Typically a document control specialist is an employee with the responsibility of managing business documents and records to ensure accuracy, quality and integrity. They are often a vital part of ensure compliance with federal, provincial/state and local government regulations.
If your organizations is taking a digital approach to information/document management, this person often will be responsible for the scanning of the documents and ensuring they are properly organized and adhere to the document life-cycle policies of the company. In larger organizations they may also oversee a team of people who perform these actions. Some of the other duties can include:
- Assisting other managers/departments with establishing document management policies
- Training new employees on records management and security/privacy requirements
- Contribute to information system migrations and audits.
In today's modern office it is important that the person in this role embraces digital technology and is able to work with a wide variety of office and business systems.
