Information and Data Management Officer

MI6; Walton-on-Thames; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to protecting the UK from overseas threats. As an Information and Data Management Officer, you will play a crucial role in maximizing the impact of intelligence and supporting key decision-making processes. This role offers a unique opportunity to work with diverse information and drive business outcomes in a collaborative environment. With a focus on professional development, you will have the chance to deepen your expertise while contributing to significant national security efforts. If you're passionate about information management and eager to make a difference, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

25 Days Annual Leave

Interest-free season ticket loan

Excellent pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

On-site gym and restaurant

Paid parental leave

Qualifications

• Qualification in information management, records management, or data management required.
• Professional accreditation with IRMS, CILIP, or ARA is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maximise the impact of intelligence and contribute to decision-making.
• Provide practical advice and training to empower teams.

Skills

Information Management

Records Management

Data Management

Customer Engagement

Communication Skills

Problem-Solving

Education

Qualification in Information Management

Professional Accreditation (IRMS, CILIP, ARA)

Tools

Electronic Document Management Systems

Job description

Information and Data Management Officer

Department: Information Assurance and Specialists

Location: London

Salary: Starting from £41,737

Job Description

Flexible Working: Full time, part time, and compressed hours are possible. Due to the sensitive nature of the work, the majority of the role is office based with limited opportunities for remote working (up to potentially one day per month working from home for learning and development).

About Us

We're MI6, also known as the Secret Intelligence Service, or SIS. Our mission is to protect the security and economic wellbeing of the UK from overseas threats such as regional instability, terrorism, and cyber-attacks. Working across the globe and in close partnership with MI5 and GCHQ, we help the Government to counter these threats through the provision of secret intelligence. A role in MI6 will see you providing vital support to this work, within a supportive and encouraging environment that puts the emphasis on teamwork.

The Role

Our organisation is driven by knowledge and insights, and as an Information and Data Management Officer, you'll maximise the impact of our intelligence and actively contribute to our mission. Working with a range of unique, interesting, and unusual information, you will use your specialist skills to drive business outcomes and inform key decision-making.

Working in a team environment, you'll enjoy collaborating with others, and engage on a daily basis with partners and customers to meet business requirements. We will actively encourage and support your development to help you build your knowledge and experience. You'll help implement best practice and share your existing knowledge to maximise the value of our information.

You'll represent the Data and Information Department and its aims. You'll likely complete your first role in a central team focusing on information, records or data management, to give you an understanding of our objectives and legal obligations. We value motivated people who will seize the opportunity to make their own career in Information and Data Management, depending on your areas of interest.

The role includes responsibility for wider customer teams within the organisation. So, using your expertise and influence, you will provide practical advice, empowering teams to make effective decisions. There may also be opportunities to provide customer training and drive excellence in information management behaviours across the organisation.

By joining us, you'll have a key role in enabling digital and technological change, which could include contributing to the development of working practices and policies, and ensuring developments in information management tools are implemented.

About You

You'll have a qualification in information management, records management or data management. Or you'll hold a professional accreditation or chartership with the Information Records Management Society (IRMS), Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), or the Archives and Records Association (ARA).

We are also keen to hear from those who have recently graduated with information, records or data management qualifications, and those with an existing broad set of data and information management skills. These could include customer engagement, communication and presentations skills, implementing best practice and knowledge sharing, planning, and organisation and prioritisation skills. You'll bring all your expertise and skills into an interesting and unique environment that creates impact on a national scale.

In short, you'll have a head for information and data, but not data science for which we have a separate section and recruitment opportunities. You might have worked with an electronic document and records management system and developed information policies. Experience of delivering policy or technological change or working with a change team would be an advantage.

You'll have sound problem-solving skills and be able to demonstrate an ability to come up with practical and workable solutions in a variety of situations. You'll work closely with other specialists, but also take ownership of your work. You'll be proactive about contributing your expertise to the Data and Information Management community.

Training and Development

You'll join a thriving Information, Data Management and Compliance community, working closely with experienced specialists. You'll have opportunities to deepen and broaden your skill set, while developing your expertise in areas that interest you. We pride ourselves in offering a supportive environment for you to undertake subject-relevant learning as well as growing your knowledge on-the-job. We would actively encourage you to work towards or maintain professional accreditation.

You'll attend an induction where you'll be introduced to the organisation, and you'll also receive a section-specific induction with members of the team to enable you to learn the specific requirements of your role.

Rewards and Benefits

You'll receive a starting salary from £41,737 plus other benefits including:

• 25 Days Annual Leave automatically rising to 30 days after 5 years' service, and an additional 10.5 days public and privilege holidays
• Opportunities to be recognised through our employee performance scheme
• Interest-free season ticket loan
• Excellent pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Facilities such as a gym, restaurant and on-site coffee bars (at some locations)
• Paid parental and adoption leave.

Equal Opportunities

At MI6, diversity and inclusion are critical to our mission. To protect the UK, we need a truly diverse workforce that reflects the society we serve. This includes diversity in every sense of the word: those with different backgrounds, ages, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, ways of thinking, and those with disabilities or neurodivergent conditions. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups under-represented in our workforce such as women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, and those from low socio-economic backgrounds.

Find out more about our culture, working environment, and diversity on our websites: https://www.sis.gov.uk/explore-careers.html

There is a wide range of extra support available throughout the recruitment process to enable you to do your best, see our website https://www.sis.gov.uk/apply-now.html for information on the reasonable adjustments we can offer.

Disability Confident

MI6 is proud to have achieved Leader status within the DWP's Disability Confident scheme. We aim to offer a person-to-person interview to any candidate who self-identifies as disabled and meets the essential criteria for the role, known as the 'Offer of Interview' (OOI). To secure an interview, the essential criteria are:

• A qualification in information management, records management, or data management, or professional accreditation or chartership with IRMS, CILIP, or ARA, or demonstrable proficiency in a data, information, or records management role.
• Reaching the minimum pass mark in the application form questions on motivation for the role and organisation.

What to Expect

Our recruitment process is fair, transparent, and based on merit. The stages include:

• Application sift, assessing motivation, experience, and qualifications
• Competency-based interview
• If successful, a conditional offer of employment

Note that passing each stage is required to proceed, and the process may take 6-9 months including vetting. Continue current employment until final offer.

Before You Apply

Applicants must be UK citizens or hold dual British nationality. The role requires Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance. Additional details are available on our websites.

We advise setting up a separate, anonymous email for communication, and consider the practicalities of relocating to London. Applications from outside the UK are not accepted until visiting the UK.

Finally, be aware that we may close the application earlier once enough applications are received.