Service Desk, Team Lead
Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 per annum DOE, plus company benefits
Location: Norwich, NR7 0HR
Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Shifts: 37.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 9am until 5:30pm with 1 hours unpaid lunch break
Work model: Fully onsite
Williams Lea seeks a Service Desk, Team Lead to join our team!
Williams Lea is the leading global provider of skilled, technology-enabled, business-critical support services, with long-term trusted relationships with blue-chip clients across investment banks, law firms and professional services firms. Williams Lea employees, nearly 7000 people worldwide, who provide efficient business services at client sites in often complex and highly regulated environments, from centralised Williams Lea onshore facilities, and through best cost company offshore locations.
Purpose of role
The Endpoint Lead is responsible for overseeing the delivery, security, and performance of endpoint services across the UK region. This role ensures a stable, compliant, and high-performing endpoint environment that supports business productivity and enhances user experience.
The position provides technical leadership and, where required, manages endpoint teams to ensure service excellence, SLA adherence, and continuous improvement. Acting as a key liaison between IT and business stakeholders, the Endpoint Lead ensures efficient operations while supporting strategic initiatives and transformation programs.
Key responsibilities
1. Own and manage the End User Computing estate, ensuring devices,
2. applications, and services are secure, reliable, and fit for purpose.
3. Act as the primary point of contact for all EUC technical issues, escalations, and
4. service-related queries.
5. Provide leadership and direction for EUC support activities, ensuring alignment
6. with business needs and IT strategy.
7. Design, implement, and maintain Microsoft Intune for device management (Windows, mobile, and other endpoints as applicable).
8. Manage device compliance, configuration profiles, security baselines, and application deployment.
9. Oversee patching, updates, and lifecycle management of end user devices.
10. Ensure endpoint security and compliance with organisational and regulatory requirements.
11. Administer and manage Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), including identity, access, and authentication controls.
12. Configure and maintain conditional access policies, identity security settings, and role-based access.
13. Support identity-related troubleshooting for end users and integrate Entra ID with EUC services and applications.
Service Management
14. Ensure tickets are triaged, prioritised, and resolved in line with agreed service levels.
15. Use data and metrics from Jira Service Management to identify trends, drive improvements, and report on service performance.
16. Incident, Request & Problem Management
17. Handle EUC tickets directly, including incidents, service requests, and escalations.
18. Perform root cause analysis for recurring EUC issues and implement preventative measures.
19. Coordinate with other IT teams and third-party suppliers to resolve complex technical issues.
20. Act as a trusted technical advisor for EUC matters to users, managers, and senior stakeholders.
21. Communicate clearly on incidents, changes, and improvements affecting end users.
22. Gather user feedback to continuously improve the EUC service and user experience.
23. Identify opportunities to automate, standardise, and optimise EUC processes and tooling.
24. Maintain documentation for EUC systems, processes, and support procedures.
25. Keep up to date with Microsoft, EUC, and IT service management best practices.
Skills and Experience/Technical Skills
26. Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Intune and endpoint management.
27. Proficient in Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), including identity management,
28. conditional access, and security controls.
29. Solid technical knowledge of end user computing environments (Windows OS,
30. applications, device lifecycle).
31. Strong technical administration and configuration experience with Jira Service
32. Management.
33. Experience working in a ticket-driven support environment.
34. Strong understanding of IT service management principles (incident, request,
35. problem, and change management).
36. Ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining service quality.
Personal Attributes
37. Highly customer-focused with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
38. Confident first point of contact for technical issues, able to remain calm under
39. pressure.
40. Strong communication skills, able to explain technical concepts to non-technical
41. users.
42. Proactive, detail-oriented, and committed to continuous improvement.
Rewards and Benefits
We believe in supporting our employees in both their professional and personal lives. As part of our commitment to your well-being, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including but not limited to:
43. 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays(pro-rata for part time roles)
44. Salary sacrifice schemes, retail vouchers – including our TechScheme which can be used on a range of gadgets such as Smart TV’s, laptops and computers or household appliances.
45. Life Assurance
46. Private Medical Insurance
47. Dental Insurance
48. Health Assessments
49. Cycle-to-work scheme
50. Discounted gym memberships
51. Referral Scheme
You will also have the opportunity to work for a global employer who is dedicated to offering each and every employee an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding career with future career development prospects!
Equality and Diversity
The Company values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the organisation and will not discriminate because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation (each of these being a “protected characteristic” in discrimination law). It will not discriminate because of any other irrelevant factor and will build a culture that values openness, fairness and transparency.
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