Alscient
Service Desk Team Leader

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Service Desk Team Leader
The Role
As a Service Desk Team Leader, you will take day-to-day ownership of an ITIL-aligned ITSM service desk. This includes supporting customer accounts, leading a team of service analysts, owning the customer relationship and ensuring a consistently high standard of service delivery.
You will join Alscient's Managed Services team, supporting customers across a range of sectors. This is a hands-on leadership role, where you will be actively involved in service reviews and customer conversations while remaining closely engaged in your team's day-to-day work.
Why Alscient
We are experts in digital transformation and are proud to be Summit level Salesforce Partners and Advanced tier AWS Partners with over 15 years of proven experience developing solutions, supporting services and driving customer success.
Our certified consultants and developers build futureproof, innovative cloud solutions and provide managed services in sectors like health, transport, telecoms, social housing and others.
We provide great opportunities for people to develop and grow their career, alongside a fulfilling and enjoyable environment that supports that growth, while working with the best people and teams around.
Key Responsibilities:
- Owning day-to-day service desk operations for the customer accounts you support, managing incidents, requests, problems and changes in line with ITIL process.
- Acting as the primary point of contact and trusted relationship owner for your customer accounts.
- Leading, coaching and scheduling a team of service desk analysts, and providing hands-on support during escalations and major incidents.
- Owning SLA and KPI performance, identifying and addressing the root causes behind service trends.
- Running customer service reviews and translating feedback into tangible process improvements.
- Working closely with all delivery teams to ensure customers receive joined-up, consistent support.
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Essential Skills & Experience include:
- 3-5 years' experience leading or supervising a service desk team within an ITIL-aligned ITSM environment, with the ability to make an immediate impact in the role.
- Experience using Jira Service Management to manage SLAs, KPIs and day-to-day service operations.
- Strong people leadership skills, with experience coaching a team and managing escalations calmly and effectively.
- Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to engage stakeholders at every level, from end users to senior customer IT leadership.
Desired skills & Experience include:
- ITIL v4 Foundation certification (or higher).
- Experience within a managed services or IT consultancy environment.
- Exposure to Salesforce and/or AWS-supported environments.
- Experience supporting multiple customer accounts concurrently.
What is in it for you?
From your first day we will provide you with everything you need to succeed, we just need you to play your part. There will be lots to learn, but we will be there to support, guide and help at every stage.


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In return we will guarantee a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive culture working on exciting and progressive projects alongside one of the best packages in the industry including market leading salary, healthcare, pension, flexible working options and a personalised development plan to match your ability and ambition, ensuring your personal and professional growth is in line with our commercial development.
What do we need from you?
We expect you to hit the ground running. You will be a self-motivated, excellent communicator with extensive ITIL aligned service desk experience, keen to make a difference and progress to the next stage in your career.
Are you a good fit?
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Benefits and Opportunities include:
- Excellent market leading salary.
- A benefit package including life assurance, pension and healthcare.
- A generous holiday allowance, including a day off on your birthday.
- A flexible working policy.
- An inclusive, supportive and welcoming culture.
- A personalised development plan, including supported professional certifications.
If the above excites or interests you, please apply to the advert attaching your CV. Any further details required please contact David.owen@alscient.com.
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