IT Service Desk

Summary: The IT Service Desk role in Leeds, UK, involves supervising IT service desk operations, ensuring prompt incident resolution, and maintaining user satisfaction. The position requires monitoring service delivery performance, managing changes, and coordinating resources while leading and mentoring the service desk team. Additionally, it emphasizes stakeholder communication and compliance with organizational policies. This is a fixed-term contract position focused on enhancing IT service management processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervise and coordinate IT service desk operations, ensuring prompt resolution of incidents and service requests according to established SLAs and OLAs.
• Ensure efficient escalation of unresolved incidents to higher-level support or specialized teams.
• Maintain a customer-centric approach, ensuring user satisfaction with IT support services.
• Monitor service delivery to ensure compliance with SLAs and KPIs, and report on service performance to senior management.
• Analyze trends in incidents and service requests to identify recurring issues and recommend improvements.
• Support continual service improvement initiatives by researching best practices and proposing enhancements to IT services and processes.
• Regularly review and update IT service management processes to ensure efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and compliance with organizational policies and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee the accuracy and maintenance of configuration management databases (CMDB) and related documentation.
• Assist in managing changes to IT systems and services, minimizing disruption, and ensuring smooth transitions.
• Participate in problem management by helping to identify root causes of recurring issues and implementing preventive measures.
• Assist in budgeting and resource allocation for technical projects and service delivery.
• Support the evaluation and management of external vendors and service providers to ensure service quality and contractual compliance.
• Lead and mentor service desk and technical support staff, fostering knowledge transfer and professional growth.
• Arrange and deliver training sessions to ensure the team is equipped with up-to-date skills and knowledge.
• Serve as a liaison between IT, business units, and external partners to ensure alignment of IT services with business needs.
• Communicate service status, changes, and incidents effectively to stakeholders.

Key Skills:

• Experience in IT service desk operations and incident management.
• Strong customer service and communication skills.
• Ability to monitor and report on service delivery performance.
• Knowledge of service management processes and best practices.
• Experience in change and problem management.
• Leadership and team development skills.
• Budgeting and resource allocation experience.
• Vendor management skills.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Leeds

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: on-site

IR35 Status: fixed-term

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT