How to become a Records or Information Manager
Also called: Information Management Officer
Designs, implements and administers information governance structures and systems, ensuring the creation, accessibility, location, storage, retention and disposal of authoritative information assets.
Main tasks
- Controls access to confidential information, and recommends codes of practice and procedures for accessing records
- Manages organisations' central record and information management systems
- Analyses the recordkeeping needs of organisations and translates these needs into record management systems
- Maintains computerised and other record management systems, and advises on their usage
- Develops record cataloguing, coding and classification systems, and monitors their use
- Develops and implements information and records management policies and procedures
Ways in
- University: Business & Commerce degrees, Offered by 39 universities in Australia
- TAFE and VET: Certificate II in Information and Cultural Services (CUA20520); Diploma of Library and Information Services (BSB50520)
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Typical full-time pay: $118,508 a year
- About 10,200 people work in this job group now, and about 13,200 are projected by 2035. (+29.1%)
- Many tasks in this job could be automated by AI. Jobs and Skills Australia rates its automation exposure as high.
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Questions people ask
How do I become a Records or Information Manager?
Ways in include: Business & Commerce degrees; Certificate II in Information and Cultural Services; Diploma of Library and Information Services.
How much does a Records or Information Manager earn in Australia?
Median full-time pay is $118,508 a year (Jobs and Skills Australia).
Is a Records or Information Manager a growing career in Australia?
Yes. Employment is projected to grow 29% by 2035, from about 10,200 to about 13,200 people (Jobs and Skills Australia).
Do you need a degree to become a Records or Information Manager?
Not always. 41% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Ways in include: Business & Commerce degrees; Certificate II in Information and Cultural Services; Diploma of Library and Information Services.
Will AI change the work of a Records or Information Manager?
Many tasks in this job could be automated by AI. Jobs and Skills Australia rates its automation exposure as high.
Sources
- Jobs and Skills Australia: Occupation data (ANZSCO), from ABS Labour Force and Census (February 2026), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-04
- Jobs and Skills Australia: Generative AI Capacity Study, interactive table data (September 2025), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-04
- Jobs and Skills Australia: Employment Projections (Victoria University) (May 2025 to May 2035), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-04
- Australian Taxation Office: Taxation Statistics, Individuals Table 15A (2023-24), CC BY 2.5 AU, retrieved 2026-10-04
Updated 2026-10-04