Service Desk Analyst

East Grinstead

Salary: £25,000- £30,000

Currently looking for a Service Desk Analyst to work for an orginisation representing users in the United Kingdom and Ireland. You will be responsible for provide assistance to all head office and site-based staff in a professional and customer focused manner in line with customer needs, defined processes and meeting SLA's.

Some of the main duties of the Service Desk Analyst will include:

• Record and prioritise all service requests into the Assyst service management tool ensuring all relevant information is recorded accurately and in line with the incident management process.
• Provide user support for all hardware and software issues including incident resolution, installation\implementation and guidance\training.
• Monitor, manage and progress all service requests in an efficient and professional manner, restoring normal working conditions as quickly as possible.
• Escalate incidents to appropriate teams\individuals in line with the incident management process, ensuring users are informed of the progress of their requests.
• Log incidents with 3rd Party Suppliers and monitor their progress against SLA and if required escalate incidents using the pre-defined escalation process.
• Work individually and as a team to ensure that all individual and team KPI's are met.
• Ensure that all user requests are resolved within agreed Service Levels.
• Major Incidents - work alongside the Service Desk Manager to provide regular user updates in line with the Major Incident process.
• Create procedure documents and update the Knowledge Base in line with defined processes.
• Assist with the implementation and support of projects as required.
• Represent the operational interests of users to IS staff.
• Keep up to date with the latest developments in desktop technologies, products and processes.

Skills and qualifications of the Service Desk Analyst will include:

• At least 2-3 years' experience of working on a busy service desk providing 1st and 2nd line support to at least 250 users
• Troubleshooting and resolving hardware, software and networking issues over the phone and deskside
• ITIL foundation or a good working knowledge of ITIL
• Avaya telephony
• Assyst
• G Suite
• SAP
• Citrix
• Blackberry Work
• Microsoft SCCM
• Experience of providing support on:-
• Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows 10
• Microsoft Office 2010 - 2016
• Active Directory
• Microsoft Exchange
• Remote working
• Desktop rollouts
• Citrix virtual desktops
• IP Telephone
• Experience of working to and meeting
• Service Level Agreements
• Individual and Team performance targets

Personal Attributes:

• Flexible, enthusiastic and self-motivated
• Well-developed problem-solving skills
• Good communication and excellent customer facing skills
• Proactive
• Good team player but also able to work on own initiative
• Excellent timekeeping
• Able to cope with a busy Service Desk working under pressure
• Quick learner
• Good all round hardware (desktop and laptop) and Microsoft software knowledge
• Flexible

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