The Service Desk Team Leader is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the Service Desk team, ensuring timely and efficient technical support to clients and internal users. This role includes managing ticket workflows, maintaining SLAs, coaching and developing team members, and ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction.
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Team Leadership & Management |
- Lead, mentor, and support a team of service desk agents. - Allocate and manage workload distribution to ensure SLA adherence. - Monitor and improve team performance through regular feedback and coaching. - Conduct performance reviews and provide development plans for team members. - Foster a customer-focused culture within the team. - Act as an escalation point for complex or high-priority incidents. |
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Service Desk Operations |
- Oversee the ticketing system to ensure timely responses and resolutions. - Monitor and report on Service Desk KPIs, such as response and resolution times. - Drive efficiency in ticket handling and ensure best practices in ITIL-based incident, problem, and change management. - Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the Service Desk team. - Ensure proper documentation of technical issues and resolutions for knowledge management. |
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Technical & Client Support |
- Provide hands-on technical support where necessary, particularly for escalated issues. - Maintain and enhance client relationships through professional and proactive communication. - Collaborate with other IT teams to ensure seamless IT service delivery. - Drive continuous service improvement initiatives to enhance end-user experience. - Manage and coordinate major incidents, ensuring timely communication and resolution. |
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Ticket Management & Workflow Optimisation |
- Ensure all tickets are categorised, prioritised, and assigned correctly within Halo. - Monitor ticket queues and enforce response and resolution SLAs. - Ensure tickets contain detailed notes, troubleshooting steps, and resolutions. - Implement automation and standard responses to improve ticket-handling efficiency. - Assign tickets effectively to the right engineers based on skill set and workload. - Track and minimise backlog tickets while ensuring escalations are handled properly. - Ensure techs follow ticket closure procedures, including customer follow-ups and documentation. |
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Reporting |
- Implement HaloPSA dashboard providing oversight of key components of the service desk for all clients - Generate and analyze weekly and monthly reports on Service Desk performance and trends. - Provide insights and recommendations based on data-driven analysis. - Ensure reports align with business objectives and client SLAs. - Present reports to senior management, highlighting key service metrics and improvement areas. - Maintain accurate records of ticket volumes, issue resolution times, and user satisfaction scores. |
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ISP Management |
- Communicate with customers to confirm appointments and provide updates. - Handle incoming service inquiries via phone, email or chat. - Log fault tickets with ISPs and manage escalations to ensure timely resolution of technical issues. - Handle LTE Booster applications - Conduct regular audits of ISP tracking sheet to ensure it is acurate and up to date. - Stay updated on industry trends and advancements in ISP technologies to inform decision-making and enhance service offerings. |
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Customer Feedback |
- Provide regular updates to customers with orders pending. - Provide regular updates to customers with faults logged. - Work closely with the Service Delivery team to ensure customer satisfaction at all times. - Ensure tickets logged by customers are kept up to date and loop is closed. - Log and document all customer interactions and issues in the ticketing system. - Ensure timely resolution of customer issues and queries. - Conduct follow-ups with customers to ensure satisfaction with the resolution. |
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in an IT Service Desk environment, with at least 1-2 years in a leadership role.
- Strong knowledge of ITIL frameworks and best practices.
- Experience working in an MSP environment.
- Proficiency in troubleshooting hardware, software, network, and cloud-based solutions.
- Familiarity with Microsoft 365, Active Directory, Windows Server, networking protocols, and remote desktop solutions.
- Strong customer service and communication skills.
- Experience with Halo ticketing system.
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