SharePoint Specialist/Manager

SharePoint Specialist/Manager

Tate Gallery Closing date: Fri, 09 Oct 2026

Artform: Museums
Role: IT
Contract: Temporary
London

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 "> published -

Job Summary

Are you able to help bring a transformation to the way in which people manage information and records across a large organisation, which will have an impact on the capture of future historical records?

Job Description

We are seeking an electronic records management specialist with proven experience of working in information and records management to join our Programme team who will be the key point of contact for all teams on electronic records management at Tate during the migration of records from shared drives to SharePoint Online with an additional plug-in and will play a crucial role in records management and as SharePoint systems administrator.

The ability to communicate well across the organisation will be critical to success together with knowledge and experience of system administration of SharePoint and records management together with experience of creating an inclusive and respectful culture within a team and applying the principles of diversity and inclusion in building and maintaining relationships with colleagues.
The role works closely with the business, Technology and Records Management colleagues to ensure compliant, efficient, and sustainable workspace and information management practices, including system administration, storage management, site provisioning, records lifecycle control, and migration activities into T-REC (the new Tate Electronic Document and Records Management System). The postholder will play a key role in embedding governance, supporting users, delivering efficiencies and continuously improving the SharePoint and wider M365 system in conjunction with our third party software provider, Avepoint.

This is a very exciting time to join Tate. We have recently completed the organisational rollout of SharePoint Online with AvePoint Opus records lifecycle.

Job Requirements

Strong practical experience of administering SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365 in a complex organisation, including site management, permissions, configuration, governance and user support.

Good understanding of information management, records management or data governance principles, with the ability to apply them to digital workspaces in a pragmatic and user-focused way.

Experience of supporting on delivering data, document or shared drive migrations, including planning, remediation, stakeholder engagement and post-migration support.

Ability to translate business requirements into clear, sustainable SharePoint solutions, balancing user needs with security, compliance, records lifecycle and long-term maintainability.

Confident communicator with excellent written and verbal skills, able to provide guidance, documentation and training to colleagues with varying levels of technical knowledge.

Job Responsibilities

particular the new Tate Records system based on SharePoint and AvePoint software to ensure the system is stable, secure, and sustainable, and maintaining technical documentation.

Administer user access and permissions in collaboration with Technology teams, maintaining compliance with organisational policies and best practice, and supporting with process improvement where appropriate.

Provide second-line support and guidance to users across all Tate sites, promoting effective and consistent use of SharePoint and contributing to business champion/superuser meetings as required.

Oversee storage management, monitoring usage and implementing optimisation and lifecycle controls in conjunction with Technology and Records Management.

Job Overview

  • Job Title: SharePoint Specialist/Manager
  • Salary: £30k-£40k
  • Hours: Full time
  • Artform: Museums
  • Role: IT
  • Contract: Temporary
  • Closing date: Fri, 09 Oct 2026
  • Location:
    London
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Job: SharePoint Specialist/Manager

Job: SharePoint Specialist/Manager

Organisation: Tate Gallery

Postcode: sw1p 4rg