Bell Integration

Service Desk Team Lead

Job Locations UK-Portsmouth
Posted Date 8 hours ago(1/15/2026 1:34 PM)
ID
2026-4465
# of Openings
1

Overview

As a Team Lead, you are the focal contact for the team. You will be responsible for the day-to-day activities, performance, customer satisfaction, line management and continual service improvement of the Service Desk Analyst’s.
You will provide flexible support on a 24x7x365 Service Desk.

Responsibilities

Team Management

  • Lead a team of service desk analysts, ensuring consistent performance and professional growth
  • Lead service desk operations on a day-to-day basis
  • Support individual personal development plans as well as identify skill gaps and bridge knowledge gaps to support development and service effectiveness
  • Conduct regular 1:1s, team meetings and performance evaluations, fostering a culture of accountability, learning and continuous improvement
  • Monitor and manage daily team workload and ticket queues to ensure balanced distribution and efficient resolution
  • Manage team schedules, shift coverage, and ensure adequate staffing for business continuity
  • Responsible for the recruitment and onboarding of new team members
  • Maintain the onboarding and training plan for new starters and existing team
  • Promote and demonstrate a culture of continuous improvement within the Service Desk by actively identifying opportunities of enhancement. Ensure that both internal teams within Bell and customers have a positive experience with the Service Desk every time
    Service Delivery
  • Oversee end-to-end ticket lifecycle management including logging, triage, assignment, escalation, resolution, and closure
  • Ensure service levels (SLAs) and customer satisfaction targets are met or exceeded
  • Maintain accurate records of team activities, support issues and performance statistics
  • Oversee all incoming service desk requests (incidents, service requests, problems) to ensure timely and accurate handling
    Reporting
  • Monitor and report on key performance indicators (KPIs)
  • Provide regular reports and dashboards to management, identifying trends, gaps and improvement areas
  • Set team and individual performance objectives alignment with organisation and department goals
  • Ensure outages are created correctly and any associated processes are followed such as informing the customer or making Front End Message (FEM) live on the System
  • Conduct regular reviews of service desk activities such as quality checks to identify areas for improvement to enhance service
  • Create and review procedures, documentation, and knowledge articles
  • Communicate new processes and procedures to the service desk team
  • Produce reports (both defined and ad hoc) in timeframes as required

Qualifications

  • Immediately aligns with Bell Values
  • Demonstrate professionalism and inspire confidence when working with the team and senior management, both on the phone and face to face
  • Self-starter and problem solver – able to work independently using your own initiative but also a strong dependable team player
  • Articulate in both verbal and written communication (to both technical and non-technical audiences), including the ability to produce clear technical documentation
  • Professional/flexible approach to work; ensuring punctuality and diligence with the aim to provide our customers with the best possible service
  • Willingness to learn quickly and adaptable as the situation requires
  • Disciplined prioritisation, time management and scheduling abilities both for projects and individual tasks
  • Strong attention to detail and accuracy
  • Able to influence others to achieve set goals
  • Strong emphasis on delivering an excellent customer experience, while working under pressure
  • Have the ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment and ensure agreed targets are metAbility to learn new skills while following agreed operating procedures
  • Have a logical approach to problem solving
    Experience
    • +5 years in a service desk or IT support environment, with previous experience in a leadership or supervisory role
    • Proficiency in service management tools (e.g, ServiceNow or other equivalent ITSM platforms)
    • Experience adhering and working towards agreed SLAs and KPIs
    • Able to demonstrate experience delivering exceptional customer service
    • Experience following processes with a level of experience documenting processes and operational procedures
    • Working knowledge and understanding of Microsoft 365 including Outlook, Teams, OneDrive and SharePoint
    • Basic understanding of Active Directory, password resets and account management
    • Foundational knowledge of Microsoft Azure, including user and group administration in Azure Active Directory (Entra ID), conditional access awareness, and familiarity with cloud-based identity and access management
    • Awareness of Citrix environments, including basic connectivity troubleshooting, understanding of virtual desktop/application delivery, and user session support
    • Awareness of network fundamentals, including connectivity, VPNs and wireless troubleshooting
    • General understanding of IT Infrastructure, Data, Voice (Teams), Security and Systems
    • Understanding of ITIL fundamentals
    • Ability to work on your own initiative as well as part of a wider team

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