Desktop Support Analyst

Job Title: Desktop Support Analyst

Salary: Grade 4. The starting salary for this role will usually be £27,142 to £28,460 

Location: The Spine, Liverpool

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is recruiting a Desktop Support Analyst to join the team at our Liverpool office.

Purpose and scope of the role

As part of the IT services team, the desktop support analyst provides support for all RCP IT services to all RCP IT service users. Responsibilities include; handling incidents or service requests using the incident reporting and request fulfilment processes.

As a RCP desktop support analyst you should have a can-do, optimistic attitude and have a strong working knowledge of IT service operation, transition and continual service improvement. You will have a strong commitment to developing your IT knowledge and skills and a commitment to strive for service excellence.

You should have significant experience in a similar role, be educated to A level or professional standard (e.g. ITIL Foundation, CompTIA A+, Microsoft Certified Professional) and have excellent spoken and written English.

Please see the full job description and person specification  for more information about what we expect from you in this role. 

Benefits include:

Working at the RCP comes with lots of benefits designed to ensure that you feel valued and supported in your role. The benefits we offer include:

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• group personal pension plan with 7% employer contribution
• interest-free season ticket loan 
• life assurance
• annual pay award
• flexible working hours
• employee assistance programme – 24/7 advice and support for any work-related issues as well as any problems affecting your home life
• occupational health team – includes employment and work-related health assessments, health checks and work station assessments
• cycle to work scheme 
• corporate eye care scheme with Optical Express
• professional training and development opportunities
• enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• staff discounts platform – including discounts on cinema tickets and a range of high street brands

About the RCP

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is a rewarding and friendly place to work with an incredible history, dating back to our foundation in 1518 by King Henry VIII. We are a professional membership body for physicians – doctors who work in hospitals – with over 40,000 members in the UK and around the world working to improve patient care and reduce illness. Our activities focus on educating, improving and influencing for better health and care.

This role is based in an amazing, new building “The Spine ”, in the Paddington Village . The building itself is a groundbreaking, world-leading example of biophilic architecture, and was designed to meet the principles established in the WELL Standard , supporting mental and physical wellbeing for staff and visitors.

How to apply

To apply for this role, please submit your CV online. If you have any queries about the application process or the role, please email [email protected] .

Closing date: 8 March 2024

What happens next?

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend a first stage telephone interview. Candidates successful at this stage will be progressed to an in-person interview. 

Shortlisted candidates are expected to be notified w/c: 11 March 2024

Interview date:TBC

The RCP positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.

RCP is all about our people – our members, our staff, our volunteers and leaders. We educate, influence and collaborate to improve health and healthcare for everyone and know we can only do this by being inclusive, encouraging and celebrating diverse perspectives. That’s why welcoming and having people who represent the 21st-century medical workforce and the diverse population of patients we serve is so important to us.