Advertising End Date
11 Jul 2025

Role & Department Overview

Are you interested in helping staff and students with their use of IT? We are looking for people to join our customer-facing IT Support team.

If you have experience of working within a customer service environment, enjoy helping people find solutions, able to explain technical issues in a non-technical language, and love a challenge then you might be exactly the person we're looking for.

For inquiries contact Kerry Dodd, Service Desk Manager, [email protected]
 
  • Start Date: 22 July 2025
  • Pay Rate: £12.21 per hour + £1.47 holiday pay
  • End Date: 20 October 2025
  • Interview Date: 17 July 2025
  • Working Pattern: 12 hours per week on average. Must be available to work Arrivals Weekend and Welcome Week. 
  • Location: On the Lancaster University campus

Job Description

ISS, Information Systems Services, are looking for four proactive and driven individuals to join our Service Desk Team. 

As an ISS Service Desk Assistant you will assist in providing first-line support for the eduroam WiFi network and IT accounts as well as familiarising staff with Windows 11 via in-person appointments. You will be expected to answer questions, look for solutions to problems and pass on more complex issues where necessary. You will work alongside other members of the ISS Service Desk and Campus IT Engineers to proactively resolve customer queries. You will gain experience of working with eduroam, IT accounts, Windows 11 and some of the other IT systems we provide, improve your problem-solving capabilities and have the opportunity to undertake training. 

Successful candidates must be available during Arrivals Weekend (Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th September) and for the duration of Welcome Week (w/c 29th September). 

Tasks will include:
  • Triaging and troubleshooting eduroam and WiFi queries as part of a first-line support desk. 
  • Explaining technical solutions in a non-technical manner. 
  • Communicating with students, staff and visitors to the University who will have a range of technical fluency. 
  • Providing in-person appointments as part of the Windows 11 rollout and supporting staff with using OneDrive, installing software and other University IT services.
  • Maintaining excellent levels of customer service.
  • Working as part of a team and escalating complex queries to technical colleagues. 

Person Specification

Successful applicants will have a broad knowledge of commonly used IT and a willingness to further develop their skills. Excellent communication and teamwork are essential for this role as well as a strong customer focus to ensure that we provide an exceptional service to our students, staff and visitors. Candidates should be able to demonstrate:
  • Experience of working in a customer-service environment 
  • Strong problem solving skills and a proactive attitude
  • Confident at communicating with people at a range of technical ability and seniority 
  • Ability to work in a team towards clearly defined goals
  • Familiarisation with commonly used IT and University services

Working in this role will help develop the following skills and experience:

  • Collaboration
  • Decisiveness
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Flexibility
  • Integrity
  • Interpersonal Sensitivity

You are required to submit a cover letter to support your application. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

Please note: Unless specified otherwise in the advert wording, this role is only open to individuals living in the UK.

Under the terms of this work, we endeavour to provide the advertised number of hours however, hours are not guaranteed and that work may cease if there is a fall in demand. 

Adverts that display a closing date should be treated as a guide. We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

Help and advice on making applications can be found on the Lancaster University Careers pages. Visit www.lancaster.ac.uk/careers.