Senior Records and Information Officer

The Information Governance and Compliance Team is responsible for ensuring the SRA's compliance with the requirements of the data protection legislation, as well as helping to ensure that the business follows good records and information management practice.

We are working on a number of initiatives currently to improve how we manage our information, as well as developing a Data Strategy to set our future priorities.

The role

For the role we are looking for a dedicated team member to help us deliver some key projects over the period, contributing to a data collection, storage and analysis projects designed to give us greater insight into the area we regulate.

You will develop and maintain an understanding of records repositories and develop the SRA's data dictionary, to ensure knowledge of our data.

You will be engaging with key stakeholders across the business to identify opportunities for improvement and fully develop our records management approach with available tools such as Office 365 and SharePoint. You will work with colleagues to ensure that the organisation's records, information and data are appropriately managed, stored, accessible and retrievable.

This is an important role in the information governance and compliance team that helps ensure that the people, systems and processes associated with a wide range of activities are conducted in line with strategic objectives, policies and best practice.

This is an exciting role that will suit a team member who has good attention to detail, good time and workload management, good communication skills, and the ability to assess and prioritise demands on their time.

What's in it for you

• Gain exposure of working across governance and compliance functions


• Be part of a small and supporting team


• Collaborate with colleagues across the organisation


• Work pattern that is agreed between SRA and yourself (between 21-35 hours per week. Monday - Friday).


• Additional 3% of annual basic salary for you to choose the benefits that best suit your lifestyle and personal situation.


• Pension - We will contribute 1½ - 2 times your contribution, up to 12.25%. So, if you contribute 7%, you will enjoy the maximum combined contribution of 19.25%.


• Hybrid working., The SRA is the independent regulator of solicitors and law firms in England and Wales, protecting consumers and supporting the rule of law and the administration of justice. We do this by overseeing all education and training requirements necessary to practise as a solicitor, licensing individuals and firms to practise, setting the standards of the profession and regulating and enforcing compliance against these standards.

We offer an inclusive, supportive and friendly working environment and the chance to develop your career within a professional organisation. We are committed to the health and wellbeing of staff, helping everyone to strike a good balance between personal and professional life.


• Experience of working on projects implementing effective change and management solutions


• Some knowledge of Data Protection legislation and information compliance including records management good practice and information security


• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills, and a customer orientated approach


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills


• Good level of IT skills knowledge and experience of using Microsoft O365 applications including SharePoint and Teams
  
  Additionally, we provide a generous flexible benefits package, including gym membership with a tax only cost, an excellent defined contribution pension scheme and an additional 3% of annual basic salary upon successful completion of probation.