**The position**
The IT Service Desk Analyst works within the IT department and is responsible for ensuring that efficient and effective responses to requests for day-to-day technical advice and support to internal employees and systems. The IT Service Desk Analyst will need to display a high level of competency in customer service, technical troubleshooting, and record keeping, to ensure customers receive the help required, and downstream teams receive the data they require.
The IT Service Desk Analyst performs both virtual support for all global staff, and Office/Desktop support for the office they work from.
The IT Service Desk Analyst is expected to pro-actively look for ways to improve IT Service Delivery, whether through new processes or new technology, and work to implement those improvements in the company. There may be requirements to assist with IT Projects being run by other teams or senior team members.
**Minimum Qualifications**
- Strong skills in MS office, Active Directory/Azure, Exchange user management.
- MSDST certification desirable.
- ITIL Certification desirable
**Responsibilities**:
The responsibilities will vary day to day and may include:
- Works within the IT service desk team to provide speedy and efficient resolution of Service Desk tickets/calls via Service Desk ticket review and Service Desk system stats in line with SLAs.
- Help develop processes to reduce time taken to resolve Service Desk issues.
- Identify knowledge base gaps through daily ticket review. Create and update Service Desk SOP's/Knowledge Base.
- Adhere to all published Policies, SOP's, DOP's, WI's, and Knowledge Base Articles. Highlight & escalate any conflicts between these documents to your line manager and document in related tickets.
- Actively participate in continual service improvement programs (i.e., knowledge discovery & documentation, process improvement, technology discovery & implementation etc).
- Escalate to the appropriate team where necessary with detailed notes on investigation of the issue.
- Find opportunities for service improvement and engage the relevant teams to reduce Service Desk time taken to resolve/escalate Incidents & Requests
- Assist all other Service Desk team members in following Service Desk SOP's and highlight to line management where additional training or clarifications are required.
- Fluent written and verbal English
**Service Desk Operation**:
- Installation of hardware and software based on the documented processes within the knowledge base.
- In locations with multiple nearby sites, physically attend the sites either based on a schedule or ad-hoc arrangement, as specified by the team lead.
- Respond to incoming events in a timely manner in line with KPIs and SLAs.
- Update and resolve events received by the Service Desk team in a timely manner in line with KPIs and SLAs.
- Using the Service Desk Ticket system to record all data regarding day-to-day tasks. Self-logging of tasks completed outside of the scope of the ticket is required. E.g., walk-up, IM or telephone.
- Representing the company in a professional manner when dealing with external vendors / suppliers and consultants.
- Provide training documentation and training sessions to non-IT staff on use of IT Systems and general setup.
- Manage local stock rooms and report on status of hardware in stock.
Balance Recruitment is committed to equal opportunity employment. We celebrate diversity and encourage people from all sections of the community to apply.