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About the roleNorth Northants Council’s Technology, Digital and Data service is looking for customer-focused and enthusiastic individuals to join our dedicated and ambitious IT Service Delivery team. With ambitious aspirations and a desire to be an inspirational local government IT service, we are looking for talented individuals to join us on this journey. If your passionate about IT, and you’re looking for a new challenge, an opportunity has arisen to join our team, as a Service Desk Team leader. Supporting a range of Colleagues across the County from several Front-line services supporting the local peoples of North Northants. As the Council develops its IT Platforms in a journey of change and improvement, you will be instrumental in leading and providing support and development of key IT technologies as well as assisting staff with those changes.What will you be doing?As a Team Leader of the IT Service Desk, you'll work to provide leadership and guidance to the 2nd and 1st Line Support members. Working under the IT Operational Support Manager you'll be a key member providing day to day management and ensure the Service Desk is running smoothly.Alongside the day to day management you'll be instrumental in developing the ITSM platform, ensuring KPI's and SLA's are kept and growing the Service Desk ethos with a 'Here to Help' attitude. About youYou'll be a confident, calm and professional leader. Championing the team as a whole and individuals to grow and provide a high level of support. With a meticulous eye for detail and strong organisational skills, you'll navigate the challenges of Service Desk, ensuring the best experience for colleagues across the Council.A good knowledge of IT and experience of working in an IT environment is essential to be successful in this role, and while you will pick up the ways of working, some experience of working in a government organisation or a company supporting a similar sized user base would be an advantage. We are very interested in people who are passionate about IT and customer service, who want to make a difference and who love to learn new skills and challenge themselves. If that sounds like you, don’t hesitate to put in an application. We have a user base presence throughout North Northamptonshire with our main sites being in Corby, Kettering, Thrapston and Wellingborough, so having the ability to travel between sites and your own transport is essential. Please refer to the attached job description and person specification and let us know how you would fit into the role in your application.Our BenefitsHere at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people. You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!Why choose us?We offer a vibrant working environment with:<ul><li>a competitive salary</li><li>a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.</li><li>lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council</li><li>generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days</li><li>hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.</li></ul>We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.About usOur Values and BehavioursOur values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:Customer-focused Respectful Efficient Supportive TrustworthyOur Key CommitmentsOur key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)





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North Northamptonshire Council

Service Desk Team Leader

About the roleVacancy open to internal applicants of North Northants Council OnlyNorth Northants Council’s Technology, Digital and Data service is looking for customer-focused and enthusiastic individuals to join our dedicated and ambitious IT Service Delivery team. With ambitious aspirations and a desire to be an inspirational local government IT service, we are looking for talented and aspiring individuals to join us on this journey. If your passionate about IT, and you’re looking for a new challenge, an opportunity has arisen to join our team, as we are looking for current or aspiring 2nd Service Desk Analysts. Supporting a range of Colleagues across the County from several Front-line services supporting the local peoples of North Northants. As the Council develops its IT Platforms in a journey of change and improvement, you will be instrumental in providing support and development of key IT technologies and assisting staff with those changes.What will you be doing?As a member of the IT Service Delivery team, you will be providing 2nd Line IT Support to our userbase, alongside 1st Line colleagues, with a strong emphasis toward delivering change to North Northants Council's on-going IT Platform developments.The day to day will consist of providing support to those Platforms, being instrumental in both developing and rolling out new IT platforms, from systems to hardware, alongside supporting the userbase both in receiving those platforms, but also encouraging and aiding them in learning the day-to-day operations, taking forth lessons learned to provide an ongoing improvement to that support.Alongside this you will provide support to the business-as-usual operations, supporting the users in their day to day workings as they provide services to the local peoples of North Northants. About youAn organised, dynamic and enthusiastic individual will perform well. Willing to get involved in all duties, with particular focus on upcoming IT Platform changes and improvements, able to provide technical expertise and handle user support and direction.A good knowledge of IT and experience of working in an IT environment is essential to be successful in this role, and while you will pick up the ways of working, some experience of working in a government organisation or a company supporting a similar sized user base would be an advantage. We are very interested in people who are passionate about IT and customer service, who want to make a difference and who love to learn new skills and challenge themselves. If that sounds like you, don’t hesitate to put in an application. We have a user base presence throughout North Northamptonshire with our main sites being in Corby, Kettering, Thrapston and Wellingborough, so having the ability to travel between sites and your own transport is essential. Please refer to the attached job description and person specification and let us know how you would fit into the role in your application.Our BenefitsHere at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people. You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!Why choose us?We offer a vibrant working environment with:<ul><li>a competitive salary</li><li>a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.</li><li>lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council</li><li>generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days</li><li>hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.</li></ul>We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.About usOur Values and BehavioursOur values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:Customer-focused Respectful Efficient Supportive TrustworthyOur Key CommitmentsOur key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)





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