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Posted 5 days ago
Korean speaking Global IT Service Desk Coordinator
K-People Europe Limited
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I.T. & CommunicationsHybridFull-timeContract
Job description
<p>K-People Europe is a recruitment consultancy specialized in Korean speaking jobs with a dedicated Korean recruitment consultant working in London since 2007.</p><p></p><p>Our client, an industry leading global company, is looking for a <strong>Korean speaking Global IT Service Desk Coordinator.</strong></p><p></p><p>The role will also support the IT team as the business prepares for a number of major initiatives, including Google Workspace adoption, AI enablement, Cleanroom support, service desk process improvement, and wider regional support integration. </p><p></p><p>This role is ideal for someone who combines practical IT support knowledge with strong communication, ownership, documentation discipline, and coordination skills. It is not a deep technical engineering role; however, the successful candidate must be confident handling service requests, coordinating escalations, communicating clearly with stakeholders, and supporting the maturity of a growing global service desk model.</p><p></p><p><strong> Key Responsibilities </strong></p><p>(1) Service Desk Operations</p><p>• Provide professional first-line and enhanced service desk support to users across London and selected regional/global offices</p><p>• Own tickets end-to-end, from initial logging through to resolution or appropriate escalation</p><p>• Ensure incidents and service requests are accurately recorded, categorised, prioritised, updated, and closed in the ITSM ticketing system</p><p>(2) Escalation & Coordination</p><p>• Coordinate escalations with senior IT team members, regional IT teams, clients and key vendors</p><p>• Work closely with senior IT colleagues to ensure issues are escalated appropriately and followed through to completion</p><p>(3) Technical Support</p><p>• Support troubleshooting for Windows, macOS, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, VPN, access management, collaboration tools, and endpoint-related issues</p><p>• Support joiner, mover, and leaver (JML) processes with accuracy, consistency, and clear documentation</p><p>(4) Asset Management & Documentation</p><p>• Support IT asset management processes, including device allocation, return, check-in/check-out, lifecycle tracking, and audit readiness</p><p>• Maintain clear documentation, including knowledge base articles, SOPs, troubleshooting guides, onboarding materials, and service process documents</p><p>(5) Continuous Improvement</p><p>• Identify recurring support issues and recommend practical improvements</p><p>• Support Jira Service Management or equivalent ITSM process improvements</p><p>• Assist with ticket quality review, service trend analysis, recurring issue tracking, and basic reporting</p><p>(6) Global Service Coordination</p><p>• Act as a reliable coordination point for service desk operations, ensuring that support requests are properly tracked, followed up, communicated, and closed.</p><p>• Help maintain service continuity while the wider IT team delivers major initiatives, including Google Workspace adoption, AI enablement, Cleanroom support, asset management improvement, and ITSM process maturity.</p><p>• Coordinate service desk activity across users, internal IT teams, regional stakeholders, HQ contacts, client-side stakeholders, and key vendors.</p><p>• Help reduce dependency on senior IT team members by taking ownership of routine coordination, escalation tracking, user updates, and documentation.</p><p>(7) Project Support & Service Transition</p><p>• Support service desk readiness for major IT change initiatives, including user communication, support documentation, ticket categorisation, issue tracking, and escalation follow-up.</p><p>• Assist with the operational support impact of Google Workspace rollout, AI adoption, Cleanroom-related support, and regional support integration.</p><p>• Identify support patterns arising from new projects and help convert them into knowledge base articles, SOPs, and repeatable support processes.</p><p>• Provide clear feedback to senior IT colleagues on recurring user issues, service risks, and improvement opportunities.</p><p></p><p><strong> Requirements </strong></p><p> (1) Must be fluent in both Korean & English </p><p>(2) Strong stakeholder communication skills, including the ability to provide clear updates to users, managers, internal teams, vendors, and regional contacts.</p><p>(3) Proven experience in an IT service desk, helpdesk, endpoint support, or IT support coordination role</p><p>(4) Strong practical knowledge of Windows, macOS, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, endpoint support, access management, and standard collaboration tools</p><p>(5) Experience using ITSM ticketing systems such as Jira Service Management, ServiceNow, Zendesk, Freshservice, or similar</p><p>(6) Ability to coordinate effectively across users, internal IT teams, external vendors, and regional stakeholders</p><p>(7) Ability to create clear support documentation, SOPs, and knowledge base content</p><p>(8) Familiarity with ITIL or ITSM principles and frameworks preferred</p><p>(9) Hands-on experience with Jira Service Management, Confluence, or endpoint management tools preferred</p><p></p><p><strong> Conditions </strong></p><p>(1) Job location: London</p><p>(2) Hybrid: 3 days in the office & 2 days working from home</p><p>(3) Job type: full-time & 12 month contract (renewing up to 4 years and becoming permanent)</p><p>(4) Hours of work: 37.5 hour per week (some overtime work may be required for emergencies and projects)</p><p>(5) Annual basic salary: 40K (depending on experience)</p><p>(6) Performance based bonus, Pension, Income Protection, Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Life Assurance, etc.</p><p>(7) Annual leave: 33 (25 holidays + 8 bank holidays)</p><p></p><p><strong> Before you apply </strong></p><p>(1) Korean language skill is essential </p><p>(2) The right candidate must be eligible to work full-time in UK immediately without any visa restriction. If you're on any visa permitting full-time work in UK, please indicate your visa status in your CV and when it expires. </p><p>(3) Please send your CV in MS Word format</p><p>(4) ONLY right candidates will be contacted, and if your application is successful, we'll contact you within 5 working days.</p><img src="https://www.jobg8.com/Tracking.aspx?Lvxcf8sYvdoiudpG6lye%2f3TAP13B5IXfn" width="0" height="0" />