District Corporate Information and Records Manager

What you will bring to the role

1. Appropriate qualifications in information and/or records management or demonstrated substantial industry/professional experience and skills with demonstrated understanding of, and ability to ensure compliance with, the highly regulated obligations and statutory responsibilities of the State Records Act 1998 and governance requirements, principles, policies and standards related to records management.
2. Comprehensive understanding of right to information legislation - Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 - with a demonstrated ability to apply principles and make sound and well-articulated decisions under the Act.
3. Demonstrated understanding of the principles of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998, and the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 and the ability to provide sound advice to stakeholders on the application of privacy principles.
4. Demonstrated knowledge and experience in strategic decision making and development of strategic and operational business plans, with capacity to identify innovative solutions to improve systems or processes related to records and information management to enhance efficiency and effectiveness for customers.
5. Demonstrated flexibility and drive with the ability to manage independently in complex situations, organise and prioritise a high level workload with competing priorities, and to achieve individual/team operational and business plan goals and deliver outcomes in a professional manner.
6. High level written communication skills with demonstrated capacity to prepare comprehensive programs, policies and procedures, briefings, submissions, discussion papers and reports on complex issues with clearly defined recommendations/expected outcomes.
7. Effective negotiation, leadership, delegation, interpersonal representation and customer service skills with ability to communicate and negotiate effectively with a variety of staff across the organisation to promote the benefits of effective information and records management, and standing to effectively represent NBMLHD at internal and external forums.
8. High level information technology literacy with proficiency in use of appropriate office software (e.g. Microsoft Office applications) and also experience in the use of electronic based records management systems (e.g. TRIM/HPRM/CM).