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CHLH/2503/16 Records Manager

Job details
Posting date: 25 March 2025
Salary: £38,474 to £41,714 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 20 April 2025
Location: Inverness, Highland
Remote working: On-site only
Company: High Life Highland
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: CHLH/2503/16

Summary

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

1. Actively promote a positive and collaborative workplace culture that supports
the Charity’s purpose of Making Life Better and i-care values to increase
morale, productivity and performance

2. Develop, promote and implement an effective records management system to
enable Highland Council and High Life Highland (HLH) to manage their records
efficiently

3. Develop and maintain a Records Management Plan which is compliant with the
Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011

4. To collaborate with the Highland Council and the area archivists in the
development of the Highland Council’s Hub and Spokes Strategy for Archives
and Records, with particular emphasis on the development of the Records
Management Service

5. Proactively identify and monitor legislative, policy and best practice
developments and trends which may impact on the Council or HLH, and initiate
strategies to respond to them

6. To develop and disseminate good practice in Records Management across the
Council and HLH by the provision of guidance and training for staff at all levels
in all services

7. To lead in the development of corporate retention schedules based on the
model produced by the Scottish Council for Archives

8. To manage the Records Centre in the Highland Archive Centre

9. To sit on the Information Governance Board (IGB) which oversees the
management of the Council’s Information Management Strategy and the
implementation of this across the Council

10. To develop and maintain the Highland Council’s Information Asset Register

11. To undertake surveys of Council records

12. To liaise with the Highland Archivist in the appraisal of records of the Council
and its predecessors deemed worthy of permanent preservation

13. To line manage other Records Management staff based at the Highland
Archive Centre, and to support their training needs and CPD

14. To ensure the implementation of appropriate Health and Safety measures
particularly within the Records Centre