Sellick Partnership
Senior Information & Records Manager
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Senior Information and Records Manager
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £44,241 per annum
Locations: Bristol, Swansea, Leeds, Nottingham, Newcastle, Oldham (Chadderton), Birmingham (Garretts Green) or Uxbridge
Working arrangements: Minimum of 60% of your working time a month will be spent at your designated workplace
Closing date: Sunday 2 August 2026 at 23:59pm
Job summary for the Senior Information and Records Manager
Would you love to be a key player in a project supporting our central government client to make best use of collaboration tools like Teams, SharePoint and Outlook? Can you help people manage information and records with confidence through providing firm, clear guidance and training? Do you fancy leading a small, close-knit and supportive team? Then this could be the job for you!
In this role you will help shape how information is managed across the organisation. As part of this role, you will support the effective management of information and records throughout their lifecycle, ensuring they are secure, accessible, easy to find, and appropriately disposed of when no longer needed. You'll work with colleagues across a range of business areas, providing advice and support to help them manage information effectively for operational activities and projects. Your work will contribute to improving efficiency, supporting compliance, and enabling better decision-making across the organisation.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities of the Senior Information and Records Manager will include, but aren’t limited to:
- Develop and manage processes to support collaborative working in the Agency’s chosen systems for information and knowledge exchange (MS365 tools including Team, SharePoint and OneDrive)
- Provide a good quality records management service for the Traffic Commissioners, liaising closely with the Office of the Traffic Commissioners to understand their needs
- Lead and manage a diverse team, supporting their continuing professional and personal development, to ensure that they have the skills and knowledge to provide a good quality records management service. Be responsible for wellbeing within the team
- Lead involvement in any DVSA projects for records management practices, including writing business cases to seek resources
- Identify, record and manage risks relating to records management to support the Senior Information Risk Owner
- Lead on the development and maintenance of records management policies and procedure documents
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Person specification
To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience:
- Experience of providing clear guidance to people
- Experience of building and managing good quality relationships
- Experience of working with collaboration tools (e.g. Microsoft SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive; Google Workspace)
Offered benefits
Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits:
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave)
- 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King’s birthday.
- Access to the staff discount portal
- Excellent career development opportunities and the potential to undertake professional qualifications relevant to your role paid for by the department, such as CIPD, Prince2, apprenticeships, etc
- 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff
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How to apply
Our selection process ensures a comprehensive assessment of each applicant's qualifications, skills, and potential fit within our organisation. The selection process for this role will be:
Stage 1: Sift of CV and personal statement
Stage 2: Interview
You must be successful at each stage to progress to the next stage.
Further information
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact Government Recruitment Services via email: dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website
Please apply by Sunday 2 August 2026 at 23:59pm to be considered for the opportunity. For further information please contact Adam Burgess at Sellick Partnership.
Synonyms: Senior Records Manager, Information Governance and Records Manager, Records Management Lead, Information Management Lead, Microsoft 365 Information Governance Manager
Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice on our website.
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