Records & Information Management Lead (M365/SharePoint)

Lancashire County Council; Lancashire; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire County Council's Information and Records Management Service is seeking an experienced Records Manager to shape our governance across SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365. The role blends professional records management with practical tech delivery.

You'll advise across the council, develop retention schedules, support migrations to SharePoint Online, and deliver training to colleagues while ensuring compliance and robust information lifecycle management.

Qualifications

• Professional records and information management experience.
• Strong knowledge of records-management principles and practices.
• Experience with retention schedules and information lifecycle management.
• Knowledge of electronic records and EDRMS principles.
• Ability to provide authoritative advice and influence colleagues.
• Strong communication, presentation and training skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist professional advice on records and information management.
• Develop and implement corporate records management policies and practices.
• Lead on SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365 information management governance.
• Design information architecture and metadata structures for SharePoint.
• Support migration of records into SharePoint Online with governance in mind.
• Deliver training and promote good records-management practices.

Skills

Records management

SharePoint Online

Microsoft 365

Information governance

Communication skills

Education

Honours degree or equivalent

Postgraduate qualification in archives and records management

Tools

SharePoint Online

Microsoft 365 information architecture

Microsoft Purview

Job description

Lancashire County Council's Information and Records Management Service is seeking an experienced Records Manager to shape our governance across SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365. The role blends professional records management with practical tech delivery.

You'll advise across the council, develop retention schedules, support migrations to SharePoint Online, and deliver training to colleagues while ensuring compliance and robust information lifecycle management.