IT Service Desk Team Leader

Overview

The Service Desk Team Leader is a key role within IT Services, reporting to the Head of Service Desk and GRC. Lead our Service Desk, you’ll help ensure colleagues across Cambridge Consultants receive a high-quality, consistent and people-centred support experience.

This is a hands-on role, working alongside a team of five UK-based Service Desk colleagues. You’ll provide technical support, coordinate the team’s workload, act as an escalation point for more complex issues and help create an environment where people can develop and do their best work.

You don’t need to have been a Service Desk Team Leader before. This could be the next step for someone who has strong technical experience and is ready to take on more responsibility, influence how a team operates and develop their leadership skills. We’re looking for someone who is curious, proactive and keen to make things better - someone who sees an opportunity to improve something and gets on with it.

As you grow into the role, you’ll have the opportunity to take greater ownership of the Service Desk, from monitoring service trends and performance through to driving improvements in the way we support our people. You’ll use data and your own experience and initiative to understand what is working, where there are challenges and where we can do things differently.

You’ll work closely with colleagues across IT Services and the wider business, giving you the opportunity to build your understanding of our technology landscape and the needs of a growing, technology-led organisation. There is plenty of scope to develop your skills and take on more as you grow with Cambridge Consultants.

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities may vary, and you will have the opportunity to shape the role as it develops, but you can expect to:

Lead and develop the Service Desk, fostering a supportive, collaborative, and high-performing culture

Lead by example by providing technical support and acting as the primary escalation point for complex issues

Ensure tickets are logged, prioritised and resolved in accordance with agreed service levels

Monitor Service Desk performance and provide visibility of experience metrics, trends, risk and improvement opportunities

Work closely with colleagues across IT Services to coordinate the resolution of complex issues, ensuring clear and timely communication with users and stakeholders

Ensure Service Desk knowledge, documentation, and processes are maintained, accessible, and effective in supporting timely resolution

Support the roll out, change and retirement of services and the needs of the Service Desk

Maintain accurate asset lifecycle management and tracking within Freshservice, including managing a budget to ensure stock levels

Continually improve standard operating procedures, ensuring that they are documented and followed by all team members

What you can bring

To be successful in this role, we would expect you to have the following skills and experience:

Experience working in a Service Desk or IT support environment, with a strong customer-service ethos

Experience leading, mentoring, or coordinating the work of a small team

A people-focused leadership style that fosters a positive, high-performing team culture

Interpersonal, communication, time planning and organisational skills

Ability to balance hands-on operational support with team leadership to ensure service levels and team objectives are achieved

In addition, the following would be of interest to us. However, if you don't yet have experience in these areas, we will gladly train and develop the right person, so please still apply!

Experience using ITSM platforms

Experience supporting a diverse technology environment

Familiarity with service management practices including request fulfilment, knowledge management, and continual service improvement

Familiarity with driving the use of automation, self-service and AI-enabled support to enhance the end-user experience

Some projects at Cambridge Consultants are subject to security restrictions. This role requires you to obtain a Security Check (SC) level security clearance ( United Kingdom Security Vetting: Applicant ). You must be able to work in the UK without restrictions in accordance with UK National Law and be prepared to successfully undertake an appropriate level of UK National Security Vetting according to UK Government National Security Vetting criteria.

Please be aware that, for roles requiring Security Check clearance, applicants will typically need to have been continuously resident in the UK for a minimum of 5 years immediately prior to applying for this role in order to meet the requirements for Security Check (SC) clearance.

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