Planning Inspectorate
Information Management Officer
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Information Management Officer
Information Management Officer – Bristol
Civil Service HEO Grade (£37,579 per annum)
Ensure your organisation’s information is organised, accessible, and compliant — shaping the future of digital governance in a role that makes a real difference.
About the Role
The Information Management Officer will play a pivotal role in enhancing how information is structured, governed, and utilised across The Planning Inspectorate, a trusted entity shaping England’s fair planning system.
This role requires expertise in information governance, digital tools (SharePoint & Microsoft Teams), and compliance frameworks, while supporting critical processes like Freedom of Information (FOI) responses and organisational decision-making.
You’ll transform how information is managed, fostering collaborative digital solutions that drive operational efficiency, policy compliance, and better community outcomes.
Why Apply?
✔ Shape the future – Directly impact organisational performance by improving information systems. ✔ Develop experience – Build expertise in information governance, digital transformation, and stakeholder management. ✔ Collaborate with purpose – Work alongside subject-matter experts and cross-functional teams to refine SharePoint setups, workflows, and team collaborations. ✔ Achieve measurable impact – Ensure information integrity, reduce redundant data, and enhance transparency.
With flexible working and hybrid attendance, this role offers meaningful contribution to both the public sector and professional development in its field.
Key Responsibilities
Information Management & Integration
- Collaborate with digital and business stakeholders to optimise Windows 11/Microsoft 365 tools (SharePoint, Teams), ensuring information is seamlessly shared and accessed.
- Contribute to information governance frameworks, ensuring compliance with policy, legal (FOI/EIR), and regulatory standards.
- Review and enhance current information systems, reducing duplication and improving accessibility for internal and external users.
Process & Compliance Support
- Handle Freedom of Information (FOI/EIR) requests, delivering accurate responses and monitoring requests to organisational procedures.
- Advise teams on secure data handling, version control, and metadata tagging to meet regulatory expectations.
- Identify and articulate efficiency gaps, proposing solution-based recommendations to streamline workflows.
Training & Stakeholder Engagement
- Develop training materials and guidance to support staff in adopting best practices for information management.
- Deliver workshops or one-to-one support to enhance digital literacy and compliance awareness.
- Partner with project teams to embed strong documentation practices.
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Strategic Initiatives
- Monitor and administer SharePoint/Teams configurations, ensuring alignment with organisational needs.
- Contribute to cross-functional projects, such as gesture IT deployments or systems upgrades, ensuring alignment with governance requirements.
- Track policy updates, including data protection (GDPR) and accessibility standards, initiating adaptations where necessary.
What We Are Looking For
Essential Criteria
✅ Practical experience supporting new ways of managing information in cross-team settings. ✅ Proven ability to develop or enhance processes, training, or governance documentation within digital ecosystems. ✅ Resilience and adaptability—can manage multiple priorities amidst ambiguity. ✅ Strong collaboration skills, working effectively with technical specialists, business end users, and partners across disciplines. ✅ Exemplary interpersonal skills, demonstrating clear communication in both technical and user-facing contexts.
Lead Sift Criteria (Max 250 words): Provide evidence of your working experience that directly addresses managing data/tools across teams to support better information governance.*
Desired Skills & Behaviours
- Familiarity with databases, data lifecycle management, or compliance frameworks.
- Initiative to suggest improvements that align both technology and policy goals.
- Understands how information structure impacts productivity and decision-making.
- Commitment to proactive involvement in refining work processes within a governance context.
About The Planning Inspectorate
We champion England’s planning system, influencing local communities, businesses, and future development. Our work fosters fair and efficient land-use planning decisions—shaped by transparent, well-managed information.
Key principles defining our values: 🌱 Transparency – Ensuring access to documentation that informs critical planning choices. 🔄 Collaboration – Breaking down silos through data-sharing initiatives. 📢 Impact – Leading real-world change in land-use policy and urban design.
Treating these priorities as a mission, we explore flexible, future-focused ways of working to deliver public service excellence.
Salary & Structure
- Starting salary: £37,579 (HEO Grade, within Civil Service pay scale).
- Members receive additional £10,886 annual pension contribution in association with the Civil Service Defined Benefit scheme.
- Standard 30-hour+ working week, with flexibility to arrange hours via föhr ipad policies.
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*Gradual Base
- Internal transfers meet current salary or the Pay Range’s minimum.
- Transfers on promotion move to new Pay Range’s minimum or a 10% increase, whichever is higher.*
Working Terms
📍 Primary Location: Bristol office (findable near Temple Meads Station). 🖥 Hybrid Policies: Well-established support for hybrid, site-based, and remote attendance as required by team efficiency.
Why Work Here?
Comprehensive Benefits
🚀 Financial Edge:
- HEO salary scale and pension (including employer contributions).
- Tax relief on integrated childcare up to £2,500/year (for eligible schemes).
🌿 Flexibility & Self-Management:
- Options for flexi-time, compressed hours, or part-time.
- Support to work from home when compatible with teams.
🏢 Cultural Support:
- Inclusion & diversity core values with continuous focus improvement.
- Strong commitment to parenting/family-friendly policies.
🗓 Statutory Additions:
- 25 days annual leave, growing to 30 days after 5 years (+ extra King’s Birthday day).
- Standard public holidays + rest day.
Selection Process
Lead Filter (250-word statement): Selected AUC candidates must confirm their eligibility with practical information since past experience. Remain centred around: technical control over managing information.
Behavioural Understandings Checking: Technically, consistent with Civil Service Behaviours (Changing & Improving, Managing Quality Services, Working Together, & Delivering at Pace).
Lead 2-Stage Interview Assessment: Yo lever shortlisters will undergo: 📢 Oral panels on behaviour and experience, along with: 📝 A requires written pitch that you must research and prepare.
Assessments will note technical, behavioural expectations.
Interviewing: Pre-booked start of July 2026 with MS Teams.
Eligibility & Supporting Information
- Residence checks required: Waiting nominations permissively evaluate with right-to-work rules.
- Simulation Vlogs: Responding diversely to artisan simulated scenarios under watch.
Alternative roles available to potential future internal eligibility-focused improve candidates.
No visa sponsorship license, though we encourage exploration candidates from Commonwealth/UK borderline cohorts.
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