1st Line Support Analyst

About the role

You'll respond to, and track to all incoming calls, emails and IT enquiries to the Service Desk, triaging calls and ensure all relevant information is captured at point of logging. This will require you to resolve incidents at first point of contact, where possible, or accurately assign to other resolver teams where appropriate.

You will own the ticket lifecycle making sure tickets are up to date and ensuring that the customer is informed of any resolution before the ticket is resolved and closed.

You'll represent IT and City & Guilds in a professional manner at all times, with the focus on helping employees make the best use of their desk top equipment.

About you

You'll need experience of working to and reporting against SLAs and a good working knowledge of current versions of MS Office and Microsoft Windows. You must also have an understanding and awareness of ITIL framework and processes.

With good customer service skills, with the ability to interact professionally with all levels of internal and external contacts, you will have broad technical skills within a Microsoft environment. You must also have good communication skills both verbal and written.

The ability to multitask and prioritise is a must in this position as you will be working in a high demand environment

Our story and mission

Our vision is for a world in which everyone has the skills and opportunities to succeed. We support almost five million people each year to develop skills that help them into a job, develop on that job and to prepare for their next job. As a charity, we’re proud that everything we do is focused on achieving this purpose.

Through our assessment and credentialing, corporate learning and technical training offers, we partner with our customers to deliver work-based learning programmes that build competency to support better prospects for people, organisations and wider society. We create flexible learning pathways that support lifelong employability, because we believe that people deserve the opportunity to (re)train and (re)learn again and again – gaining new skills at every stage of life, regardless of where they start.

At the heart of our business sits the City & Guilds Foundation which amplifies our purpose by helping to remove barriers to getting into a job, celebrating best practice on the job, and advocating for jobs of the future.

We were founded in 1878 by the City of London and the trade guilds of the time, to help people, organisations and economies to develop their skills for growth.

Our rich experience means we’re uniquely positioned to understand the future of work and learning. And, we continually evolve to develop and deliver skills for the workplace of the future. Today, as well as qualifications and assessment, we offer digital credentialing, elearning technologies, executive leadership development, technical training and consultancy.

Our success is driven by the people we work with. We pride ourselves on our ability to offer an equal opportunity to all our staff and we value diversity within our inclusive culture. We recognise that a diverse workforce is the only way we will achieve our ambitious business goals, so we work hard to be flexible to accommodate everyone.

What we offer

We offer the opportunity to work in an innovative, engaging and market-leading organisation with opportunities to develop your existing skills and explore new ones.

You’ll receive an excellent benefits package which typically includes a great base salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, pension, private healthcare, volunteering opportunities and much more.

Next steps and how to apply

If you think this is the role and organisation for you then we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV and complete our short application form using the apply button.

We shortlist for our vacancies on an ongoing basis, and we may close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. Please can you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.