Full time | Temporary contract | Closing date: 26 September 2021
This position, which is funded for one year by the Cathedral Sustainability Fund, will play a crucial role in helping to ensure that Portsmouth Cathedral operates efficiently and effectively. Our new Vision and Strategy sets out ambitious plans to increase our impact as a Cathedral, civic space, artistic venue, and visitor destination whilst improving our financial sustainability through increased commercial events and fundraising. In order, not only to do all of this, but to excel at it, we need to strengthen how our data and physical files are held and managed. We aspire to be, and will actively work towards being, a “digital by default” organisation.
This position will also play a key role in preparing us to meet the requirements of the 2021 Cathedrals Measure which was given Royal Assent in April and will see all Church of England cathedrals come under the purview of the Charities Commission for the first time. Reviewing and renewing our governance and records is an important part of this preparation. This is an opportunity for the right person to take us back to first principles of records and information management and develop our policy and systems fit for the 2020s and beyond.
We need a dedicated records and information governance professional to work with us over the next 12 months or so to review how we hold information, and to help us to put in place effective data management policies and systems, enabling information-driven decision making.
The incumbent will work with the Chief Operating Officer and the Office Manager as well as colleagues in each department to review our existing files and processes and then to develop new and improved ways of holding and managing data. You will be joining a small, supportive, dedicated, and ambitious team at a time of change. The role is not without challenges, but we are committed to making a positive step change in how we hold and use data.
Job Purpose
To lead the development and implementation of a records and information management function for Portsmouth Cathedral, with responsibility for strategy, content, and compliance, which will impact on all departments and volunteers across the Cathedral and be pivotal in achieving effective decision-making.
To ensure that Portsmouth Cathedral has information held in such a way as to support the Cathedral’s transition to registered charity status as part of the 2021Cathedrals Measure.
To lead the development of analysis and reporting systems for the Cathedral, to turn data into management information to drive the improved performance/use of human and financial resources.
To mentor and train Cathedral staff and volunteers in effective records management, data analysis and reporting techniques, embedding good practice.
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