Records Officer

Harvey Nash is now inviting candidates to apply for the role of Records Officer, an initial 6-month contract for a public sector client in Aberdeen.

• Hybrid role, work form home and an office in Aberdeen.
• Inside of IR35/Umbrella.
• £125 - £150 a day.
• Full time hours - Monday to Friday.

Your main responsibilities would be:

• To provide strategic, tactical and operational advice and guidance on information and records management issues including Freedom of Information (FOI) requests.
• To manage and where applicable, develop procedures to receive and monitor Data Subject Access Request (DSAR) and Freedom of Information (FOI) requests.
• To keep abreast of records management, freedom of information, data protection, and information security legislation and best practice.
• To assist in organising and managing information governance and records management, ensuring the efficient and effective planning and delivery of services in order to support the achievement of objectives.
• To ensure that all information and records management systems and processes supports and can deliver upon the PRSA, Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Ideal Experience:

• Knowledge and experience of information and records management systems, standards and processes.
• Knowledge of archival systems with particular focus on those records identified as needing permanent retention in an e-record environment.
• Knowledge of records preservation and conservation practices.
• Practical knowledge of legislation governing information and records; Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011, Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR, Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and all their implications.
• Experience of working within a public sector organisation.

Please submit your CV for consideration.