IT Service Desk Team Lead

Weatherbys Bank Ltd ,
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
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Weatherbys Bank is looking to recruit an IT Service Desk Team Lead to oversee a number of key functions within the IT department. The IT Service Desk Team Lead will enable the delivery of a high-quality service to end users, and to ensure Service Support and Service Delivery processes are in place to meet business needs. This position is a stakeholder facing role and requires that you establish and manage expectations within the business and drive The Service Desk Team to achieve those expectations to a high standard. Responsibilities Service Management * Maintain high performing service support functions including and IT Service Desk, Desktop Support and VIP Support * Owner of the Incident, Request, Change and Escalation processes, ensuring high levels of performance in these processes, accurate reporting and establishing service improvement activities when required * As owner of the escalation process the IT Service Desk Team Lead will take ownership of major incidents to ensuring coordination of resolving parties, effective communication to stakeholders and post incident review * Monitor, control and support service delivery; ensuring systems, methodologies and procedures are in place and followed * Champion Service and Support in projects and developing a strong understanding of projects impacting your service area and ensuring service impact is minimised and agreed * Be accountable for the quality of Service and performance; ensuring future demand from growth and projects is understood and factored into capacity plans for all associated systems. * Drive internal and third-party service review meetings covering performance, service improvements, quality and processes * Deliver excellent Presentation and Audio-Visual support, ensure meeting room technology is maintained to high standards and routinely checked to ensure high levels of availability. * Ensure that training services are in place to educate staff on how to use meeting room and collaboration technology effectively * Lead the Desktop Management team to continually improve the desktop computing environment * Manage the desktop computing environment to ensure that laptops, PC's and other access devices are built and maintained to high standards of performance and security * Ensure that patching and anti-virus updates are carried out promptly and effectively * Work with the Technical Design team evolve standards for hardware, software and security in the desktop environment * Make recommendations for Service Improvement Plans and ensure actions are followed through to completion in a timely manner * Work with internal and third-party teams to ensure actions are taken and completed to protect and improve services * Provide regular and accurate management reporting on IT Service performance * Effectively deliver/manage Staff Management including recruitment, mentoring, training, target setting and performance assessment Meeting Support * Deliver excellent Presentation and Audio-Visual support, ensure meeting room technology is maintained to high standards and routinely checked to ensure high levels of availability. * Ensure that training services are in place to educate staff on how to use meeting room and collaboration technology effectively. Technical * Lead the Desktop Management team to continually improve the desktop computing environment * Manage the desktop computing environment to ensure that laptops, PC's and other access devices are built and maintained to high standards of performance and security * Ensure that patching and anti-virus updates are carried out promptly and effectively * Work with the Technical Design team evolve standards for hardware, software and security in the desktop environment Performance & Quality * Make recommendations for Service Improvement Plans and ensure actions are followed through to completion in a timely manner * Work with internal and third-party teams to ensure actions are taken and completed to protect and improve services * Provide regular and accurate management reporting on IT Service performance * Effectively deliver/manage Staff Management including recruitment, mentoring, training, target setting and performance assessment Requirements * Able to demonstrate the ability to undertake the above responsibilities * A passion for Service Improvement * Experienced Service Management professional * ITIL Qualified * Previous experience as a Team Lead or demonstrable experience in leading virtual teams * Experience of managing 3rd parties and 3rd party delivered services * Experience working with O365 and Cisco products * Expert knowledge of ITIL disciplines * Excellent leadership and people management skills * Excellent written and verbal communication skills * Willingness to support and mentor junior staff * Excellent customer facing/customer service skills * Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines * Able to demonstrate a high degree of flexibility including shift and out of hours working * Excelle

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