Information Manager

Description

Information Manager

Location: This role will be based in Herefordshire, with very occasional travel to other sites.

Clearance Required: This role will require DV Clearance.

We are in search of an Information Manager to join Leidos UK within the Defence Team.

The Information Manager will be responsible for ensuring that all customer information created, stored, shared, and managed on the platform complies with applicable MOD and customer policy, legislation, and operational requirements. This includes overseeing the transition from legacy information systems to SharePoint, maintaining robust access controls, and supporting operational teams with best-practice information management.

• Ensure all data is handled in accordance with all applicable customer policy.
• Maintain robust audit trails for access permissions, data segregation, and lifecycle management (creation, storage, protection, archiving, and destruction).
• Collaborate with the relevant cyber teams to investigate and respond to any suspected data breaches.
• Monitor and report on compliance with information handling policies and escalate risks or breaches as necessary.

• Apply and manage NTFS permissions to restrict access to users with a legitimate business need.
• Control and manage SharePoint permissions, ensuring appropriate segregation and role-based access.
• Maintain Permission Groups and manage access to data repositories. SLAs include completing all requests within 2 working days, utilising the customer ITSM tool of choice.

• Archive data in accordance with the relevant customer policies.

• Design and implement a SharePoint file structure that aligns with best practice and customer policy.
• Import data from legacy systems to new structures, as part of obsolescence strategy.
• Ensure metadata, naming conventions, and folder structures are compliant and optimised for searchability and governance.

• Provide advice and support to users on information management best practices.
• Deliver training and onboarding for new users, to include standard users and super users.
• Act as the first point of contact for information management queries and issues.
• Provide advice on all relevant IM matters to critical stakeholders.

• The ideal candidate will have completed the Information Manager (IM) course at Defence Academy Shrivenham.
• In depth knowledge and understanding of best practice IM policy and the utilisation of SharePoint.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills across different levels.
• Experience in training users in data management use.
• Understanding of risk management and mitigation.
• Excellent communication skills utilising different methods.
• Active DV clearance or willing to obtain and maintain DV. For more information and guidance please visit

Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people and our community. Our mission and our values guide the way we do business. The foundation of our Leidos culture is our Values, Beliefs and Expectations by which we select, recognise and reward employees. They create the environment that drives us toward our mission.

Passionate about customer success by being determined to understand and respond to our customers’ needs as if they were our own. United as a team, we are bound together by our conviction that ethics and integrity is core to how we operate.

Leidos is a global science and technology solutions leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defence, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company’s 33,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers.

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.
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