Bright Horizons
1st Line IT Support Analyst
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Job Title: 1st Line IT Support Analyst
Salary
from: £25k
Working Hours
Full Time / 37.50 hours per week – shift pattern between 8am-6pm / Hybrid working
Training and Weekly Working
Training and weekly working will be from our HO in Northampton
Closing Date
21st July or until the right candidate is hired
Purpose of Role
This role will assist in the running of an efficient IT Service Desk, ensuring the support tickets are handled in a swift manner. Our Service Desk provides support for over 300 Nursery locations across the UK, as well as Support Staff and other colleagues around the world in the USA, Netherlands, India, and Australia too!
The successful candidate will be confident and organised and able to adeptly handle a diverse and dynamic workload. You will have an excellent working knowledge of Microsoft desktop products, whilst possessing an interest in delivering new technologies. For the candidate to be successful they must have a methodical approach to providing technical support and be able to demonstrate a high level of customer service and to be confident in providing basic end-user training for all colleagues at all levels of the company.
What We Can Offer You
Our benefits include but are not limited to:
- Flexible working and holiday entitlements
- Discounted childcare in one of our nurseries
- Fantastic range of discounts on high street retailers, grocery stores, cinema tickets, holidays and more
- Wide range of wellbeing resources, supporting our teams for the ups and downs of daily life
Why Bright Horizons?
Our support functions enable our nurseries to deliver the best possible care and education to over 10,000 children across the UK. Through this support, our nurseries can deliver excellence – with 98% of our 270+ portfolio being rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted.
We’re on a mission to change the future for children, families, and the people we work with, and are committed to progressive working values like flexibility, work-life balance, and wellbeing.
Responsible For
- First point of contact for telephone and onsite support requests for customers throughout the business
- Answer, respond to and if necessary, to create IT service requests via a ticketing system or phone
- Provide 1st contact technical problem analysis and resolution of client issues with the aid of available Service Desk tools (e.g. Kaseya, TeamViewer, FAQs)
- Where necessary escalate calls to the appropriate Tier
- Maintain a high degree of customer service for all support queries and adhere to all service management principles, KPI’s and SLA’s
- Remote support of users in a Citrix environment
- Experience of troubleshooting, supporting or maintaining Windows and other PC and virtual environments
- Travel will be necessary from time to time (travel expenses paid for)
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Essential Experience
- Experience working in a similar role
- Ticketing systems
- Service Desk - Tier 1
- Office 365 / 2016
- Windows 10 / 11
- Active Directory
- Exchange Admin Centre
Experience Desirable
- ITIL Processes
- Triaging
- Basic Knowledge of Networking
- Hardware Troubleshooting
- Customer Service Oriented – via all mediums
- Technical Curiosity
Qualifications
- Relevant education in an IT area
- Microsoft certifications (desirable but not essential)
Personal Attributes
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Can conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities
- Experience at working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment is essential
- Reacts to project adjustments and alterations promptly and efficiently
- Ability to read communication styles of team members and contractors who come from a broad spectrum of disciplines
- Persuasive, encouraging, and motivating
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment is crucial.
Bright Horizons is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This post is subject to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, which will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all ages and backgrounds to apply. We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants.
Proud to be a Great Place to Work for 20 years. Apply today! We look forward to receiving your application.
At Bright Horizons, our culture is built on our commitment to Keeping Everyone Safe and providing world-class care and education, delivered by a world-class workforce. We believe our people’s potential is endless and with this in mind, we aspire to create an environment where our colleagues can thrive and accomplish the things they thought impossible. Bright Horizons has been recognised as a Great Place to Work by our employees and the Great Place to Work Institute for the last 13 years. We care passionately about what we do, and our HEART values and principles help us support one another in the work that we do each day. These are quite literally at the HEART of our organisation’s ethos and culture as it helps us to provide a working environment that supports professionalism, growth, and diversity.
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We are passionate about our people’s ongoing learning and development. Our learning and leading with HEART framework supports each Bright Horizons colleague on the first steps of their leadership journey, whether that includes our 'World-Class Welcome' induction or our extensive ongoing training programme. Either way, we want you to feel valued and invested in!
Celebrating in the accomplishments of our people is an essential part of our culture. We believe in the power of “thank you” and throughout the year, in ways big and small, formal and informal, we show our appreciation for employees at all levels. We have many ways to acknowledge and celebrate our people, including our very popular “employee appreciation month”. This is a chance for everyone to share their gratitude to one another, across the whole company. Whether it is a “thank you” placed on our website, a chocolate pizza, team lunch or an ice cream van visit, it is our way of showing each other we care and appreciate everything we do.
Each year, we have our annual 'Awards of Excellence' events; whether you are an award winner or cheering on a fellow team member, these formal award occasions are opportunities to come together and celebrate one another.
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