Asset and Change Analyst
Job Title: Asset and Change Analyst
Salary: The starting salary is £45,131, which includes allowances totalling £2,928.
The salary is broken down as £42,203 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £47,668. Plus, a location allowance of £1,928 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: The primary Met Location for this role is Vauxhall. Travel across the Met Estate, to attend meetings as required by the business, is expected.
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Policing London is a hugely complex challenge that evolves every day. To make sure the Met is up to the task, we need the right IT and systems across our organisation. As an Asset and Change Analyst, you will help to enable us to do our best for the London area. Join us and play your part in making London the safest capital in the world and delivering ‘More Trust, Less Crime and High Standards’.
As a member of the Met, you will also enjoy great benefits including annual leave, civil service pension arrangements, maternity/paternity support, as well as being part of a continuous learning culture.
Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT)
The mission of Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) is to provide the Met with information (and specifically data), communications and technology to help frontline officers and Met staff do their jobs more efficiently, in order to deliver the New Met for London plan. In other words, DDaT is about “passionately delivering trusted technology for precise data driven policing”.
As well as keeping up to speed with developments in technology and making recommendations for new equipment and systems that will help modernise policing, DDaT also comprises the Data Office which:
- Owns and drives the data compliance and analytics agenda.
- Brings together the accountabilities that are currently dispersed across the Met business areas.
- Consolidates and further develops existing Met data and insight services.
- Enables data sharing and collaboration to serve the public and external partners.
DDaT is committed to creating an inclusive working environment.
Job Purpose
The purpose of this role is to safeguard Digital, Data and Technology Secure Services (DDaTSS) by managing the administration of IT assets throughout their lifecycle, and supporting change management administration processes, ensuring the integrity and compliance of DDaTSS IT systems.
Key Role Responsibilities
- The accurate administration of Configuration Items (CI) through their lifecycle from delivery to destruction using the DDaTSS Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) tool, and Installation Movement Asset and Change (IMAC) process.
- The administration activities of the Change Management Database (CMDB), ensuring CI records are accurately recorded and associated to each other using the DDaTSS ITSM tool.
- Ensuring that all ‘tagged’ CIs are audited and reconciled against the CMDB.
- Ensuring that all DDaTSS ‘Licence details’ are recorded accurately on ITSM tooling and supplier portals as directed by the DDaTSS Service Delivery Manager.
- Providing guidance to DDaTSS personnel and stakeholders on the DDaTSS IMAC process.
- Ensuring that any risks and issues relating to Asset Management are raised through the DDaTSS Risk & Issues process.
- The administration of Change Management processes, including managing change requests through the ITSM tool, maintaining documentation for governance boards, Secure Configuration Change Group (SCCG) and Secure Change Advisory Board (SCAB) and monitoring change related communications.
- Reporting on performance and status of DDaTSS Assets, Licences, and RFC as directed by the DDaTSS Service Delivery Manager.
- The management of the DDaTSS Storeroom, including receipt of ordered CI’s and Secure destruction activities.
- Completing activities in line with Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) best practice.
Additional Information
Vetting Clearance
This post requires access to the most sensitive intelligence material on a daily basis. Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo National Security Vetting (NSV) Developed Vetting (DV) level before taking up the post.
Hybrid Working
No Hybrid Working available.
Working Pattern
The role requires that you attend the Cobalt Square office 5-days per week (Monday to Friday).
How to apply
To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply now" button below. The application process requires a comprehensive CV, a Personal Statement (1000 words max), and an online application form. In your Personal Statement, you should explain your interest in the position and illustrate how your skills and experiences make you a suitable candidate. Please note that you should not submit two copies of your CV, and ensure that your documents are saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as CV and/or Personal Statement.
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 5th November 2025.
Once received, your application will be reviewed against eligibility criteria, following this, your application will be reviewed by the hiring manager. The application review for this vacancy will commence mid- November.
Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview. Interview dates will commence mid to end of November.