Location
Richmond, with a combination of onsite and home working. Applicants must be able to work from our Kew site at least 60% of their time, possibly more when new to the role.

Hours
Full Time. Requests for part-time working, flexible working and job share will be considered, subject to operational needs.

Salary
£43,000 per annum

About the Role
The National Archives (TNA) is the official archive and publisher for the UK Government, and for England and Wales, holding over 1,000 years of iconic national documents. Our mission is to collect, preserve, and make accessible the record of the state, helping citizens understand their past and governments make informed decisions for the future. The Information Manager is the product owner for our information management systems, responsible for policy development and engagement with senior management and the wider organisation. You will have strong expertise in information and records management alongside technical skills to manage records within corporate information management tools. This role is a core member of the dynamic Knowledge and Information Management (KIM) Team, based within IT Operations but operating across TNA. You will contribute to securing our digital services, supporting preservation and access at scale, effectively protecting history itself.

Experience
- Strong technical expertise in managing SharePoint Online (including non-Teams enabled sites and Teams) and Office 365.
- Practical experience using systems administration tools including SharePoint Admin Centre, M365 Audit reports, Microsoft Purview to manage site collections, retention labels, and records, and to create reports.
- Ability to leverage Power Platform: Apps, Automate, Power BI, PowerShell scripts to support information management.
- Experience developing and maintaining tools and processes within information systems to support records management requirements such as creation, preserving integrity, appraisal, retention labels, disposal actions, sensitivity review, and export for permanent preservation.
- Demonstrated experience in policy development and organisational adoption of governance frameworks.
- Ability to lead policy implementation and drive organisation-wide adoption.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to communicate and influence effectively at all levels, including executive leadership.
- Enthusiasm for technology and ability to contribute towards future technology and influence the technology roadmap.

About you
- Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to act as a technical lead and provide third-line support for information management systems.
- Strong knowledge of information and records management requirements, principles, and legislation, particularly the Public Records Act.
- Understanding of business benefits, levels of aggregation, and challenges of managing records in tools like SharePoint and Teams.
- Willingness to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance; candidates must have been resident in the UK for at least the past three years.
- Commitment to the values and mission of The National Archives and the Civil Service.

Qualifications
- No specific formal qualifications are stated, but strong technical skills and relevant experience in information and records management are essential.
- SC clearance or willingness to obtain it is required.