Senior Information & Records Manager

Would you love to be a key player in a project supporting our central government client to make best use of collaboration tools like Teams, SharePoint and Outlook? Can you help people manage information and records with confidence through providing firm, clear guidance and training? Do you fancy leading a small, close-knit and supportive team? Then this could be the job for you!

In this role you will help shape how information is managed across the organisation. As part of this role, you will support the effective management of information and records throughout their lifecycle, ensuring they are secure, accessible, easy to find, and appropriately disposed of when no longer needed. You'll work with colleagues across a range of business areas, providing advice and support to help them manage information effectively for operational activities and projects. Your work will contribute to improving efficiency, supporting compliance, and enabling better decision-making across the organisation.

Responsibilities of the Senior Information and Records Manager will include, but aren't limited to:

• Develop and manage processes to support collaborative working in the Agency's chosen systems for information and knowledge exchange (MS365 tools including Team, SharePoint and OneDrive)
• Provide a good quality records management service for the Traffic Commissioners, liaising closely with the Office of the Traffic Commissioners to understand their needs
• Lead and manage a diverse team, supporting their continuing professional and personal development, to ensure that they have the skills and knowledge to provide a good quality records management service. Be responsible for wellbeing within the team
• Lead involvement in any DVSA projects for records management practices, including writing business cases to seek resources
• Identify, record and manage risks relating to records management to support the Senior Information Risk Owner
• Lead on the development and maintenance of records management policies and procedure documents

Person specification for the Senior Information and Records Manager are

• Experience of providing clear guidance to people
• Experience of building and managing good quality relationships
• Experience of working with collaboration tools (e.g. Microsoft SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive; Google Workspace)

Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave)
• 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King's birthday.
• Access to the staff discount portal
• Excellent career development opportunities and the potential to undertake professional qualifications relevant to your role paid for by the department, such as CIPD, Prince2, apprenticeships, etc
• 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff