Admin Permissions based on Role

I would like to set up my AD so that members of my help desk can reset passwords for domain users and no one else.  I would like my help desk to be able to add computers to the domain and to reset passwords.  I have made a security group that allows
them to join computers to the domain but I do not see how to allow them to reset passwords without being able to reset everyone's passwords, i.e. higher administrators.
Any help would be appreciated.

Awesome didn't realize it was that easy.  I did all that, now how does the helpdesk person access the console to change the password?
You need to install the admin tools on their boxes. Search the web for "RSAT" and download those tools, there is different packages for Windows 7/Windows 8
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