Information Governance Manager
Posted 4 days ago by Deekay Technical Recruitment
Negotiable
Undetermined
Onsite
WR5 2NP
Summary: The Information Governance Manager will lead the project to decommission County Hall and the Record Office building, managing approximately 25,000 boxes of physical records. This role involves coordinating record reviews, improving metadata accuracy, and preparing collections for commercial storage. The successful candidate will spend at least 75% of their time on-site at the Record Office in Worcester.
Key Responsibilities:
- Review and identify records that are no longer required.
- Engage with managers across the Council to support and guide record review activity.
- Improve the accuracy of metadata for all records being retained.
- Accession new boxes of records into collections, ensuring high standards of data quality.
- Prepare collections for commercial storage supplier.
Key Skills:
- Background in local government or the wider public sector.
- Significant experience in information and records management.
- Ability to lead a team and drive operational activity.
- Pro-active self-starter.
- Strong strategic thinking and capability to undertake archival reviews of documents.
- Experience in data protection compliance, including subject access requests, data breaches, and information sharing (advantageous).
- Familiarity with M365 and managing unstructured electronic records within SharePoint (beneficial).
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Worcester
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Information Governance Manager post , the successful candidate will need to take a lead role in the project to decommission County Hall and the Record Office building. Our service currently manages approximately 25,000 boxes of physical records. The role will be responsible for coordinating and driving work to: review and identify records that are no longer required engage with managers across the Council to support and guide record review activity improve the accuracy of metadata for all records that are being retained accession new boxes of records into our collections, ensuring high standards of data quality prepare collections for commercial storage supplier To deliver this effectively, the postholder would need to spend at least 75% of their working time on site at the Record Office in Worcester. We are seeking someone with: a background in local government or, potentially, the wider public sector significant experience in information and records management the ability to lead a team and drive operational activity a pro-active self-starter strong strategic thinking and the capability to undertake archival reviews of documents It would also be advantageous for the candidate to have experience in data protection compliance, including subject access requests, data breaches, and information sharing. Familiarity with M365 and managing unstructured electronic records within SharePoint would also be beneficial.