IT Support Specialist

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IT Support Specialist

We are looking for an IT Support Specialist to become part of our growing team of passionate people who work to achieve our mission. If you are as excited as we are about creating positive change, then take a look at our vacancy below.

Fairphone

Fairphone is a social enterprise driving change in the electronics industry from the inside out. Our business model is based on social and environmental values and centers around producing and marketing consumer electronics that change the industry from within.

We are committed to diversity and strongly encourage applications from people of all genders and backgrounds. If this opportunity excites you, please apply! Even if you don’t meet every requirement, we’d love to hear from you.

  • Location: Amsterdam 

  • Start: ASAP

  • Hours: 40 hours 

  • Deadline to apply: December 22th (we interview on rolling basis)

About your role

As our new IT Support Specialist, a large part of the role is to provide daily end-user support and troubleshooting for the entire Fairphone team (currently around 160 users). You have the experience and skills to provide Fairphone with IT support in the next growth phase, to support the company on its journey to become a world-class Smartphone Manufacturer.

Your Responsibilities

  • Assist with the management of our fleet of Apple laptops and Android mobile phones.

  • Manage IT equipment in the office (workstations, printer, Google Meet hardware).

  • Manage the assignment of software licenses and company SIM cards.

  • Handle the IT onboarding of new employees:

    • Communicate with the People team to schedule new onboarding sessions.

    • Prepare the necessary hardware.

    • Lead the IT onboarding session during the first day of employment.

  • Handle the IT offboarding of departing employees.

    • Inform the employee of how the IT offboarding works.

    • Collect the hardware back on the last day.

    • Initialize the hardware for future deployments.

  • Be the first line of IT support at the office and via our ticketing system.

  • Enforce existing policies.

    • Collect feedback on said policies that will be used to iterate and improve.

  • Keep our internal wiki up to date with any changes to our IT procedures.

  • Manage our IT inventory, and monitor stock levels of key assets (e.g., laptops, phones).

  • Work out of the Amsterdam office at least four days per week, but ideally five. Your office hours will be 9:00 to 17:30.

Your Profile

  • You love technical challenges.

  • You are hands-on, take initiative and see opportunities where others see issues, and apply them via constructive, creative thinking.

  • You embrace diversity in thoughts, opinions, levels of seniority and backgrounds and feel good working with many nationalities in a multicultural environment.

  • You have the ability to integrate yourself in the work environment of a SME that is determined by change.

  • You feel a strong and intrinsic connection with Fairphone’s vision, mission and values.

  • You (are willing to) live in the Netherlands and have the right to work within the EU.

Your Skill & Experience

Must-have

  • You have a relevant degree in the Information Technology field, or possess similar levels of experience, thinking, and working.

  • You have a good understanding of macOS.

  • You are flexible and are able to quickly learn and support new applications.

  • You are accurate in your work, capable of working independently.

  • You are fluent in English communication, both written and verbally.

Nice-to-have

  • You have experience with open source software and solutions.

  • You have experience with Git and GitLab.

  • You have experience with shell scripting and deployment automation (with tools like Ansible).

  • You have any level of experience with Linux.

  • You have any level of experience with Windows.

  • You have experience with the administration of Google Workspace.

  • You have experience with Mobile Device Management (MDM) and/or Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solutions.

What Fairphone offers you?

  1. The opportunity to create an impact on the electronics industry around the world.

  2. A diverse work environment is full of international, passionate, warm-hearted team members.

  3. You will have 25 paid holidays per year (based on a full-time contract) next to the other public holidays in the Netherlands. You’ll also get a day off on your birthday 🎉 And what’s more: the longer you stay, the more holidays you get!

  4. For a very small contribution you can join the daily and healthy lunch. We also serve organic FairChain coffee and many more tasty things.

  5. You will join Fairphone’s collective pension scheme and we will contribute to building your pension.

  6. You will receive a MacBook and a Fairphone as working devices.

  7. Flexible work location - we are hybrid-friendly. We also contribute up to €250 for your home office set-up.

  8. Relocation Support - Fairphone will reimburse the cost of a one-way train (if applicable) ticket to the Netherlands, arrange an appointment at the municipality and provide all the necessary information so that your arrival and settlement in the Netherlands will be smooth and pleasant!

  9. Public transport allowance – we fully cover your 2nd class commute from your home to the office.

  10. AND Bike allowance – we support you with a bike purchase of up to €300, and you’ll have a yearly repair budget of up to €80, too!

  11. Grow with us! We encourage you to develop at Fairphone. That’s why we’ll support your career goals with coachings, trainings, workshops, or courses that you can join with your development budget.

  12. We have our own bouldering wall at the office! You can borrow climbing shoes too and we will provide you with basic training.

  13. There’s a gym and recreation and yoga rooms in the building where you can build healthy habits, stay active, and have fun with your colleagues.

Join us!

If this sounds like you, you could be our new IT Support Specialist and together with us work on Fairphone’s mission: By establishing a market for ethical products, we motivate the entire industry to act more responsibly.

DEI @Fairphone 
At Fairphone, we care about people, planet and you. It’s natural that we see diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) as an essential part of how we work together and do business.

We support and further strengthen our inclusive work environment and culture by more formally implementing various DEI efforts to ensure all Fairphoners feel included, respected, and supported.

Please make sure you send us your application documents as PDF files only! Otherwise, we won't consider your application. Thank you in advance!

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