Technology Support Technician

As a Technology Support Technician, you will play an important role in helping colleagues and customers get the most from the technology they use across Northumbria University.

Working as part of our Technology Support Services team, you will provide first and second-line technical support, helping to resolve a wide range of technology queries and issues. You will work across different support channels and will have opportunities to use your technical knowledge, problem-solving skills and initiative to provide an effective and customer-focused service.

This is a varied role where you will work with a broad range of technology, including desktop hardware, software, operating systems, audio-visual equipment and network connectivity. You will also have the opportunity to develop your technical knowledge as technology and the University’s needs evolve.

You will work closely with colleagues across Technology Support Services and the wider University, contributing to a collaborative team environment and sharing knowledge and good practice., We are a customer-focused team where collaboration, knowledge sharing and a willingness to help each other are important. You will work with colleagues across the University and have the opportunity to build your knowledge of a wide range of technologies and understand how they support the University’s work.

To be successful in this role, you will be someone who enjoys helping others and solving technology problems. You will be comfortable working with a range of customers and colleagues and able to explain technical issues clearly, patiently and in a way that is easy to understand.

You will be curious about technology and keen to continue learning as systems and services develop. You will enjoy working as part of a supportive team, while also being confident in taking ownership of your own work and adapting to changing priorities.

We are looking for someone with previous experience of working in a Service Desk, IT support or customer-facing technical support environment, who can provide effective, professional and customer-focused support to users.

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With over 37,000 students from over 140 countries, we offer world-leading research, award-winning partnerships, and an outstanding student experience. We empower our exceptional staff, promoting a positive work-life balance and offering great benefits, including excellent pension schemes, flexible working, generous holiday entitlement and more.

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Based in Newcastle upon Tyne and London, we are an on-campus organisation and offer flexible hours and location where the role allows. We pride ourselves on diversity and inclusivity, holding a Silver Athena Swan in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality, a bronze Race Equality Charter Award and we are a Disability Confident Leader. We also hold the HR Excellence in Research award for implementing the concordat supporting the career Development of Researchers and are members of the Euraxess initiative to deliver information and support to professional researchers. The University has implemented a range of flexible working arrangements, and we are happy to explore candidate requirements as part of the recruitment process.