The Information and Records Management - Archives and Public Records understands UKHSA's current and future requirements for information and records management especially around paper and legacy records.

They operate at the Practitioner level of the Government Knowledge and Information Management (GKIM) Professional Skills Framework. They collaborate with teams and networks across UKHSA. They understand our stakeholders, our requirements, and our priorities. The role involves working across Government and our wider partnerships to understand stakeholder concerns, develop approaches that meet our information management requirements.

Responsibilities

• Identify, discuss, and action own professional performance and training / development needs with your line manager through appraisal / individual development plan.  Attending internal / external training events
• Engage with the GKIM professional body on behalf of yourself, UKHSA and colleagues;
• Share experience of learning and development activities;
• Ensure a consistent level of business knowledge within the team and that this knowledge is applied effectively;
• To participate in all mandatory training as required, i.e. fire safety, information governance and all other mandatory training;
• If successful you must hold, or be willing to obtain, security clearance to SC level. More information about the vetting process can be found here. 
  
  

The Information and Records Manager will support information asset owners in meeting responsibilities, working closely with Information Assurance and Information Technology colleagues. This role has an emphasis on the management of legacy records and public records, including paper records and will support the team's strategic vision for improving compliance through the necessary identification, archiving, cataloguing and disposition review for assessing records for permanent preservation or other disposal methods.

Other responsibilities will be to:

• Support the Information and Records Lead and broader information and records management team in providing expert advice to the Agency on matters of Information and Records Management, policy, procedure, and practice with a particular focus on retention, long-term requirements, and paper records.
• Support the UKHSA's compliance with the 20-Year Rule as it applies to the Public Records Act 1958 and the development and implementation of relevant established policy, processes, and standards.
• Deliver and manage UKHSA's contracted off-site storage and ensure that paper records are routinely transferred when not in use and support UKHSA's on-site storage of paper records.
• Support processes and practice for the transfer of paper and digital records to the National Archives for permanent preservation.
• Work with Subject Matter Experts across the Agency to identify and manage records with long-term retention and act as a key point of contact for physical records.
• Contribute to the UKHSA information and records management policy suite, including guidance documents, retention schedules, review processes and destruction standards.
• Lead on initiatives outlined in information and records business plans that complement the Agency's overall organisational strategy and aims.
• Liaise and maintain good working relationships with key stakeholders across the Agency including but not limited to: Public Inquiry team, Legal team, Information Rights team, Information Management & Privacy team.
• Contribute to increasing organisational knowledge on information and records Management and promote the work of the team across UKHSA.
  
  

If successful you must hold, or be willing to obtain, security clearance to SC level. More information about the vetting process can be found here. 

Key working relationships: 

The post holder will develop working relationships and communicate regularly with a wide range of individuals, clinical and non-clinical, internal, and external to UKHSA. This will include:

Internal

• Senior Information Risk Owner
• Information Asset Owners and Managers
• Technology / ICT providers
• Protective Security and Cyber Security
• Facilities and Estates
• Public Inquiry and Legal teams
• Commercial and Contract Management teams
• Data Protection Officer
• Information Rights teams
• Wider Information Management & Privacy team
• Change management and change programmes
  
  

External

• The Agency's off-site storage provider
• DHSC Information Risk Management and Assurance Directorate
• Cross-Government professional communities
• The National Archives
• Organisations within the Public Health and Health Security industries
  
  

You will be assessed on the below 13 essential criteria, which have been selected from the Job Description

Essential Criteria:

• Experience working with information and records
• Experience in delivering operational information and records management policy, procedure and practice
• Experience in management of Records Retention & Disposal policies and processes
• Experience in managing paper records and/or working with archives
• Experience of working within the framework of the Public Records Act 1958 and ICO Code of Practice for management of records, and the management of records with long-term retention.
• Knowledge of record cataloguing requirements and standards
• Expert Microsoft Office user
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Stakeholder engagement/communication experience
• Excellent teamworking skills
• GKIM Professional at level Practitioner or above as per the GKIM skills framework for Government
• An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
• Skills or qualifications necessary in the context of or against the framework
  
  

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
  
  

Job contact

• Name: Erin O'Sullivan
• Email: [email protected]
  
  

Recruitment team

• Email: [email protected]