The lack of work-life balance, the painful long hours of commuting leading to the dream of living and working somewhere beautiful that offers IT roles and then the snap back to reality of realising it isn’t possible. We are here to change that reality. We believe that work doesn’t have to mean commuting for hours to sit in a small confined office and getting home whilst it is dark. What would you say if you knew that Cornwall offered high value IT roles for those at all stages in their career? Look no further than King’s Service Centre.
King’s Service Centre hosts an award winning innovative and forward thinking technology team that supports the services of King’s College London. We provide all of the first line IT support on a 24x7x365 basis as well as hosting the Estates & Facilities Service Desk required for King’s College London and its 27,000 students and 7,000 staff. Many other 2nd & 3rd line and high value IT roles are based at our purpose built offices in Quintdown Business Park, near Newquay in Cornwall.
Our Service Centre brings modern highly skilled IT career opportunities to Cornwall
Our Service Centre brings modern highly skilled IT career opportunities to Cornwall; building success through the ongoing recruitment of local talent, as well as investing in the training and development of staff and creating graduate and apprenticeship opportunities.
The roles created at the Service Centre are wide ranging and offer opportunities to those at all stages of their career. From entry level IT roles and apprenticeships at Level 3 & 4 right through to Analysts, Senior Analysts, Team Leads and Heads of Services.
We work closely with Cornwall College who deliver the educational content of our apprenticeship schemes. This complements the vocational, on the job training that is delivered by our own experienced team members. We believe that we are the first stop in Cornwall for those beginning their exciting career aided by our belief that the training and support of those embarking on their career is part of our responsibility to society. King’s, as a university, is dedicated to serving society through education, and the Service Centre aims to establish this same culture in our team in Cornwall. We have an ongoing commitment to the professional and personal development of our team through offering professional certification, such as ITIL, and bespoke courses to benefit us as individuals and the team as a whole.
The nature of the Service Centre is to work collaboratively and we see our long term future as being part of the business and tech landscape of Cornwall.
The story of King’s IT is one of growth and innovation as we support the ever evolving King’s College London. With this comes job creation to the idyllic setting of Cornwall. Infrastructure, Security, Application Development are just some examples of teams who are expanding to the Service Centre. This is a really exciting period for the Service Centre as we push forwards with our support to a Global Top 25 University as well as engaging with local businesses and colleges in Cornwall. The nature of the Service Centre is to work collaboratively and we see our long term future as being part of the business and tech landscape of Cornwall.
To top this all off, we get to live and work in the best place in the country. 10 minutes from the beach, beautiful scenery, incredible and tasty local food, an exciting and vibrant culture in Newquay, Falmouth, St Ives and Truro to name but a few! We love living and working here, and we know you will too.
