Helpdesk and Service Delivery Manager

Who We Are At Cornmarket , we look after the financial wellbeing of public servants and their families. We've been focused on public sector employees for over 50 years, learning how to bring our clients the best financial services - from car, home, health and life insurance, to income protection, retirement planning and beyond. Role Purpose A Helpdesk and Service Delivery Manager (SDM) oversees IT support operations, ensuring high-quality, efficient service delivery that meets client expectations and SLA targets. Key duties include leading support teams, managing ITIL-based incident/problem management, nurturing client relationships, reporting on performance metrics (KPIs), and ensuring technical infrastructure reliability. Accountabilities Of The Role

• Service Desk Leadership: Oversee daily operations of Helpdesk, liaising with different support teams in Cornmarket and helpdesk outsourcing partner
• SLA & KPI Management:Define, monitor, and report on Key Performance Indicators and Service Level Agreements to ensure compliance and quality.
• Client Relationship Management :Act as the primary point of contact for service-related matters, managing expectations and ensuring high customer satisfaction.
• Incident & Problem Management :Lead root cause analysis, troubleshoot recurring issues, and manage major incident escalations with our third parties.
• Operational Excellence:Implement ITIL processes, ensure system availability, and manage vendor relationships.
• Change Management: Manage change management, SAR request, Patching support for Cornmarket
• Project management: manage small infrastructure projects

Skills, Experience and Behavioural Competencies Required

• Experience: 4-5 years in a client-facing IT Service Management role, ideally within a Managed Service Provider (MSP) environment.
• Frameworks: Solid knowledge of ITIL methodologies (v3 or v4).
• Technical Knowledge: Familiarity with ITSM tools (e.g.,ServiceNow) and IT infrastructure.
• Soft Skills: Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, and analytical skills.
• Education: A degree in IT, Business, or equivalent experience.

Common Qualifications

• ITIL Foundation/Manager Certification.
• Experience with ticketing systems and service desk monitoring tools.

What We Can Offer You

• Flexible working from home options
• Significant investments in professional development
• Annual leave that increases based on service, plus two additional company days
• Flexi leave (option to take additional annual leave)
• Life leave
• Attractive pension contribution rates
• Health insurance or wellness subsidy
• Working abroad policy
• Fully paid family leave types (maternity/paternity/surrogacy)
• Performance based bonus or commission
• Income protection
• Life cover
• Discounts on financial products
• Excellent health & wellbeing programme
• Wellness Wednesdays

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