Service Desk Team Lead

7 days ago


Newquay, United Kingdom King's Service Centre Full time

**Overview of Role**

As a senior member of the Service Desk team, you will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of an efficient and high quality front line support service to Staff, Students and associates of King’s College London. The post holder will serve as a lead and escalation point for a team of Service Desk Analysts, supporting and enabling them to provide the highest standard of IT and Estates services, delivering exceptional customer satisfaction and a personalised service, whilst achieving the defined service performance KPIs.

This post holder will be responsible for the direct line management of a team of Service Desk staff, coaching and motivating them to deliver excellent customer service in a pressurised environment, and actively managing the team’s rota to ensure that staffing levels are maintained to meet agreed service level targets.

Working with the Service Desk Manager you will maintain 'quality management' within the Service Desk to ensure we meet or exceed customer expectations.

The applicant will require strong interpersonal, influencing, communication and report writing skills with the ability to interact appropriately with users of various skill levels, remaining calm and courteous while working to resolve challenging incidents and dealing with customer escalations.

Experience in a management role is highly desirable, however, applicants with training and leadership experience will be considered.

The post holder must be willing to undertake training to provide First Aid and Fire Warden cover for the office.

The post may be required to act as an out of hours Duty Incident Manager.

Some travel may be required (predominantly between the Quintrell Downs office and College campuses in London).

The normal hours for this post are 8.5 per day, covering 07:00-18:00, on a 5-in-7 basis, however the post holder will need to be flexible to accommodate unexpected staffing issues, e.g., sickness.

The post holder may also be required to work a Nightshift (21:00-07:30) in an emergency.

**Key Skills and Experienced Required**

(E) - Essential

(D) - Desirable
- Experience in a Team Lead / Manager role within IT or Facilities Management (D)
- Strong interpersonal, influencing, communication and report writing skills, interacts appropriately with users of various technical skill levels, remains calm and courteous while working to resolve incidents and deal with customer escalations (E)
- Ability to show empathy in professional environment (E)
- Technical understanding of an enterprise / complex support environment (E)
- Ability to adapt and understand new technologies, and a drive to seek out emerging industry best-practice (E)
- Strong technical competencies resulting from previous working experience within a complex support environment (E)
- Strong reporting skills, with the ability to interpret data in order to ensure KPI’s are met, and to contribute towards Continual Service Improvement (E)
- Methodical approach to problem solving and attention to detail, and a passion for continual service improvement (E)
- Proficient documentation skills; able to fully document operational requirements, proposed solutions, processes, and data flows effectively (E)
- Effective time management skills; with the ability to work on multiple tasks simultaneously, requiring experience with prioritizing tasks due to shifting priorities, fluctuating workloads, and deadline pressures (E)
- ITIL Foundation (D) or prepared to achieve qualification (E)
- Full Driving Licence (D) or the ability to get to the Quintdown office within 60 minutes, using public transport or other means (E).

**Equality, diversity and inclusion**

We are an inclusive and welcoming employer that encourages a wide range of applicants. We embrace diversity and want everyone to be able to bring their whole selves to work and succeed.

This is in line with KCL.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Additional pay:

- Performance bonus

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- On-site parking
- Work from home

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Newquay, TR8 4DS: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- This role is based in Cornwall, South West of England and there is an expectation that you will be required to be in the office 5 days a month. Can you fulfil this?
- What is your current notice period? (In weeks)
- What is your salary expectation for this role?
- Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status?



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