Software Asset Manager - Inside IR35

Contract Term: 12 months

Contracting Authority: The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Location: Hybrid - East Kilbride, Glasgow

The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DfID) merged on 1 September 2020 to form the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).

The FCDO pursues our national interests and projects the UK as a force for good in the world. We promote the interests of British citizens, safeguard the UK's security, defend our values, reduce poverty and tackle global challenges with our international partners.

Joining the IT Asset and Configuration Management team as the Software Asset Manager, you will to be responsible for building and the ongoing management and maintenance of all software being utilized across the Rosa estate, as well as the planning for future software changes, improvements, and efficiencies across the business. This is a fantastic opportunity to be a part of a growing team in a modern and flexible working environment. This is a varied and exciting role for an experienced, intelligent and enthusiastic individual looking to drive forward the design and delivery of secure capabilities that will transform the Rosa Service.

As a Software Asset Manager your main responsibilities will be to:

• Create, manage and curate a centralised master application catalogue, detailing all software currently in use across Rosa.
• Act as a point of contact for all information relating to what software exists within the business and licensing queries.
• Engage with stakeholders, in order to ensure process effectiveness and compliance.
• Work closely with all departmental stakeholders across Rosa including Procurement, IT, and Security to understand and track licensing models and renewal dates.
• Work with Jira Service Manager (JSM) and Insight/Asset tooling to help manage usage, versioning and other software data.
• Continually identify opportunities for efficiency improvement, including reduction of licenses where possible and/or de-duplication of similar software packages.
• Provide regular reporting relating to software utilisation, efficiencies, trends and capacity across the organisation.
• Work with Finance/Procurement Teams to review and ratify software purchase and renewal requests that fall in line with current and future software plans.
• Lead and manage regular Vendor audits specifically but not exclusively HPE, Red Hat, Microsoft, Adobe, etc.

Essential:

• An active SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this position, as a minimum you must be eligible and willing to undergo these checks.
• Proven knowledge and understanding of IT Asset Management.
• Solid understanding of software licensing and deployment model.
• Proven experience managing software procurement.
• Proven experience implementing and maintaining SAM policies and procedures.

Desirable:

• Experience or certification in ITIL (v4), specifically regarding the use of a CMDB.
• Experience with budgets and financial reporting
• Experience with Atlassian, Insight/Assets, ServiceNow, etc.

If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply or get in touch with Daniel Mcbride

Disability confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, FCDO guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on PSRapplications@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following, this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.