Details:
- Salary: £55,000 - 65,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Kings Langley Hertfordshire
- Date: 2 days ago
Description:
Service Desk Team Leader - £55,000 - £65,000 + Benefits
Our client is a Global market-leader and they are seeking an experienced IT Service Desk Team Leader, to lead the service desk function.
Salary: £60,000 - £65,000
Benefits: Excellent Benefits / Bonus
Location: Kings Langey (WD4) Hertfordshire
The ideal Support Engineer will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Helpdesk function, ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction, technical excellence, and service delivery performance.
Acting as the senior technical escalation point, you will provide guidance and support on complex issues whilst helping to drive continuous improvement across people, processes, and technology.
The Service Desk specialist will be responsible with the following:
* Lead, mentor and support the IT Service Desk to deliver consistent, high-quality support
* Oversee incident, service requests, and problem management processes in line with ITIL best practices
* Monitor and report on service performance against SLAs and KPIs
* Drive continuous improvement of service desk processes, tools and user experience
* Act as an escalation point for complex or high-priority incidents
* Collaborate with infrastructure, applications, and security teams to resolve issues efficiently
* Manage service desk tooling (e.g., ticketing systems (JIRA), knowledge base platforms (Confluence))
* Documentation of processes, procedures, and known errors
* Manage and maintain a fleet of Audio-Visual equipment across national and international sites
Key technical skills / experience required:
* Proven experience in IT support or service desk roles, with leadership responsibility
* Strong understanding of IT service management frameworks such as ITIL
* Experience managing SLAs, KPIs, and reporting metrics
* Understanding of Windows-based infrastructure (e.g., Azure, ADUC, etc)
* Experience using workstation deployment tools (e.g., MDT, etc)
* Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
* Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities
* Experience with service desk tools (e.g., Jira Service Management, Deskpro, etc)
* Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
Desirable Qualifications & Knowledge
* ITIL Foundation (or higher) certification
* Experience in process improvement or service transformation initiatives
* Knowledge of IT infrastructure, cloud services, and end-user computing environments (e.g., Windows 11, MacOS & Ubuntu)
* Previous experience in service management or similar roles
* Oversee onboarding of new staff members to the organisation.
Salary: £55,000 - £65,000
Benefits: Excellent Benefits / Bonus
Location: Kings Langey (WD4) Hertfordshire
If this sounds of interest, please apply now or contact Lee Smith at Prize Placements