Records Manager

Salary £37,563 - £42,123 per annum | Permanent, Full Time 37 hours per week | Preston/Hybrid

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

Help us shape the future of records management

We are looking for an experienced and forward-thinking qualified Records Manager to join our Information and Records Management Service.

This is a great opportunity for someone who combines strong professional records and information management expertise with practical knowledge of SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365.

You'll help us develop modern, effective ways of managing information throughout its lifecycle, ensuring that good records-management practice is built into the way our digital environments work.

This isn't simply a SharePoint or IT role, though; we're looking for someone who understands records and information management first and foremost, but who also has the skills to confidently translate those principles into practical, sustainable Microsoft 365 and SharePoint solutions.

The role provides specialist professional advice across Lancashire County Council on the creation, maintenance, access and disposal of physical and digital information and records, alongside responsibility for developing policies and procedures, applying retention schedules, supporting electronic records management and delivering records-related projects. We are looking for someone who is able to reach out and proactively work with services to develop and help them on their M365 and SharePoint journey. 

What you'll be doing

Working with colleagues across the organisation, you'll:

• Provide specialist professional advice on records and information management, including electronic records, legislation, professional standards and best practice.
• Help develop and implement corporate records management policies, procedures and operational practices.
• Play a key role in developing our approach to SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365 information and records management.
• Help design effective Microsoft 365 information architecture, ensuring that information is structured and managed in ways that support both business needs and records-management requirements.
• Advise on the appropriate use of metadata, content types, document libraries and information structures within SharePoint.
• Help establish effective SharePoint governance, including permissions, access controls, ownership and sustainable management arrangements.
• Develop and apply retention schedules and records lifecycle controls across physical and digital information.