Technical Support Advisor 2nd Line IT

Focus Group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job description

Job Title - Technical Support Adviser 2nd Line IT

Reports to - Service Desk Manager

Department - Operations

Salary - up to £35,000 (DOE)

Location - Birmingham

Established in 2003, Focus Group is proud to be one of the UK’s fastest growing independent providers of essential business technology, providing digital workplace solutions to over 30,000 customers across the UK. Our recent investment from PE backers, Hg, will support Focus Group’s organic growth plan, M&A ambitions and product development initiatives, enhancing our ability to deliver innovative solutions to businesses of every size, shape and sector.

We are now recruiting for a Technical Support Adviser 2nd Line IT.

In this role, you'll be providing first-class service to Focus Group customers through handling of 2nd line service queries as part of our Managed Services team. To provide advanced technical support and issue resolution.

Principal Responsibilities

• Responsible for cases functionally escalated from 1st line, ensuring these are assigned and progressed in priority order.
• Be available for overflow calls from the 1st line team and as a minimum, to meet any agreed personal call targets.
• To diagnose, log, action and follow through to resolution cases, including escalations whilst keeping the customer informed of progress.
• Troubleshoot hardware and software problems.
• Configure applications and systems.
• Drive outbound calling to resolve cases in a timely manner and avoid delays where possible.
• Ensure cases are kept up to date, ensuring any outstanding cases are managed in line with agreed demarcations.
• Report issues to suppliers, chasing and doing all that is possible to ensure cases are resolved in a timely manner and that the customer is kept informed.
• Cases are managed in line with agreed SLAs and are functionally escalated to 3rd line, with sufficient SLA remaining.
• Document required changes in line with Focus Groups Change Management process.

Minimum Requirements

• Experience in a customer facing technical support role.
• In depth understanding of system, applications and network infrastructure.
• Experience with remote desktop support tools.
• Skilled in using technical expertise to solve customer issues.
• Experience of overcoming technical challenges and benefits from this experience in analysing and solving customer issues.
• Knowledge of ITIL framework and best practices.
• Able to assess when it’s appropriate to escalate an issue to 3rd line in order to ensure a good customer experience.

At Focus Group you can be proud of what you do, how you do it and feel a true part of the team. We work hard to create an inclusive, collaborative and rewarding environment where you are inspired to achieve brilliant things and really make a difference to the future of our business.

We welcome all applications and if you struggle to apply online, please contact us for a chat, or email us directly. We can make any reasonable adjustments to the working environment to ensure all employees are included and can work safely in our offices.