IT Service Desk Technician

Leeds Source: WhatJobs
circa £40,000 depending on experience
  • Administrative user management (e.g., AD, Exchange, Intune)

Department: Tech Hub

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom; Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 37.5

Salary: circa £40,000 depending on experience

Location: Leeds (LS1 4HR) OR Birmingham (B2 5DB)

WFH policy: Employees are required to attend the office 2 days/week

Flexible working: Variety of flexible work patterns subject to line manager discretion e.g. Compressed 9-day fortnight.

Reports to: IT Service Operations Manager

Deadline Note: We reserve the right to close the advert before the advertised deadline if there are a high volume of applications.

Role Summary

The IT Service Desk Technician plays a critical role in delivering day-to-day end-user IT support across the organisation. As the first point of contact for IT-related incidents and service requests, you will help ensure a seamless and professional support experience for all staff. Reporting to the IT Service Operations Manager, you’ll be part of a collaborative team of seven technicians supporting business-as-usual services through our service desk platform (currently Jira Service Management). You will support a range of technologies across hardware, cloud, and business applications. This role includes close collaboration with Infrastructure, Architecture, Development, and Data teams, and requires interaction with third-party vendors to ensure smooth service delivery. Support will be provided both face-to-face and remotely, in line with LCCC policies and procedures. You’ll take pride in delivering a consistent, user-focused experience, and contribute to improving service quality and satisfaction. The role also offers project-based work opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

  • Deliver 1st and 2nd line support for staff across the organisation
  • Manage incidents and requests through Jira Service Management, ensuring timely resolution within agreed SLAs
  • Maintain accurate ticket records and escalation issues appropriately
  • Produce and maintain high-quality knowledge base articles for users and support staff
  • Provide excellent customer service in person, over the phone, and via remote tools

Technical Environment

  • End-User Devices & Platforms: Windows 11+, macOS 26+, iOS devices
  • Cloud & Productivity Platforms: Microsoft 365, Azure AD, Intune (MDM), Autopilot
  • Collaboration & Workflow Tools: Jira Service Management, Confluence
  • Business Applications & IAM:
  • 1st line support for internally developed tools
  • Joiner-Mover-Leaver (JML) processes
  • Identity and Access Management (IAM) audits
  • Networking & AV:
  • Basic network troubleshooting
  • Audio-visual support for meeting rooms and events

Asset & Hardware Management

  • Provision and configure laptops, mobile devices, and peripherals
  • Maintain hardware asset records using ITSM tooling
  • Manage repairs, warranty replacements, and hardware lifecycle tasks
  • Support office moves and hardware relocations as required

Cross-Team Collaboration

  • Work with Infrastructure and other tech teams to resolve complex or cross-functional issues
  • Contribute to project delivery, including rollout of new technologies and testing of upgrades

Additional Duties

  • Occasional travel to regional offices
  • Administrative user management (e.g., AD, Exchange, Intune)
  • Maintain compliance with LCCC policies and processes
  • Support and train colleagues in your specialist areas when needed
  • Carry out other duties as reasonably required

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Essential

  • Proven experience in IT support within a business environment
  • Strong knowledge of: Microsoft 365, Azure AD, and Intune
  • Strong knowledge of: Device provisioning via Autopilot and remote support tools
  • Strong knowledge of: ITIL-aligned service desk operations and ticket management
  • Strong knowledge of: Cybersecurity best practices
  • Strong knowledge of: Experience managing hardware assets, including tracking, auditing, and lifecycle management using ITSM tools
  • Strong knowledge of: Comfortable working with hardware vendors for repairs and warranty management
  • Strong knowledge of: ITIL v4 Foundation certified (or equivalent experience)
  • Strong knowledge of: Familiar with change and access management practices

Desirable

  • Experience with application packaging tools (e.g., Intune, JumpCloud)
  • Atlassian platform administration (e.g., Jira workflows, field configs)
  • Awareness of Agile or DevOps environments

Person Specification

  • Independent, analytical problem-solver
  • Collaborates effectively and seeks help appropriately
  • Proactive mindset with a “get ahead” approach
  • Confident engaging with stakeholders at all levels
  • Understands the business impact of IT services and can identify trends or recurring issues
  • Open to learning and using AI to enhance support or workflows
  • Empathetic, composed, and pragmatic under pressure
  • Clear and professional communicator, both written and verbal
  • Curious about new technologies and committed to continuous improvement
  • Listens actively and can de-escalate difficult conversations
  • Eager to self-learn and pursue relevant training

Required Commitments

Excellence

  • Understand how the latest technology can meet business needs and add value strategically
  • Communicate internally to ensure team members are aware of system status and resource needs

Diversity

  • Seek feedback through customer surveys

Dynamic

  • Resolve issues quickly by ensuring sufficiently qualified resources are available at all times
  • Ensure proactivity in system maintenance (including certificates, security and latest updates)

Integrity

  • Communicate changes and issues promptly
  • Maintain adherence to Cyber Essentials plus security standards and promote user awareness
  • Maintain professionalism and politeness when engaging with all teams at all levels

Independence

  • Create and maintain the team knowledge base
  • Maintain awareness of technological innovation which may be of use to LCCC

Benefits

  • Annual performance based bonus, up to 10%
  • 25 days annual leave, plus eight bank holidays
  • Up to 8% pension contribution
  • Financial support and time off for study relevant to your role, plus a professional membership subscription
  • Employee referral scheme (up to £1500), and colleague recognition scheme
  • Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity leave and shared parental leave
  • Free, confidential employee assistance, including financial management, family care, mental health, and on-call GP service
  • Three paid volunteering days a year
  • Season ticket loan and cycle to work schemes
  • Family savings on days out and English Heritage, gym discounts, cash back and discounts at selected retailers
  • Employee resource groups

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