About the role

  • Service Desk Manager at Babcock managing IT service delivery for national defence operations. Leading a high-performing team and ensuring service excellence in critical operations.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a high-performing team delivering critical IT services that keep defence operations running smoothly
  • Responsible for achieving service delivery targets, driving continuous improvement, ensuring strong customer relationships, and maintaining excellence in Incident Management.
  • Oversee the day‑to‑day running of the Service Desk, ensuring seamless IT service provision.
  • Act as the Management Representative for DNDC service delivery, ensuring all obligations are met.
  • Manage incidents within the ITSM tool, ensuring service performance targets are achieved.
  • Ensure Incident Management processes are consistently followed, including reporting and continuous improvement activity.
  • Build and maintain effective working relationships with customers, internal stakeholders and industry partners.

Requirements

  • Essential experience of the Service Desk Manager
  • Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills.
  • Practical experience of the full systems development lifecycle (waterfall, agile etc.).
  • Strong root‑cause analysis capability.
  • A solid understanding of business process and information management principles.
  • Ability to work well under pressure, meet deadlines, and communicate confidently at all levels.
  • Degree‑level education in IT, project/programme management or a related discipline.
  • ITIL v4 certification.
  • Additional training or certifications in IT service management, service operations or digital leadership - Desirable
  • The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Benefits

  • Generous holiday allowance
  • Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
  • Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
  • Employee share scheme
  • Employee shopping savings portal
  • Payment of Professional Fees
  • Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
  • Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.
  • ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.
  • Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Job title

Service Desk Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

£45,692 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

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