Job Description

About your new role

PLEASE NOTE: This role is not on the list of occupations eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route

Reporting to the Service Desk Team Leader, you will be responsible for providing excellent IT support for the business. A key aspect of the role is staffing the service desk and being our colleagues' primary point of contact with the IT Team, ensuring that through good communication, effective processes and procedures and excellent documentation we help the business continue with its success.



We are looking for team player with a confident telephone manner, good communication skills, good technical skills/knowledge appropriate to 1st line support and to be able to deliver quality support within an agreed time frames.




Your key duties and responsibilities will include:



Colleague Experience and Support



As part of the Service Desk Team undertake the day-to-day staffing of our service desk, working with immediate colleagues to ensure that queries, requests and incidents are logged, assessed, actioned within the IT Team in a timely fashion and escalated as appropriate. Be responsible for the timely creation and maintenance of quality documentation for all colleagues, helping users make the most of IT services Present a pleasant, helpful and professional demeanour when dealing with customers Assess and allocate incident and request tickets within the service desk software system


IT Support


Provide user support, including working with IT hardware, software, Audio-Visual support, computer and printer management and user accounts, primarily in a Microsoft Windows environment. Manage a case load of service incidents and standard requests, always ensuring that tickets are handled correctly and the service offering is to the highest standard Install and support commercial software packages and peripherals as required Answer queries relating to general Information Technology policies and services Resolve non-standard incidents, calling on your own experience, including troubleshooting complex software issues and dependencies Provide colleagues with ad-hoc training for supported systems and services, where appropriate Liaising and working with external suppliers and engineers, where appropriate

Business Analysis and Development



+ Actively identify opportunities for improvement to the efficiency and quality of Service Desk area and the broader department, proposing changes to procedures, policies and services. + Work with the Service Desk Team Leader to identify incident trends and proactive improvement opportunities to both help business colleagues be more effective and make IT services more efficient + Communicate effectively at all levels of the business + Keep own skills up to date, developing a depth or breadth of knowledge in an appropriate area through learning and practice Support the continual improvement of services provided by IT Team

+ Other



+ Hours will be as required to undertake the role, including the scheduling and attendance of works outside normal working hours. + Carry out regular and ad-hoc site visits to Weightmans offices outside Liverpool, as and when required + Undertake any other duties commensurate with the post. This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will be expected to perform other duties and have other responsibilities that fall within the wider remit of the role. You will also ensure that you consistently comply with the relevant Weightmans and client policies and procedures, and work in accordance with our values.



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About You

As the role is varied, we are looking for you to have a flexible approach to the work you do and be able to adapt to different tasks. We also require you to have:

Essential

Good experience in hardware and software, fault finding and resolution in Windows operating systems Good working knowledge and experience of Windows desktops. Good organisational and time management skills Ability to anticipate problems, identify risk, evaluate impact and produce appropriate solutions, or escalate as necessary. Strong team working skills with good self-motivation and the ability to work with minimal supervision. A customer focus, with constant awareness of trying to match the department's expectation of IT Support. Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of users, suppliers and technical staff in a patient and helpful manner. Good written communication skills, ability to document user guides, write procedures, reports etc.

Desirable

Keen interest in Information Technology with desire to develop and update skills through appropriate technical training Have some prior experience working within a support or Service Desk environment. Have experience/knowledge of + IT Service Management tools
+ Active Directory

Microsoft Exchange

If you meet our criteria and think this is a job where you could bring enthusiasm and commitment, then we look forward to receiving your application.

Why work for us

Come and join our award-winning organisation and team. Weightmans has been recognised as a leading employer for the 18th consecutive year at Britain's

Top Employers awards 2025

, and ranking

5th

in the list, the firm has also secured top positions in Chambers UK.



Embark on this journey with Weightmans towards becoming one of the Top 30 UK Law firms.



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