Job description
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.
Person specification
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.
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £41,737, MI6 - Secret Intelligence Service contributes £12,091 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- 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.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
Our recruitment process is fair, transparent, and based on merit. Here is a brief overview of each stage, in order:
- Application sift, looking at your motivation for the role and the organisation and experience/qualifications
- Competency based interview
- If successful, you will receive a conditional offer of employment.
Please note, you must successfully pass each stage of the process to progress to the next. Your application may take around 6 - 9 months to process including vetting, so we advise you continue any current employment until you have received your final job offer.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
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Apply before 11:55 pm on Tuesday 20th May 2025