Service Desk Analyst (1st Line)
£25,217.20 per annum
Permanent - Hybrid Working
Full time (37 hours per week)
Our residents, shared owners and leaseholders are at the core of everything we do at bpha. With every employee playing an important part in ensuring we continue to provide them with excellent customer service and maintaining our role as a responsible landlord. We are currently looking for an experienced Service Desk Analyst to join our close knit 1st line team, primarily based in our vibrant Head Office in Bedford. This role is hybrid working with a commitment to work around 3 days a week in the office. There may be occasions when visits are needed to our outlying premises so being a car owner/driver is advantageous.
What you will be doing:
Providing 1st line support to approximately 500 internal customers, assisting them with hardware and software problems via telephone, email and face to face.
Logging, assigning, prioritising, resolving and escalating calls where necessary.
Helping with new starters and leavers set up to include PC’s and mobile phones.
Looking at ways to continuously improve customer satisfaction across the business.
We’d love to meet someone with:
Proven experience within a 1st Line / helpdesk / desktop support role.
Technical administration experience with Active Directory, Windows 10, Office 365 and Exchange.
Knowledge of ITIL.
Knowledge of network troubleshooting, PC/laptop imaging tech, mobile telephony and desktop security (anti-virus, anti-malware)
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal/attention to detail.
Amongst what we offer you is:
A competitive salary
28 days holiday PLUS Bank Holidays
A generous contributory pension scheme
Private health care
Free life assurance
Access to an extensive suite of wellbeing services and tools including a digital gym
Opportunities for learning and development
Discounted gym membership
Retail discount scheme
Hybrid working
Please note the successful candidate will need to complete a basic DBS application.
Closing date: 3rd October 2024
Interviews will take place throughout the recruitment campaign
We reserve the right to close this recruitment if it is deemed that we have received a suitable number of applications. On this basis we would advise that applications are submitted as soon as possible. We will always consider applications where flexibility is needed and we are still able to provide outstanding service to our customers.
Serving local people for over 30 years
bpha began life in 1990 with the transfer of 7,300 homes from Bedford Borough Council. We were one of the first stock transfers in England and are proud of our history in providing homes for local residents. We have grown to be a housing association with nearly 20,000 homes. We continue to have a strong presence in Bedford and are now equally proud to serve local communities from Cambridge to Oxford.
‘Quality homes. Connected communities’.
Our vision underpins our commitment to provide and maintain safe, sustainable, efficient, high standard homes for local people.
We also aim to play a positive role in helping to connect local people within neighbourhoods, with local services, with bpha and to provide opportunities through working with local partners.
We are committed to delivering our four strategic commitments:
We will deliver quality and value to customers
We will help make places and build local communities
We will create a sustainable future
We will put people at the heart of bpha