Service desk team Work, Jobs in Darlington, Dur (with Salaries)

Service Desk Analyst
HM Treasury —Darlington
- £29,280 - £33,450 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Customer service
- Presentation skills
- IT
- Annual leave
- Flexitime
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Veterinary Receptionist
Harrison Family Vets —Darlington
- From £24,800 a year
- Full-time
- Customer service
- Laboratory experience
- In-person
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
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14d
1st Line IT Support Technician
SJ Systems (North) Ltd —Darlington
- £12.86 - £13.63 an hour
- Full-time
- Software troubleshooting
- Windows
- In-person
- Work from home
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7d
IT Technician Service Desk
Durham Constabulary —Durham
- £27,204 - £29,859 a year
- Full-time
- Windows
- Administrative experience
- Driving
10d
DDaT Service Analyst
HC-One - Strategy —Darlington
- Microsoft Office
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
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Service Desk Agent
Indra Group UK & Ireland —Middlesbrough
- Weekend availability
- Customer service
- English
- Computer networking
- Paid training
- Employee assistance programme
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10d
Customer Service Administrator
Mersen —Stockton-on-Tees
- Up to £27,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Profit sharing
- Employee assistance programme
10d
Front of House Manager
Bannatyne —Darlington
- £13.90 an hour
- Weekend availability
- Customer service
- Team management
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
9d
Community Housing Manager (Housing Officer)
Places for People —Darlington
- £36,194.44 a year
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
7d
Service Desk Engineer
Waterstons —Durham
- £28,000 - £32,000 a year
- Weekend availability
- Hybrid work
- Azure
- AWS
- IT
- Employee assistance programme
- Sick pay
Financial Administration
Verve —Darlington
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Employee discount
1d
Phone operative
Bon Voyage Taxis LTD —Stanley
- From £12.21 an hour
- Part-time
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook
- English
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IT Support Technician
Watson Woodhouse & Macks Solicitors —Middlesbrough
- Full-time
- Azure
- Microsoft Outlook
- Analysis skills
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
Quick apply
1d
Digital Support Apprentice
ABP UK —Leeming Bar
- Full-time
- Computer Science
- Customer service
- IT
Quick apply
Night Porter
HandPickedHotels —Yarm
- From £14 an hour
- Weekend availability
- Bar
- Microsoft Office
- Hotel
- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme
Service Desk Team Leader
NECSWS —Hartlepool
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Customer service
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Quick apply
IT Support Technician
Filtronic —Sedgefield
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Computer networking
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
Quick apply
8d
Cleaning Operative
OandG Support Services —Thornaby on Tees
- £13.45 an hour
- Part-time
- Supervising experience
- Organisational skills
- In-person
Quick apply
3d
Medical Receptionist (Part-time)
Thirsk Doctors Surgery —Thirsk
- £12.85 an hour
- Part-time
- Microsoft Outlook
- English
- Administrative experience
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
Quick apply
8d
IT Support Specialist
Authentix, Inc. —Consett
- Full-time
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- Windows
Quick apply

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Service Desk Analyst

HM Treasury -
Darlington

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Job details

Permanent | Full-time
£29,280 - £33,450 a year
14 days ago

Benefits

Annual leave
Flexitime
Company pension

Qualifications

Jira
Customer service
Presentation skills
ITIL
IT

Full job description

Details

Reference number

466420

Salary

£29,280 - £33,450

National: £29,280 - £33,450. If the successful candidate is a current Civil Servant joining on level transfer, HM Treasury will honour their current substantive salary if higher. This role may be eligible for a Government Digital and Data allowance. Any allowance is non-contractual and subject to a post appointment capability assessment, with awards determined by a moderation panel in line with the Government Digital and Data Capability Framework. For more information on pay, please refer to the guidance at https://hmtreasury.pagetiger.com/cjbibw.

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

HMT - Public Spending

Type of role

Digital
Information Technology
Operational Delivery

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

Location
About the job
Benefits
Things you need to know
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Location

This post can be based in Darlington (Feethams House).

About the job

Job summary

If youre interested in making a difference to peoples lives, the Treasury can offer you an exciting opportunity to influence decision making that affects the whole of the UK. Working at the heart of government, we collaborate across government to promote responsible public spending and drive strong and sustainable economic growth.

Our work ranges from protecting customers through the regulation of the financial sector, helping to reduce carbon emissions and creating a greener economy, to promoting British trade around the world and supporting people across the country on jobs, growth and more.

We are part of the Darlington Economic Campus, a cross-government hub bringing people together to tackle key national issues while working closer to the communities we serve.

Job description

OSCAR is His Majestys Online System for Central Accounting and Reporting. It has ~1800 end-users, and they require a proficient service desk facility responsible for triaging, allocating and resolving all service-related tickets to our other OSCAR suppliers for resolution. This service desk is currently provided by an external service provider; the post holder will join the team delivering the new in-house service desk.

The Service Desk Analyst delivers first-line support activities and contributes to continuous improvement to the users of the OSCAR Service by providing a high‑quality, user‑focused first‑line support function. The role functions as the main contact for problems and service inquiries. It ensures issues are resolved efficiently, called out when needed, and owned through to resolution meeting agreed service levels.

The Service Desk Analyst position is within the Service Desk and reports directly to the Service Desk Manager.

Job description

On a typical day you will

Customer Support and Service Delivery

Act as the main point of contact for IT incidents, service requests and changes, ensuring issues are correctly logged, categorised, prioritised and progressed through agreed processes.
Provide advice, mentorship and initial technical support to colleagues, aiming to resolve issues at the first point of contact wherever possible and advancing where required.
Monitor incidents, requests and tasks to ensure timely progress and resolution according to service level agreements and agreed service standards.
Recognise serious or recurring issues, maintain accurate records, and ensure relevant updates are communicated clearly to customers and colleagues.
Support service continuity and day to day operational delivery by identifying patterns, reducing repeat issues and contributing to effective incident handling.

Stakeholder and Customer Relationship Management

Build and maintain positive working relationships with customers, colleagues and stakeholders to ensure a professional, responsive and user focused service.
Assume responsibility for incidents and service requests through to resolution, maintaining regular contact with customers and managing expectations throughout.
Develop a solid understanding of business systems, services and processes in order to provide effective first-line support and resolve a broad range of issues at the earliest opportunity.
Encourage information exchange and collaborative working across teams to improve the customer experience and support joined up delivery.

Reporting, Records and Knowledge Management

Maintain accurate and up to date records of incidents, service requests, activities and IT assets in line with departmental processes and audit requirements.
Support the production of service, management and performance information, providing updates and reports as required.
Review, update and create knowledge articles, local work instructions and other documentation to support consistent service delivery and problem resolution.
Maintain clear documentation on task progress, service updates, lessons learned and support materials to improve transparency and knowledge sharing.
Capture and use customer feedback and service information to identify trends, monitor performance and support service improvements.

Team Contribution and Continuous Improvement

Work closely within agreed Service Desk roles, shift patterns and team rotas, contributing to both individual and team objectives.
Provide support, mentorship and practical assistance to new or junior colleagues to help build capability and consistency across the team.
Contribute to service improvements, operational initiatives and business as usual activities relating to IT services, tools and processes.
Take ownership of allocated tasks or work packages, track progress, identify risks or dependencies early, and help maintain delivery against agreed milestones.
Contribute ideas to improve team processes, service quality, tools and ways of working, bringing up issues where formal decisions or additional support are needed.

This role will require technical ability:

Demonstrable understanding of ITIL practices
A practical understanding of Microsoft 365 products, including Teams.
Demonstrable experience using Jira Service Management or a similar IT service management system.
Working knowledge of IT ticketing systems, including incident and request management processes.

Qualifications

ITIL v4 (or v5) Foundation

SIAM Foundation

If you do not hold the qualification, you should be willing to achieve it within 12 months of joining if successful.

Roles will be recruited using a combination of Government Digital and Data (GDD) Profession Capability Framework and Success Profile Frameworks. Using GDD, we will then determine if you will be paid an additional allowance on top of your basic salary.

Additional Information

Our operational hours are Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 18:00. The successful candidate will be required to work within a shift pattern and team rota. Current planned shift patterns are 07:30 to 15:30, 08:30 to 16:30 and 10:00 to 18:00, Monday to Friday.

There is a requirement to work flexibly as part of the rota. The rota will be reviewed regularly in line with service need by the Service Desk Manager.

If you would like to speak to the hiring manager informally prior to the closing date, please contact Martin Beale: [email protected]

Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Person specification

Application Stage

Application Form

Applications should consist of a CV including your employment history, and a 250-word statement demonstrating evidence of each of the below shortlisting criteria. Your CV and employment history wont be scored; it is used to give context to your application and support discussions at interview.

The panel will review applications and invite those that best demonstrate evidence of the shortlisting criteria below for interview. Please keep this in mind when writing your application.

Please note that only applications submitted through Civil Service Jobs will be accepted.

Managing a Quality Service: Ability to take ownership of issues, keeping colleagues and customers informed, and accurately recording and prioritising incidents and requests.
Changing and Improving: Ability to identify opportunities to improve processes and ways of working, to reduce repeat issues and make processes simpler.
Communicating and Influencing: Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with customers, colleagues and stakeholders, to deliver a positive customer experience.
Experience: Experience of working in a customer facing role, responding to customer queries and providing initial support.

The lead criterion is: Managing a Quality Service

If we receive a high volume of applications, we will first sift using the lead criterion only. Those meeting the minimum score will then be assessed against all remaining criteria.

Interview Stage

If you are successful at the application stage, you will be invited to interview where you will be assessed against the following criteria:

Technical  As demonstrated at interview, answers should be aligned with the GDD framework:
- Capability Skill 1 Customer Service Management
- Capability Skill 2 IT service reporting
- Capability Skill 3 Ownership and Initiative
- Capability Skill 4 User focus
Behaviours: Managing a Quality Service, Changing and Improving, Communicating and influencing

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Managing a Quality Service
Changing and Improving
Communicating and Influencing

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Capability Skill 1 Customer Service Management
Capability Skill 2 IT service reporting
Capability Skill 3 Ownership and Initiative
Capability Skill 4 User focus

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £29,280, HM Treasury contributes £8,482 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

Generous Annual Leave - 25 days (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus public holidays and the Kings birthday.
Outstanding Pension Scheme - Defined Benefit pension with employer contributions of 28.97%
Parental Leave Packages - Including 6 months occupational pay for maternity/adoption, shared parental leave options.
Flexible & Hybrid Working - Options include part-time, job-share, compressed hours, flexitime, and hybrid working (where business needs allow).
Advance Schemes & Discounts - Rental deposit, cycle-to-work, SmartTech, season ticket loans, and access to HM Treasurys benefits portal for a wide range of discount codes.

You can review HM Treasurys full offer here.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Candidate Guidance

Please review the candidate guidance for an overview of the Success Profiles and STAR approach, along with top tips for applications and interviews.

Recruitment Timeline

Closing date: 19th July 2026 before 23:55
Shortlisting: w/c 20th July 2026
Interviews: w/c 3rd August 2026

This timeline is indicative and may be subject to change. We will inform you if there is a substantial change to the recruitment timeline.

If your contact details change at any time during the selection process, please ensure you update your Civil Service Jobs Profile.

Reserve Lists

You will be placed on a reserve list if your application is successful, but we cannot offer you a role immediately. Where more than one location has been advertised, candidates will be posted in merit order by location. You will be asked to provide your location preference on your application form. Please note that a place on the reserve list does not guarantee an offer.

If you are offered a role in your first preferred location and you decline the offer or are unable to take up the post within a reasonable timeframe, you will be removed from the reserve list, other than in exceptional circumstances.

Those on the reserve list may also be approached for similar roles at a lower grade. If you are offered a role at a lower grade and choose to decline, you can remain on the reserve list.

Internal Fraud Database Check

Candidates cannot apply to roles in the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

Successful candidates will be subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database. This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This also applies to those who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences had their employment continued. Any applicants details held on the database will be refused employment.

National Security Vetting

Everyone working with government assets must complete Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks. Additionally, successful candidates will be subject to National Security Vetting. The level of security vetting required for this role is Security Check (SC)

To allow for meaningful checks to be carried out, applicants will need to have lived in the UK for at least 3 out of the past 5 years. You will be asked to provide residency information within your application form, and eligibility for national security vetting will be checked once the advert closing date has passed. In certain circumstances, for example if you have been working abroad on a government posting, a lack of residency would not be a bar to security clearance however the Department will need to consider eligibility on a case-by-case basis once the advert closing date has passed.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .

See our vetting charter .

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

Apply and further information

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Martin Beale
Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

Email : [email protected]

Further information

Complaints Process: Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment based on fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact HMT by email at: [email protected]. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment.

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