Service Desk Supervisor

3 weeks ago


Bristol, United Kingdom University of Bristol Full time

**The role**:
The IT Service Desk for the University of Bristol is a fast-paced and dynamic environment that supports an end-user base of over 30,000 students and staff. This takes the form of over 7000 tickets per month and this role is key to the leadership of the Service Desk team. The Service Desk Supervisor is responsible for ensuring that the team deliver positive outcomes to our customers and achieve excellent results against Service Level Agreements whilst also driving high levels of customer satisfaction. The role is expected to champion best practice within the team and coach individuals to perform their best. As part of the Supervisor role, you will need to be have strong Incident Management skills and be confident in managing Major Incidents and escalations that are impacting the University or student population.

**What will you be doing?**:
Lead a Service Desk team to perform at their best and deliver an excellent service and high levels of customer satisfaction. This will be achieved by championing best practice and coaching the team to continuously develop their skills and engagement with colleagues and customers.

You will analyse performance across the team to identify areas for improvement and utilise processes such as Problem, Knowledge and Continuous Improvement to constantly keep the team moving forward to deliver excellent results.

Working within an ITIL environment, you will ensure that standards are being met across the Service Desk and within the wider IT Services department.

You will be expected to manage Major Incidents in order minimise impact on the operation.

You will engage and drive other practices to improve service, such as a Problem and Knowledge Management.

You have experience of working within a busy and dynamic environment that delivers a quality service.

You have the skills and knowledge to effectively manage a team of people to deliver excellent levels of service, through coaching, development plans etc.

You have experience of managing Major Incidents and co-ordinating activities to restore service as quicky as possible.

You are able to communicate effectively across multiple levels, such as senior customers and also key stakeholders.

You will have experience of working within a ITIL environment driven by best practice and proven track record of using these processes to deliver a quality service.

Have knowledge or experience of working with Continuous Improvement methologies (CI, sigma etc) to deliver successful outcomes, change or transformation.

**Additional information**:
**Our strategy and mission**:
We recently launched our strategy to 2030 tying together our mission, vision and values.

**_The University of Bristol aims to be a place where everyone feels able to be themselves and do their best in an _**
**_inclusive working environment where all colleagues can thrive and reach their full potential._**
**_ We want _**
**_to attract, develop, and retain individuals_**
**_ with different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives - particularly people of colour, LGBT+ and disabled people - because diversity of people and ideas remains integral to our excellence as a global civic institution._**

**Available documents**:

- SUPP109885 Service Desk Supervisor Job Description.pdf
- Further Particulars (IT Support).pdf

JOB NUMBER***

**SUPP109885**:
CONTRACT TYPE/WORK PATTERN***

**Open ended / Full time**:
POSTING END DATE***

**04 Sep 2023**:
FACULTY/DIVISION***

**IT Services**:
SALARY***

**£41,732-£46,974 per annum**:



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