Senior Public Inquiries Archivist

Government Recruitment Service; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in the UK seeks a Senior Digital Archivist and Knowledge Manager to manage digital records and archival processes. You will deliver acquisition, selection, and cataloguing for records while providing expertise in e-discovery services. Key responsibilities include analyzing information for long-term value and responding to statutory information requests. This role also involves training colleagues and managing one HEO. Strong familiarity with digital knowledge environments is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in digital knowledge and information environments.
• Familiarity with digital record acquisition and transfer.
• Knowledge of archival processes including appraisal and cataloguing.

Responsibilities

• Deliver acquisition, selection, and cataloguing processes for digital records.
• Provide e-discovery and search services.
• Review and analyze information for long-term value identification.
• Assist with digital information disposal.
• Respond to Freedom of Information requests.

Skills

Archival processes

Digital record management

Knowledge management

Relationship building

E-discovery services

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Digital Archivist and Knowledge Manager with experience of working in a Digital Knowledge and Information environment. This role sits in a team that provides knowledge management, archival, search and library services to the department’s business areas. A key part of the team’s function is to review information for value through regular processes of disposal and archiving information of historic interest or of value to the department’s corporate memory.

You will need to be familiar with archival processes such as digital record acquisition and transfer, appraisal and disposal, cataloguing and search.

Some of this work is at the forefront of thinking about how to manage and organise digital records and archives, and you will need to develop strong relationships with colleagues across the department and the Government Knowledge and Information profession.

Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll be doing:

• Delivering processes of acquisition, selection, cataloguing, storage and transfer of records as part of our Digital Archive Service;
• Providing e-discovery and search services;
• Reviewing and analysing information to identify digital records of long-term value;
• Assisting with systematic digital information disposal;
• Responding to Freedom of Information requests and other statutory information requests, including Public Inquiries, police investigations;
• Supporting and developing our shared Research and Library Service;
• Assisting with developing knowledge exploitation of the department’s corporate memory;
• Providing training, professional assistance and expertise to senior leaders and other internal teams;
• Working with the Cabinet Office Public Records and Archives team and The National Archives;
• Working with technical teams to assist in the delivery of services;
• Creating supporting documentation for any developed processes.

This role will have line management responsibilities for one HEO.

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