About this role
The Role and the Department
The Computing and Information Services (CIS) has an annual operational budget in excess of £12m, multi-million pound programmes of change within year, and approximately 185 staff. The Senior Leadership Team report directly to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) with the following portfolios: Strategy and Change; Operations; Information Systems, and Cyber Security. CIS work with departments across the university to provide academic, teaching and administrative services that underpin the day-to-day activities of the whole organisation. Details of the Digital Strategy and ongoing work can be found at
CIS is a friendly, but demanding department, where much is expected and can be achieved by competent, self-motivated individuals who work well in teams. The department works in a hybrid capacity depending on the job role and individual personal requirements with its physical base at Boldon House – Durham University.
This role has responsibility for IT Asset Management, specifically, the post holder will:
Maintain and develop IT asset management processes, tracking IT assets accordingly. Manage the lifecycle of software assets from planning, requests, procurement, approval, deployment, operation/licences and retirement. Oversee the University's software licence management processes and procedures. Maintain accurate records of IT assets and their renewals; including overseeing hardware asset management policy working with End User Compute and Platforms. Maintain software standards and a University-wide software catalogue. Maintain a forward outlook of the software budget.
Further information about the role and the responsibilities is at the bottom of this job description.