Software Asset Licence Manager

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Role:

Salary: Band 9, Salary: Band 9 £41,133.00 - £47,712.00 per annum

Location: Agile, Forth Banks Police Station and homeworking

Hours/Contract: 37 hours per week, permanent

Working for #TeamNP

Our purpose at Team NP is simple: to keep people safe and to fight crime. But it takes more than officers alone to do the job - and that's where our 2,000-strong team of police staff and 200 volunteers come in.

As one of the largest police forces in England we have a wide variety of departments and specialisms offering you endless opportunities. From mentoring and coaching schemes and online soft skills courses to leadership development programmes; we'll give you the support, training, and time to carve out the career you always wanted.

As one of the top 50 UK inclusive employers and a disability confident employer, we promote a culture of respect in the workplace so everyone can feel seen, heard, and valued.

Whether you're a member of staff or a volunteer, you can also expect first-rate support to manage your health and wellbeing. With year-round events, a 24/7 welfare support hotline and a leading approach to neurodiversity, our initiatives enable you to be at your best.

Above all else, here at Team NP, we can offer you a career that is so much more than just a job, it's a chance to be part of something that really matters.

Learn about our full benefits package

The role

Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from diverse backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Digital Policing Department as a Software Asset Licence Manager.

Are you ready to lead the charge in optimising software asset management across a dynamic, mission-driven digital environment?

We're looking for a Software Asset Licence Manager to drive Software Asset Management (SAM) service within Digital Policing. This is a pivotal role where you'll lead the development of SAM policy, processes, and governance, ensuring compliance, cost-efficiency, and strategic value from our software investments. You will manage all SAM assets and their associated components via the Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) tool, Configuration Management Database (CMDB).

You will manage the software contract renewal process, working in collaboration with and supporting the decision making of service owners and the procurement manager to negotiate revenue costs and benefits with the 3rd party vendors, influencing investment decisions.

What you'll do

• Lead and evolve a robust SAM service across the organisation, ensuring it aligns with industry best practices and supports organisational goals.
• Further develop and implement SAM policies and process/procedures that define standards, principals and frameworks for the effective maintenance and reuse of software assets. Produce performance metrics, using KPIs and dashboards to report to senior leadership.
• Manage the full lifecycle of software assets via the ITSM tool and CMDB, ensuring accurate tracking, compliance, and optimisation.
• Collaborate with service owners, technology partners, business stakeholders to oversee the procurement of software assets, software renewals, negotiate with vendors, and influence investment decisions.
• Forecast and control costs, ensuring support and licensing requirements are factored into annual planning.
• Act as the key liaison for vendor and supplier negotiations, ensuring value for money and contractual compliance.

Sound interesting? For further information, and to support your application, please view the job description .

What you'll bring

• Proven experience in Software Asset Management, including policy development and compliance processes.
• Strong knowledge of core licensing models, especially Microsoft and other major vendors.
• Hands-on experience with SAM tools or similar platforms to track and manage software assets effectively.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• A collaborative mindset, with the ability to influence stakeholders and drive decisions that balance cost, compliance, and business needs.

This is more than just a technical role - it's an opportunity to make a tangible impact in a critical public service environment. You'll be part of a forward-thinking digital team, working on meaningful challenges that support frontline policing and public safety.

We know it's important for you to feel that you're not only part of a great team, but part of a community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everyone feels valued, and their talents are fully utilised. Appointments are based on merit alone.

Interested to learn more? For further information about the role please contact Kirsty Wilson, Business Engagement Manager on Kirsty.wilson@northumbria.police.uk

What we offer

• 26 days' leave (increasing to 30 days for 5 years+ service) plus 8 bank holidays
• Enhanced maternity, shared parental, and adoption leave
• Flexi time - allowing you to fit your working hours around your individual needs
• Flexible working (we are happy to discuss options such as compressed hours)
• Agile working - option to work from home, your team zone, and spaces across the force
• Fantastic market-leading public sector pension scheme with up to 16% employer contribution
• Corporate travel schemes - local rail, bus services and metro discounts
• Access to private healthcare and eye test vouchers
• Discounts on shopping and eating out thanks to the Blue Light Card and Blue Light Tickets
• We've invested in extensive paid sick leave, trained mental health first aiders on-site, an employee advice service for the times you need that additional support
• Access to gyms in some stations
• Sports & Social Club - join our thriving sports scene at Team NP and enjoy further exclusive discounts on days out and travel
• Cycle to work scheme

Just so you know

Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of a Software Asset Licence Manager with #TeamNP. To help support your application research what makes us tick here at Northumbria, the role you're applying for and the values and behaviours that contribute.

The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a face to face or Microsoft Team interview. Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.

We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, with whom we collaborate with to improve the lives of disabled employees. We are also a Disability Confident Employer, therefore if you demonstrate that you meet the minimum criteria for this role as stated in the advert, we will progress your application and offer you an interview.

If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via careers@northumbria.police.uk for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly. If your application is successful, we'll ask you too ask you to complete a Recruitment Vetting (RV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 3 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information, and references.

Terms of appointment

This is a permanent role and subject to a 6-month probation period.

If you are successful in your application, you will have a 6-month probation period with us where you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.