IT Service Desk Manager-Inside IR35
14 days ago
East Molesey
We are seeking an experienced Service Desk Manager to lead and modernise a busy IT support function within a charity environment. This role will focus on driving the transition to a more structured, first-line support model, improving processes, and supporting the rollout and optimisation of the Halo ITSM platform. You will play a key role in embedding best practices, improving documentation, and ensuring the Service Desk operates efficiently as a true first-line function, working closely with Infrastructure, Digital, and Project teams. Key Responsibilities • Lead, manage, and develop the Service Desk team, ensuring high-quality first-line IT support across the organisation, • Drive the adoption and optimisation of the Halo ITSM platform, supporting the transition to a modern service management approach, • Clearly define and embed first-line support responsibilities, ensuring appropriate escalation to Infrastructure for advanced issues, • Improve service desk processes, reducing inefficiencies and eliminating reliance on informal knowledge or duplicated effort, • Introduce and maintain robust documentation, knowledge base articles, and standard operating procedures, • Monitor ticket volumes, trends, and performance, ensuring SLAs and service standards are met, • Collaborate closely with Project Managers to support ongoing system and service improvements, ensuring the Service Desk contributes effectively to project delivery, • Manage relationships with third-party support providers, • Oversee support for core business systems including Microsoft 365 (Outlook, distribution lists), retail and ticketing systems, and back-office applications, • Act as a key liaison between Service Desk, Infrastructure, and more technical teams (e.g. Digital/Website teams), • Support a cost-conscious environment, ensuring efficient use of resources and continuous service improvement Environment & Technology • Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Exchange, distribution lists), • Halo ITSM platform, • Azure (hybrid environment with legacy and finance applications across cloud and on-premise), • Retail and ticketing systems, • Mix of in-house and third-party supported services Skills & Experience • Proven experience managing a Service Desk or IT support function, • Strong understanding of ITIL principles and service management best practices, • Experience implementing or managing ITSM tools (ideally Halo or similar), • Ability to drive process improvement and organisational change, • Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience working alongside infrastructure, project, and third-party teams, • Solid understanding of Microsoft 365 and typical end-user support environments, • Awareness of Azure and hybrid environments (not necessarily deep technical ownership), • Experience within a charity, retail, or customer-facing environment is desirable