Helpdesk Technician Team Lead

Rgit Australia; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Comwire is seeking an Associate to lead and manage the L1 IT support team in Hindmarsh, ensuring timely acknowledgement and resolution of requests within SLAs. You will coach and develop staff, monitor performance, and drive a high-performing culture across the team.

The role focuses on coordinating incoming requests, providing technical direction, and maintaining service quality while upholding company values.

Qualifications

• Experience leading, coaching and managing teams (essential).
• 3+ years in technical roles supporting client or internal IT organisations.
• ITIL Foundation certification desirable.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytics abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach L1 support team to meet SLA targets and KPIs.
• Coordinate ticket triage and allocate work based on priority and skills.
• Develop staff through training and personal development plans.
• Monitor team performance and provide feedback and coaching.
• Maintain knowledge base and SOPs; suggest process improvements.
• Act as escalation point for technical issues and customer inquiries.

Skills

Team leadership

Coaching

People management

Communication

Time management

Education

Bachelor of Information Technology

Certificate 3/Diploma in Information Technology

ITIL Foundation

Microsoft Intermediate Certifications

Cisco/Fortinet Certifications

3cx VoIP

Access 4 / 3cx

Tools

ITIL Foundation

Microsoft Certifications

Cisco Fortinet

3cx VoIP

Access 4 / 3cx

Job description

Hindmarsh, South Australia 5007, Australia

Full-time Permanent Associate

Posted 14 Sep 2026

Description

Purpose of Position

To oversee and manage the first level of IT support provided by our L1 Helpdesk Technicians for our clients. The position is responsible for coordinating and prioritising incoming support requests to ensure they are acknowledged and resolved in a timely and efficient manner within SLA's. As a key lead within the business, they are responsible for all performance metrics across their assigned L1 team including coaching, training, and the team's performance. Living and influencing our brand values, this role will play a key part in developing and promoting a high performing culture.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Foster and influence a high performing, collaborative, and customer-centric team culture that supports staff growth into wider areas of the business.
• Build a strong working relation between team members and with your team. Ensuring a collaborative and productive working environment.
• Conducting regular team meetings, 1on1's, and keep it a fun place to work.
• Develop staff into high performing team members with a growth mindset. Through training, timely feedback and coaching.
• Assist and coach team members with creating personal development plans, including suggesting/directing specific training programs.
• Coach team members in developing their skills and capabilities in line with organisational, team, and their personal goals.
• Ensure tangible outcomes to staff development, such as recognised exams or certifications.
• Assists with the process of recruiting and onboarding high performing new staff. This includes interviewing, onboarding, and training team members to ensure they are set upfor success during their probationary period and beyond.
• Mentor, coach, and manage the team to investigate, diagnose and assess basic L1 technical problems reported by customers.
• Develop and deliver learning sessions, working with internal resources to develop training materials aligned with organisational and team learning objectives.
• Approach and adjust your training, mentoring, and development of team members in a flexible manner, to ensure that each person gets the most benefit.

Manage the day-to-day performance of the team

• Ensure L1 Technicians provide a memorable customer experience with every contact by ensuring every service request is handled professionally.
• Monitor work quality & performance against the team and organisational goals and KPIs.
• Ensure that the team understands and follows operating procedures and guidelines. Monitor adherence to these and ensure that timely feedback is provided where
• Triage incoming tickets and ensure they are assigned to appropriate resources based on SLAs, availability, and technical ability.
• Proactively manage the in-progress work of the team, ensuring work/tickets are reassigned as required to meet SLAs and that onsite requirements are met.
• Monitor quality and performance of work performed against organisational KPIs to make learning recommendations, provide feedback, or to elevate concerns.
• Ensuring IT Support Technicians are accountable for their work quality, and using available resources and follow processes around service delivery.
• Oversight, reviewing, and actioning of the team's survey scores to ensure we are delivering on SLA's and delivering exceptional customer service.
• Act as a technical escalation point for the team. Providing direct technical direction, support and guidance to the team on all technologies supported in client environments.

Encourage and lead a culture of continuous improvement

• Observes learners performing practical activities and work. Advises and assists where necessary. Provides detailed instruction where necessary and responds to questions,
• seeking advice in exceptional conditions beyond own experience.
• Develop a growth and accountability mindset within your team. No issue should be walked past.
• Develop a culture where all staff feel safe to provide suggestions to improve company performance, and can proactively implement changes where appropriate, such as
• ensuring technical documentation is proactively updated.
• Reviewing and maintaining technical knowledge base and support processes to reflect current technical information on process or product. Including liaising with clients on
• customer specific documentation such as user on/offboarding.
• Based on customer feedback and ticket reviews, proactively suggest improvements to internal Standard Operating Procedures.
• Provide feedback to Management of areas of improvement, including suggestions and examples of what improvements could be made to processes, training, and other areas.

Other Duties

• Assist the Service Delivery Lead with internal team improvement, reviews, process development, or other assigned adhoc tasks.
• Developing and maintaining relationships with key client stakeholders.
• Documenting all customer interactions in our Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system.
• Act as the Level 1 team after hours escalation point when IT Support Technicians are rostered on afterhours for support.

Values

• Inclusive: Willingness to assist and support others as required within a team environment.
• Transparency: Communicate freely and effectively and is open to feedback on performance.
• Approachability: Receptive to others views and happy to assist other employees when needed
• Passionate: Encourages others and always bring their best self to work.
• Accountable: Owning situations and outcomes.

Team Management: Ability to lead and motivate teams, fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment.

Decision-Making: Make informed decisions quickly and effectively, especially during critical situations.

Communication: Ability to articulate complex technical concepts in a clear and concise manner. Ability to communicate with technicians Comwire's expectations, process, and performance. Manages up, ensuring that management is kept up to date with performance, staff, or other issues and how these are being addressed.

Time Management: Accomplishing set objectives effectively, within budget, and on time. Ensuring all duties of the role are carried out in an efficient and timely manner.

Problem-Solving: Analytical Thinking: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to address issues and improve service delivery processes. Root Cause Analysis: Capability to conduct thorough investigations and identify the root causes of incidents.

Managing Performance: Sets clear expectations, has regular 1 on 1 meetings, and is focused on continual improvement.

Interpersonal Skills: Conflict Resolution: Skill in resolving conflicts and addressing challenges within the team or with clients. Empathy: Understanding and empathizing with both client and team concerns.

Providing Feedback: Provides regular constructive feedback to recognise, challenge, and develop their team against values, behaviours, & performance.

Technical Skills & Experience

• Previous MSP, Technical, or Service Desk related experience (essential).
• 1+ years of experience leading, coaching and managing teams (essential).
• 3+ years of experience in technical roles supporting client or Internal IT organisations.
• Technical acumen of advanced troubleshooting techniques and technologies.
• A current driver's license (essential).
• Certification/experience in the following highly desired but not essential:
• ITIL Foundation
• Microsoft Intermediate Certifications (Modern Desktop/Cloud Services/Cyber Security).
• Vendor Networking/Security Certifications (Cisco/Fortinet)
• Access 4 / 3cx VoIP
• Certificate 3/Diploma in Information Technology, Bachelor of Information Technology, or similar relevant tertiary education.