Skills
60 skills are associated with this occupation.
0 skills selected
Essential knowledge
15 skills
Essential skills / competences
19 skills
Optional knowledge
9 skills
Optional skills / competences
17 skills
Overview
Document management officer work is about keeping an organisation’s documents registered, classified, archived and available for internal services or public requests.
In job descriptions, look for document control, records management, archiving, classification, document management procedures, ERMS or EDMS systems, access requests, training and technical requirements for information systems.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Document management officers keep business records usable. The work can include registering incoming documents, assigning classifications, maintaining archives, answering access requests, checking retention routines and supporting electronic records or document management systems.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include document control, records management, metadata quality, archiving routines, information transparency, data protection awareness and user training. Some roles lean toward archive operations, while others focus on EDMS requirements, internal procedures or document access support.
Salary context
Salary context depends on the size of the document estate, sensitivity of records, system responsibility, training duties and whether the role owns procedures across several departments. Compare records governance, system administration and public request handling.
Career paths
Development can move toward records manager, archive manager, document control lead, information governance, data protection coordination or EDMS project work. A strong path keeps classification, retrieval, procedure ownership and system requirements visible.
Good to know
Read vacancies for the type of documents, archive system, access process and department support. Check whether the role is mainly operational filing, policy ownership, user training or technical support for document management systems.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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Occupation group
Professional services managers not elsewhere classified (1349)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/ef5b17a5-3ca8-4965-bd3d-61c4aca490d1 |
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| ESCO code | 1349.11 |
| ISCO group | 1349 |
| Concept type | Occupation |