IT Services Supervisor

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About the Role

Join a community that combines excellence in legal education and scholarship with a deep commitment to justice. Here at Harvard Law School (HLS), you’ll find an environment that values who you are and encourages you to grow, inspire others, and make a meaningful impact. The IT Services Supervisor plays a key role in delivering high-quality technology support services to the Harvard Law School community. This position provides day-to-day leadership for customer-facing technology support operations, ensuring that support requests, classroom technology needs, and service issues are addressed efficiently and effectively.

The IT Services Supervisor serves as a hands-on leader who works closely with support staff to coordinate daily operations, manage workloads, resolve escalations, and maintain a high standard of customer service. This position is responsible for fostering a culture of accountability, responsiveness, and continuous improvement while supporting the professional growth and development of team members. Working collaboratively with the Managing Director of IT Services, Department Coordinator, and other ITS teams, the IT Services Supervisor helps ensure that technology services are delivered consistently, operational priorities are met, and the evolving needs of the Harvard Law School community are supported.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the daily activities of customer-facing technology support staff and ensure the delivery of high-quality support services.
• Actively monitor service operations, including ticket queues, phone coverage, service desk activity, and field support assignments, ensuring work is addressed promptly and service levels are met.
• Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching, and performance management for support staff through regular one-on-one meetings, ongoing feedback, and clear performance expectations, fostering accountability, professionalism, and continuous development.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for operational escalations, coordinating and driving timely resolution of service issues and customer concerns, and escalating further as needed.
• Provide hands-on technical support and operational assistance during periods of high demand, complex service requests, major events, critical incidents, or staffing shortages.
• Partner with the Department Coordinator to ensure staffing plans, coverage schedules, onboarding activities, and daily assignments are effectively executed.
• Monitor operational performance, identify service improvement opportunities, and implement process enhancements that improve efficiency, service quality, and customer satisfaction.

Requirements

• Minimum of two years’ post-secondary education or relevant work experience.

Qualifications

• Supervisory experience with ability to lead, coordinate, or influence the work of others in a team-oriented environment.
• Ability to prioritize, assign, and monitor work to ensure timely completion of tasks and service commitments.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced operational setting.
• Excellent customer service, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills and sound judgment, with the ability to effectively address operational issues and escalations.
• Commitment to continuous learning, professional development, and building leadership skills.

This position is a full-time role. Harvard University is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

All offers are made by HLS Human Resources. This position has been determined to require all duties and responsibilities to be performed at a Harvard or Harvard-designated location.

Benefits

Harvard offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support a healthy work-life balance and your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing. Benefits include, but are not limited to:

• Generous paid time off including parental leave.
• Medical, dental, and vision health insurance coverage starting on day one.
• Retirement plans with university contributions.
• Wellbeing and mental health resources.
• Support for families and caregivers.
• Professional development opportunities including tuition assistance and reimbursement.
• Commuter benefits, discounts, and campus perks.