / decision trackers, SOPs, RACI matrices, process flows and the Operations Handbook / Handover Pack.
- Identify gaps and improvement opportunities and coordinate implementation with the relevant service, security and technical owners.
Requirements & Qualifications
Educational Qualification & Experience
- Experience in public-sector or large-enterprise ICT environments.
- 8+ years experience with Government-related service models, shared services or vendor-managed ICT services.
Technical & Professional Competencies
- Understanding of ICT service delivery, operations, service management and vendor management.
- Familiarity with asset / device lifecycle management, endpoint provisioning, software baseline controls and access-control concepts.
- Ability to work with funding, billing, subscription, asset and service records and reconcile operational dependencies
Soft Skills & Communication Attributes
- Strong coordination, analytical and problem-solving skills with disciplined follow-through.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and stakeholder facilitation skills.
- Strong documentation, process visualisation and action-tracking capability.
- Ability to communicate operational and security considerations clearly to both service and non-specialist stakeholders