Given here is a sample job description template for the position of Records Manager, which will serve as guide for you to prepare a JD for this position.

Job Title: Records Manager

Years of Experience: 1 to 3 Years

Job Type: Full Time Employee

Education Level: Bachelor’s degree

Job Summary:

The role holder will have responsibility for the delivery of specific aspects of the Group’s records management strategy, providing records management expertise and guidance to a variety of business units within the region.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide expert assistance to the records management assurance program when required.
• Provide strong leadership in regional and global governance for the records management program.
• Positively influence key stakeholders, ensuring visibility and understanding of records management related regulatory requirements across the region at all times.
• Build strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders at various levels.
• Development and implementation of a training / education program increasing awareness and understanding of records management in the region
• Responsibility for promotion of the records management policy across the region, establishing and sharing best practice where appropriate
• Participate in, and on occasion, chair relevant regional records management forums enhancing the reputation of the records management function.
• As a records management professional, provide expert advice in all elements of records management, including electronic and paper record retention to businesses and senior managers within the region.
• Input to the development and implementation of records management strategy
• Accountable for the delivery of the Records Management strategy and implementation into the region
• Accountable for successful delivery of specified elements of business as usual records management activity within the region.

Position Requirements:

• Must have prior significant experience with Livelink/Open Text records management and contract management programs
• Ability to work and assist with reporting and other written materials
• Strong organizational and computer skills
• Use document and contract management systems efficiently
• Ability to analyze various document management/control issues
• 3 or more years of increasingly responsible professional experience in the development and maintenance of comprehensive document and records management programs and systems and contract management;
• Bachelor’s Degree with a major in business, public administration or a closely related field; paralegal a plus, but not a necessity.

Salary: $11.00 – $13.00 Hourly DOE