At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our team to deploy laptops and resolve IT queries while enhancing user experience.
- Company: Walker Morris, a friendly and inclusive tech-focused firm in Leeds City Centre.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, annual bonus, generous leave, and pension contributions.
- Other info: Enjoy hybrid working after the initial laptop rollout phase.
- Why this job: Kickstart your IT career with hands-on experience and growth opportunities in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in 1st line support; IT qualifications preferred but not essential.
The predicted salary is between 26000 - 26000 £ per year.
Overview
Are you an experienced 1st IT Service Desk Technician looking for an opportunity to progress within a busy IT Team? Have you worked on large scale laptop deployments?
We are looking for an experienced 1st line IT Service Desk Technician who is solutions orientated and passionate about helping others.
You will work alongside an experienced team deploying new laptops, answering user queries and efficiently responding to service requests, both over the phone and via our ticketing system.
You will proactively resolve queries and identify trends to help improve team efficiency.
It is a friendly team who are always looking for ways to improve. You will be supported by your manager to develop your career and provide continuous learning opportunities.
To succeed in this role you will be approachable, be able to communicate effectively and build working relationships across the business.
This role is initially a work from office position to support a large rollout of new laptops to the business.
Once complete it will be hybrid working Monday to Friday, our office is based in Leeds City Centre.
As the IT Service Desk Technician, you will
- Build and deploy laptops with Windows 11 for all Walker Morris colleagues.
- Migrate essential data from existing laptops to a new device.
- Investigate, monitor and resolve any incidents/service requests assigned to you
- Liaise with our internal and external clients, IT support personnel and external suppliers to resolve incidents
- Log and monitor incidents and service requests using the Service Management software, ensuring that all contact and updates are recorded
- Conduct trend analysis to proactively reduce common requests
- Liaise with the Line Managers to identify, diagnose and resolve IT incidents and service requests
We are looking for
- A friendly, helpful person with a couple of years\' experience within 1st line support role
- Experience of 2nd line support is beneficial but not required
- Experience of building & deploying laptops
- Relevant IT qualifications/education are preferred but not essential
- Excellent diagnostic skills
- Ability to communicate clearly with key stakeholders and colleagues
- Organised with the ability to prioritise your workload
Some of our benefits include
- Salary reflective of your experience, circa. £26,000
- Earn up to 10% of your salary with our annual bonus scheme.
- Minimum of 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays per year increasing to 31 days with length of service, with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday per year.
- Auto enrolled into the workplace pension scheme, and we\'ll contribute a minimum of 6% of your salary.
- 4x your annual salary in the event of a death in service.
- This role is initially a work from office position to support a large rollout of new laptops to the business.
Once complete it will be hybrid working Monday to Friday, our office is based in Leeds City Centre.
Find out more about working at Walker Morris here.
Company Values
Our shared values represent our culture and the things that are important to us.
They define who we are as a Firm, as an employer and what we expect of our people.
They provide direction and purpose by influencing the decisions that we make and the actions that we take.
It’s really important that all candidates and employees demonstrate these values in their day-to-day activities:
- Embrace the fact everyone is different and unique.
- You can be serious without wearing a suit.
- Never lose sight of the bigger picture.
- Two heads are better than one.
- Take the bull by the horns.
- We win & lose together.
Walker Morris is committed to being an inclusive employer.
Our aim is to ensure our workforce represents our diverse society.
We recognise that everyone brings their own unique capabilities and experiences to their work.
We welcome applications regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, neuro diversity or disability status, family or parental status, race, religion or ethnicity.
We take great pride in being a Disability Confident Employer. If you need any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please don\'t hesitate to ask.
Click here to find out more about our diversity and inclusion work.
Type of Working
Hybrid #J-18808-Ljbffr
IT Service Desk Technician - 1st Line in Leeds employer: Walker Morris LLP
Walker Morris is an excellent employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture, where employees are encouraged to think boldly and deliver simply. With hybrid working options, comprehensive training programmes, and clear pathways for career advancement, you will find ample opportunities to grow within a supportive team dedicated to winning new business and enhancing client relationships.
