IT License & Renewals Officer **
We have teamed up with a local authority situated in Oxford that is looking to hire a IT License & Renewals Officer to work within the IT Innovation / Digital Service.
Contract - 4 months with a view to extended into a permanent position.
Full Time Hours - 37 Hours per week.
Location - OX1. (Hybrid working could be on offer)
Rate of Pay - 22+ per hour - Negotiable depending on experience.
Main Duties:
- Understanding the complexity of OCC's software portfolio in an ever-changing market.
- Maintaining records of IT Supplier Contracts on the Corporate Contracts Database.
- Management of the complexities of corporate enterprise licencing, checking, preparing and submitting the annual true up for our Microsoft Enterprise Agreement worth 1.5M each year.
- Managing the renewal for application and licence renewals and retirements for cost centre managers.
- Supplier interface between IT and the supplier marketplace.
- Challenging and negotiating suppliers to achieve the best price and value for all renewals.
- Ensuring Council compliance for all Software used, monitoring usage and re-allocating unused licenses to ensure efficient and effective use of purchase software licenses.
- Critical cost-based IT reporting for Senior IT Management on spend Commitments & Renewals.
Job Responsibilities:
- Working with IT Technical resource and Suppliers to manage the procurement of complex corporate enterprise licencing.
- Working with IT & Procurement on all aspects of the procurement process for purchases 75k>.
- Maintenance of IT supplier contracts on the corporate contracts database and IT's functional requirements.
- Build and delivery of timely reporting forecasts to cost centre holders within IT
- Build and delivery of timely reporting renewals, replacements and retiring applications for all IT.
Experience/Knowledge Needed:
- Local Authority / Public Sector.
- Working with complex licencing procurements.
- Working within a Technical department.
*** We offer a market leading referral scheme of up to 250 so if you know of someone who may also be looking for an exciting career opportunity ***
To apply for this role please email & call Dane on (phone number removed).