Service Desk Manager
Service Desk Manager
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Job Description
Service Desk Manager Gradeper annum
About the Job
The main duties and responsibilities of this role are:
- Providing an effective interface at the highest level between users and service providers ensuring that priority setting and escalation procedures are applied effectively and that all complaints are responsibly and professionally resolved.
- Leading the planning and allocation of resources within the Service Desk team.
- Monitoring and accounting for expenditure making early identification of where costs may exceed the planned budget and providing timely reports to ensure all financial targets can be met.
- Leading the delivery implementation and support of the Councils values and practices to meet objectives for security financial prudence transparency inclusion and sustainability.
- Actively contributing to Councilwide and directorate initiatives to achieve and implement the Councils priorities and corporate objectives meeting the user needs of Havering residents and businesses.
- Acting as the lead officer on a rota basis with other senior managers ensuring the effective coordination and delivery of support to users including outofhours support where applicable.
- Managing the daytoday operations of the first line support function including work allocation to meet agreed service standards.
- Allocating responsibilities and assigning work packages to team members ensuring alignment with their skills and abilities.
- Regularly monitoring the incidence status and speed of resolution of incidents analysing metrics and reporting on the performance of the incident management process.
- Ensuring that all user requests for assistance are handled promptly and effectively to meet agreed service levels.
- Providing appropriate advice and guidance to users to make effective use of IT and Digital facilities and services.
- Drafting agreeing and maintaining policy standards and procedures for the service desk functions.
- Working with stakeholders to develop and enhance relationships assess feedback and address issues.
- Ensuring the security of information and information systems by enforcing adherence to IT policies.
- Identifying risks assisting in risk assessment managing agreed actions and monitoring the status of risks on an ongoing basis.
- Leading motivating and inspiring team members facilitating dialogue regarding expectations progress performance and development needs.
About You
Experience:
The ideal candidate will possess:
- A degree or equivalent workrelated attainment or experience.
- SDIs Service Desk Certification (SDC) or equivalent.
- Expertise in their specialism(s) and an understanding of impact on the broader business and wider customer/organisation.
- Experience in leading a busy IT Service or Help Desk.
- Strong leadership skills and the ability to manage and mitigate organisational risk.
Excellent communication skills capable of articulating business objectives to both technical and nontechnical audiences.
For an informal discussion about the post please contact
The closing date for the receipt of applications is 19/05/2025however interest in this job may be high and we therefore reserve the right to close the vacancy early.
You will be notified if your application has been date to be confirmed.
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Additional Information
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Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
