Records Management Manager – Records, Selection, Retention & Archive Transfer

Vacancy Reference Number

23067

Number of Vacancies

1

(B) OCU

Digital, Data & Technology

Location

Bow, Bromley, Hendon, Lambeth, Sidcup, Southwark, Wimbledon, Other

Building

BOW CENTRAL COMMS, LAMBETH HQ , MARLOWE HOUSE , Newlands Park, PEEL CENTRE HENDON , SOUTHWARK POLICE STATION

Band

Band C

Part/Full Time

Full Time

Hours per Week

36 hours per week

Type of Contract

Permanent

Job Advert

Job Title: Records Management Manager – Records, Selection, Retention & Archive Transfer

Salary: The starting salary is £48,995, which includes allowances totalling £3,009.

The salary is broken down as £45,986 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £54,863. Plus, a location allowance of £2,009 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.

Location: London & Hybrid (60% / 3-days per week in office). You can choose a ‘home base’ Met location from: Bow (E3 4ND), Bromley (SE26 5NF), Hendon (NW9 5JE), Lambeth (SE1 7LP), Sidcup (DA15 7EW), Southwark (SE1 1JL) or Wimbledon (SW19 3YX). We offer the flexibility to work in a Hybrid way, where you can deliver your best, including Working from Home (WFH). Travel across the Met Estate, to attend meetings as required by the business, is expected.

This role does not attract Shift Disturbance Allowance. If you are currently in a shift-working role, SDA should cease upon appointment to this job.

Policing London is a hugely complex challenge that evolves every day. To make sure the Met is up to the task, we need the right IT and systems across our organisation. As a Records Management Manager, you will help to enable us to do our best for the London area. Join us and play your part in making London the safest capital in the world and delivering ‘More Trust, Less Crime and High Standards’.

As a member of the Met, you will also enjoy great benefits including annual leave, civil service pension arrangements, maternity/paternity support, as well as being part of a continuous learning culture.

Digital & Innovation Business Group

The Digital & Innovation Business Group brings together technology, the effective use of data, and our capability to deliver change and reform to drive the Met forward: this is central to progressing delivery of New Met for London 2. It includes the Met’s Transformation, Technology, Data and Analytics functions, as well as work underway to make the organisation more productive and efficient (referred to as Productivity & Efficiency or P&E). The Group was created in early 2026 and is led by Marie Heracleous, Chief Digital & Innovation Officer. It’s an exciting time to be part of D&I, as it builds new capabilities and ways of working to support the frontline and make a real difference to London.

D&I is committed to creating an inclusive working environment. We support hybrid working, and the hiring manager will be happy to discuss arrangements for this role.

Job Purpose

The Records Management Manager is responsible for leading the organisation’s Records Selection, Retention and Archive Transfer function, ensuring compliance with the Public Records Act, Freedom of Information legislation, Data Protection legislation and organisational information governance requirements.

The post holder will lead a specialist team responsible for the appraisal, selection, sensitivity review, cataloguing and transfer of records identified for permanent preservation at The National Archives. They will ensure the organisation fulfils its statutory obligations by identifying records of historical, evidential and research value whilst ensuring records without ongoing value are disposed of appropriately and in accordance with approved retention schedules.

The role provides strategic and operational leadership for records management and archival programmes, and the post holder will also act as the organisation’s principal adviser on archive selection, closure applications, records retention and transfer matters.

A key component of the role is the leadership of a high-performing specialist team, using performance data, quality assurance frameworks, workforce planning and continuous improvement methodologies to ensure delivery against statutory obligations, archive transfer schedules and organisational priorities.

Key Role Responsibilities

Leadership and People Management

• Lead and develop a specialist records m…