IT Support Team Lead

  • Hollybank Trustees Ltd
  • Alcester, Warwickshire
  • 09/07/2026
Full time Information Technology Telecommunications

Job Description

Location: On site / Alcester B49, UK
Job Type: Permanent / Full-time
Sector and Subsector: Business Operations ICT
Annual Salary range: from £35,000.00 to £40,000.00

Title

IT Support Team Lead (Service Desk / IT Support)

Reports to

Head of IT

Job Purpose

Lead Rock's day to day IT support function so colleagues can do their jobs with minimal friction, delivering a service that is reliable, low risk, and simple to run.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
  • Support leadership & Service Ownership: own the support front door: logging, triage, prioritisation, 3rd party escalation, and user communications
  • Maintain a simple cadence: daily checks, weekly backlog review, monthly service themes
  • Spot recurring issues and drive pragmatic fixes (not just closing tickets)
People Management
  • Line manage the IT Support Desk Engineer: workload, priorities, coaching, and standards
  • Ensure consistent customer experience: clear updates, calm handling, good follow-through
  • Coordinate third party suppliers/MSP activity: escalations, chasing actions, service reviews
  • Track issues that cross Rock + supplier boundaries to make sure nothing disappears
Security /Risk Hygiene (Practical)
  • Support joiners/movers/leavers and access control basics
  • Help maintain device standards and patching hygiene (ensuring it's happening + evidenced)
  • Keep runbooks and knowledge articles current and actually usable
  • Reduce repeat requests through standard responses and small process improvements
Experience
  • Working in an IT support/service desk environment (senior 1st line or 2nd line level)
  • Triaging and prioritising a ticket queue and driving work to closure
  • Experience supporting Microsoft 365 in a business environment (Teams, Outlook, SharePoint/OneDrive)
  • Coordinating/escalating with third party IT suppliers and following through to resolution
  • Producing clear user updates and maintaining professional ticket notes/documentation
  • Previous experience leading, mentoring or acting as an escalation point for other support staff
  • Experience using an ITSM/ticketing platform (e.g., Jira Service Management or similar)
  • Experience reducing repeat issues via knowledge base articles/runbooks and simple process improvement
  • Exposure to multi site / hybrid user support
Company Benefits
  • Company vehicle and business phone
  • Company pension scheme
  • Referral programme
  • Sick pay
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
Equal Opportunity

We embrace diversity and are committed to building an inclusive environment for all employees.