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Job Title: Helpdesk Team Leader

Salary: 18.38 per hour

Schedule: Full-time, Monday - Friday, 08:00 - 17:00

Location: Worthing

Key Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership & Performance Management: Supervise helpdesk staff, ensuring optimal coverage, performance, training, and adherence to service standards. Monitor individual and team performance, and provide jeopardy management reports to relevant stakeholders.
• Service Request & Workflow Management: Oversee the logging and triaging of service requests (calls and walk-ins) and utilize the CAFAM Planon system for dispatching tasks and maintaining structured workflows.
• Quality Assurance & Financial Oversight: Monitor SLA/KPI compliance (Balanced Score Card), handle complaints, and prepare operational reports. Manage the sub-contractor's inbox, oversee Work In Progress (WIP) for timely billing, and collaborate with the Finance Administrator to ensure accurate Schedule of Rates (SOR).
• Customer Service & Collaboration: Deliver high standards of responsiveness and professionalism to both internal and external customers. Liaise with multi-trade technicians, regional managers, and contractors to coordinate service delivery and maintenance tasks.

Experience / Skills:

• Experience and Role: Proven experience in a helpdesk, service desk, or facilities coordination role, ideally within FM, utilities, or a similar service-driven environment. Previous experience in a supervisory or team leader position with responsibility for staff performance, development, and workload management.
• System Knowledge and Performance: Strong knowledge of CAFM systems (e.g., Planon, Maximo, Concept, or similar) and the ability to manage service requests effectively. Demonstrable track record of meeting KPIs and SLAs in a customer-focused environment.
• Communication and Interpersonal Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to engage confidently with clients, engineers, contractors, and stakeholders at all levels.
• Organisational and Problem-Solving Skills: Strong organisational and problem-solving skills with the ability to prioritise competing demands in a fast-paced environment. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and other digital collaboration tools.
• Compliance, Analysis, and Improvement: Understanding of health, safety, and compliance requirements. Ability to analyse service performance data and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives. Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and client needs.

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

Job Title: Helpdesk Team Leader

Salary: 18.38 per hour

Schedule: Full-time, Monday - Friday, 08:00 - 17:00

Location: Worthing

Key Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership & Performance Management: Supervise helpdesk staff, ensuring optimal coverage, performance, training, and adherence to service standards. Monitor individual and team performance, and provide jeopardy management reports to relevant stakeholders.
• Service Request & Workflow Management: Oversee the logging and triaging of service requests (calls and walk-ins) and utilize the CAFAM Planon system for dispatching tasks and maintaining structured workflows.
• Quality Assurance & Financial Oversight: Monitor SLA/KPI compliance (Balanced Score Card), handle complaints, and prepare operational reports. Manage the sub-contractor's inbox, oversee Work In Progress (WIP) for timely billing, and collaborate with the Finance Administrator to ensure accurate Schedule of Rates (SOR).
• Customer Service & Collaboration: Deliver high standards of responsiveness and professionalism to both internal and external customers. Liaise with multi-trade technicians, regional managers, and contractors to coordinate service delivery and maintenance tasks.

Experience / Skills:

• Experience and Role: Proven experience in a helpdesk, service desk, or facilities coordination role, ideally within FM, utilities, or a similar service-driven environment. Previous experience in a supervisory or team leader position with responsibility for staff performance, development, and workload management.
• System Knowledge and Performance: Strong knowledge of CAFM systems (e.g., Planon, Maximo, Concept, or similar) and the ability to manage service requests effectively. Demonstrable track record of meeting KPIs and SLAs in a customer-focused environment.
• Communication and Interpersonal Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to engage confidently with clients, engineers, contractors, and stakeholders at all levels.
• Organisational and Problem-Solving Skills: Strong organisational and problem-solving skills with the ability to prioritise competing demands in a fast-paced environment. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and other digital collaboration tools.
• Compliance, Analysis, and Improvement: Understanding of health, safety, and compliance requirements. Ability to analyse service performance data and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives. Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and client needs.

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

Blue Arrow is looking for a help desk team leader who will be able to work for our client.

See below all the details:

Job Title : Help Desk Team Leader

Worthing, BN13 3NY
Start Time: 08:00
End Time: 17:00
Pay Rate: 18.38

Key Tasks & Responsibilities:

- Team supervision: Manage and supervise the helpdesk staff - ensuring coverage performance, training and adherence to service standards. Monitor team performance.
- Managing service requests: Oversee logging and triaging of calls, walk-ins. Use CAFM Planon system to dispatch tasks and maintain structured workflows.
- Quality & Metrics: Monitor SLA/KPI (Balanced Score Card), compliance, handling of complaints and prepare operational reports. Manage sub-contractor inbox for updates and job closures.
- WIP (Work In Progress): Manage WIP for timely billing of chargeable works. Ensure SOR (Schedule of Rates) are correct and ready for application of payment.
- Jeopardy Management: Provide jeopardy management reports for your team and the Operation and Regional managers.
- Customer service: Deliver high standards of responsiveness and professionalism, presenting a constant & trustworthy image to internal and external customers.
- Collaboration: Liaise with multi-trade technicians, regional managers, and contractors to coordinate service delivery and maintenance tasks.

Essential:
* Proven experience in a helpdesk, service desk, or facilities coordination role, ideally within FM, utilities, or a similar service-driven environment
* Previous experience in a supervisory or team leader position, with responsibility for staff performance, development, and workload management
* Strong knowledge of CAFM systems (e.g., Planon, Maximo, Concept, or similar) and the ability to manage service requests effectively
* Demonstrable track record of meeting KPIs and SLAs in a customer-focused environment
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage confidently with clients, engineers, contractors, and stakeholders at all levels
* Strong organisational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to prioritise competing demands in a fast-paced environment
* Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams) and other digital collaboration tools
* Understanding of health, safety, and compliance requirements relevant to facilities and service delivery
* Ability to analyse service performance data and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives
* Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and client needs while maintaining service quality

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