Information and Records Management Lead

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 432617

**Salary**:

- £56,185 - £70,566
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

**Job grade**:

- Grade 7

**Contract type**:

- Permanent

**Type of role**:

- Knowledge and Information Management

**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Homeworking, Job share, Part-time

**Number of jobs available**:

- 1

**Contents**:

- Location
- About the job
- Benefits
- Things you need to know

**Location**:

- Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, London -Canary Wharf (Core HQs)

**About the job**:
**Job summary**:
The Information Management and Privacy team are embedding a dynamic new function that consolidates information governance capability across UKHSA, working organisation wide to develop a compliance culture supported by dedicated professionals. This is an important stage in the development of the function, as we work with the business and our regulators to bring about lasting organisational change.

This is an exciting time to join the organisation in an environment that places a premium on your personal and professional development. You will have the opportunity to help shape the future of records management at UKHSA.

Our Information and Records Management (IRM) Leads provide advice and guidance to the organisation in respect of information and record handling, throughout its lifecycle alongside the development and interpretation of policy. They lead the design, development, and delivery of policy, strategy, and processes to make information and records management an achievable and impactful process for all our staff. They understand the obligations of civil servants and lead our organisation’s approach to records lifecycle management.

The IRM Lead understands the current suite of information and records management technologies, with a particular focus on the management of information and records through the lifecycle and across formats.

The IRM Lead understands UKHSA’s current and future requirements for information and records management. They operate at the Leader level of the Government Knowledge and Information Management (GKIM) Professional Skills Framework. They lead and collaborate with teams and networks across UKHSA. They understand our stakeholders, our requirements, and our priorities

UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.

**Job description**:
**Main duties of the job**:

- Directly supports Head of Information and Records Management in providing expert advice to UKHSA, including senior leadership, on matters of Information Management and Records Management.
- Engage with colleagues across government and in our sponsoring Department to ensure that UKHSA understands and assesses cross-government requirements and their impact on managing documents, information, and records over time, across formats, and platforms.
- Develop and implementation of targeted Information and Records Management business plans and change process that complement the overall organisational priorities, strategy and aims.
- Support the production of Information and Records Management policies, strategy, and delivery plans including guidance, processes, retention schedules that complement the overall organisational strategy and aims.
- Lead and contribute to key programmes and change across UKHSA to ensure information management practice is embedded in the discovery, development, and delivery of change.
- Lead the organisation’s approach to managing our legacy records across formats, locations, and throughout their lifecycle.
- The Lead understands the requirements for information management across technology platforms and can lead a platform agnostic approach to requirements, policy, guidance, and structure of information and records management throughout their lifecycles.
- Provide impactful guidance, advice, and expertise to colleagues throughout UKHSA on information and records management policy, procedure, and practice.
- Collaborate with stakeholders and key colleagues across UKHSA to help enable the culture of compliance to support timely engagement and informed decision making

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:

- Develop, implement, and continually improve the UKHSA information and records management through the production of policies, strategies, and processes with a particular focus on lifecycle management and decision making at the end of retention periods
- Development and maintenance of UKHSA information management, records management, and related policies, procedures and guidance
- Understand UKHSA’s technological context to provide recommendations, advice, and insight into co