Senior Records Specialist

As a Senior Records Specialist, you manage an organization's official records — implementing retention policies, ensuring regulatory compliance, managing records storage (physical and digital), and overseeing the disposition of records at the end of their retention period. The senior title means you're developing records management strategy, not just filing documents.

Your day involves policy, compliance, and practical records management. You might update a retention schedule based on new regulations, then train a department on records management procedures, then oversee the destruction of expired records, then configure settings in an electronic records management system, then respond to a legal hold request that requires preserving specific documents. You need knowledge of records management principles, regulatory requirements, and records management technology.

The unsung importance of this role is legal and regulatory protection. Organizations that can't find required records face regulatory penalties. Organizations that keep everything face storage costs and legal exposure from discoverable documents. Your retention schedule is a risk management tool — it determines what's kept, what's destroyed, and when.