United Kingdom · Knowledge management · Senior (5-8 years)

Senior Information Support Coordinator

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Experience bandSenior (5-8 years)
Direct reportsNo direct reports
Reports toKnowledge Management Manager
UK framework levelUsually a professional owning their own work, or leading a small team

Also advertised as Senior Knowledge Specialist · Knowledge Base Lead · Information Architect (Content) · Senior Content Coordinator

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The qualifications matched to this job

CMI Level 5 NVQ Diploma in Management and Leadership Chartered Management Institute · Level 5 · covers 4 of 8 standards

City & Guilds Level 5 Certificate in Leadership and Management City & Guilds Limited · Level 5 · covers 2 of 8 standards

City & Guilds Level 4 Certificate in Leadership and Management City & Guilds Limited · Level 4 · covers 2 of 8 standards

City & Guilds Level 4 Diploma in Leadership and Management City & Guilds Limited · Level 4 · covers 2 of 8 standards

iCQ Level 4 NVQ Diploma in Management iCan Qualifications Limited · Level 4 · covers 2 of 8 standards

City & Guilds Level 5 Diploma in Principles of Leadership and Management City & Guilds Limited · Level 5 · covers 1 of 8 standards

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Manage knowledge in an organisation CMI Level 5 NVQ Diploma in Management and Leadership

Knowledge and information management City & Guilds Level 5 Certificate in Leadership and Management

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3What this role really is

Organises and manages information so people can find what they need quickly. Builds systems that make sense of complex content and support how an organisation works with knowledge.

4What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

Confluence/SharePoint Advanced

Designing space/site architecture, building complex templates with macros/web parts, managing global permissions, and training users on best practices. You'll be the go-to person for how we structure and manage content here.

Coveo/Sinequa (Enterprise Search) Advanced

Configuring search interfaces, actively tuning relevance, analysing query logs to identify content gaps, and setting up new indexing sources. You're making sure people actually find what they're looking for.

MS Teams/Slack (Collaboration) Advanced

Designing channel strategy, setting up bots/integrations (like a Guru bot for quick answers), and championing best practices for capturing tacit knowledge from conversations. It's about turning chat into lasting knowledge.

WalkMe/Pendo (Digital Adoption Platform) Intermediate

Creating and deploying guided walkthroughs for key processes, analysing user behaviour data to identify friction points, and authoring in-app help content. You're helping users learn by doing.

MadCap Flare/Paligo (Content Authoring) Intermediate

Creating structured, topic-based content for technical documentation, managing reusable content snippets, and using conditional text for different audiences. This helps us be efficient and consistent.

Google Analytics/Power BI (Analytics & Reporting) Advanced

Building custom reports, segmenting users, performing deep search query analysis, and connecting content metrics (like page views) to business outcomes (like reduced support tickets or faster onboarding). You're proving the value of our work.

5What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choice	Coming in	Where you are now	The step above
Content Structure & Taxonomy	Applies existing tags and categories as instructed; flags issues to senior colleagues.	Proposes new tags or minor adjustments to existing taxonomy within a specific content area; seeks approval from manager.	Designs and implements new information architecture and taxonomy schemes for entire workstreams or significant content domains; consults with manager on enterprise-wide implications.
Content Publication & Review	Publishes content after manager review; follows established review cycles.	Independently publishes routine content; initiates and manages content review cycles for owned articles.	Defines and enforces content review workflows for specific projects; makes final judgment calls on content readiness for publication within their domain, escalating only for high-risk or sensitive topics.
Tool & Methodology Selection	Uses specified knowledge management tools; learns new features as directed.	Suggests specific tool features or minor methodology adjustments for efficiency; seeks manager approval.	Evaluates and recommends specific tools or methodologies for project-level implementation (e.g., a new content authoring approach); makes technical selections within project budget and scope.
Stakeholder Engagement Strategy	Responds to SME requests; follows manager's guidance on engagement.	Proactively reaches out to SMEs for content updates; plans engagement for routine content reviews.	Develops and executes engagement strategies for complex SME groups or cross-functional projects; independently manages relationships to secure content contributions and reviews.

6How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, and what is not on it. The hard targets, how often each is actually looked at, and the quiet signals that never reach a dashboard.

Search Success Rate

The percentage of internal searches that result in a user finding a relevant answer within the first three results.

Target · Increase from 70% to 85% within 6 months for your owned workstreams.

If 100 people search for 'expense policy' and 85 click on the correct article within the top 3 results, that's 85% success. Your job is to make sure those numbers keep climbing for the areas you look after.

Content Freshness Score

The percentage of articles within your owned domains that have been reviewed and updated (or confirmed as current) within the last 6-12 months.

Target · Maintain >90% freshness for all content you manage.

You're responsible for the 'Product Features' section. If 95 out of 100 articles have a review date within the last 6 months, you're hitting your target. We don't want stale information floating around.

SME Engagement Rate

The percentage of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) you work with who actively participate in content reviews and creation, meeting agreed deadlines.

Target · Achieve a 75% SME participation rate in quarterly content reviews for your projects.

You're leading a project to document a new sales process. If 7 out of 10 sales leads provide their input and sign-off on time, that's 70%. We're aiming higher, because without their input, our knowledge isn't complete.

Knowledge Gap Reduction

The number of identified knowledge gaps (from failed searches, support tickets) that have been addressed by new or updated content.

Target · Reduce identified critical knowledge gaps by 20% each quarter.

After analysing search logs, you spot a recurring query for 'holiday allowance policy' that yields no good results. You create an article, and next quarter, those failed searches drop significantly. That's a win.

Information Architecture Clarity

How intuitively users can navigate and understand the structure of the knowledge base sections you've designed or improved.

Positive feedback in user surveys ('easy to find things'), fewer 'where do I find X?' questions directed at the KM team, and clear, logical content pathways that make sense to a new user. We'll also look at how quickly new team members can self-serve for common questions.

Content Quality & Readability

The extent to which your content is clear, concise, accurate, and easy for a broad audience to understand, regardless of their technical background.

High user satisfaction ratings on articles (e.g., 'Was this helpful?'), low bounce rates on content pages, positive feedback from SMEs on how their complex input was simplified, and demonstrable reduction in follow-up questions after reading an article.

Stakeholder Trust & Collaboration

How well you build relationships with SMEs and other teams, ensuring they see you as a valuable partner in knowledge sharing, not just a taskmaster.

SMEs proactively offering content updates, being invited to early-stage project meetings to advise on knowledge capture, positive feedback from managers about your collaborative approach, and a willingness from other teams to help you get the information you need.

Proactive Problem Solving

Your ability to anticipate potential knowledge issues, identify content decay, or spot emerging information needs before they become critical problems.

You're flagging outdated content before users complain, proposing new article topics based on observed trends, and suggesting improvements to our taxonomy or search before we even ask. It's about being one step ahead.

7Would you like it

Both sides. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy

Making a Tangible Difference

You'll get a kick out of seeing your work directly improve someone's day—whether it's a support agent finding an answer in seconds or a new employee onboarding smoothly. You'll see the impact of a well-structured knowledge base.

A new hire tells you they found the onboarding guide you designed incredibly helpful, or a colleague mentions how much time they saved because of an article you wrote.

Solving Complex Information Puzzles

You enjoy taking a jumble of disconnected information and turning it into a logical, searchable, and easy-to-understand system. It's like being a detective for data, finding connections and building pathways.

You successfully migrate a messy, outdated set of documents into a new, organised structure, complete with a clear taxonomy and improved search relevance.

Continuous Learning & Improvement

You're always looking for better ways to organise, present, and manage information. You'll enjoy experimenting with new tools or methodologies to make our knowledge systems even more effective.

You research and propose a new metadata standard that significantly improves search results, or you implement a new content review workflow that makes life easier for SMEs.

What frustrates people

The SME Bottleneck: Chasing down Subject Matter Experts who are brilliant but perpetually 'too busy' to review an article, holding up the entire publishing process. It's a constant battle.
The 'Digital Attic' Problem: People refusing to delete anything, fearing they might need it someday, forcing you to wade through mountains of obsolete or duplicated content.
Fighting Content Silos: Discovering a team has built their own beautiful, unofficial wiki in Notion or Google Docs, completely undermining the 'Single Source of Truth' you're paid to maintain.
'I Searched and Found Nothing': Being blamed for poor search results when the user searched for a vague, one-word term or, honestly, the content was never created in the first place.
Proving ROI: The benefits of KM (like faster onboarding or fewer mistakes) are often indirect, making it a constant battle to justify your budget and headcount against departments with hard revenue metrics.

What this role does not give you

A quiet, solitary existence where you just write content. This role is highly collaborative and requires a lot of persuasion.
Immediate, direct revenue generation. Your impact is more about efficiency, cost savings, and enabling others.
A static, 'set it and forget it' environment. Knowledge management is an ongoing, evolving process.

8Who you work with

This role directly impacts operational efficiency and employee productivity. By ensuring critical information is easily accessible, you'll help reduce time-to-resolution for customer issues, speed up new employee onboarding, and generally make our internal teams more effective. Your work helps us avoid costly mistakes and ensures everyone is working from the same 'single source of truth'.

Inside the business

Product Management Leads
Customer Support Teams
Sales Enablement
HR Operations
Marketing Content Teams
IT Infrastructure Team

Outside the business

Key Vendors (e.g., Confluence, Coveo)
Industry Peers (for best practice sharing)

9What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

At least 5 years of experience in a dedicated knowledge management, technical writing, or information architecture role.
Demonstrable experience leading small to medium-sized content or knowledge projects from conception to completion.
Proven ability to work effectively with Subject Matter Experts to extract and document complex information.
A portfolio or examples of well-structured knowledge content, taxonomies, or information architecture designs you've created.
Strong analytical skills, particularly with data related to content usage and search performance.

10What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Advanced Analytics for KM Platforms

Simply looking at page views isn't enough anymore. You'll need to dig deeper into user journeys, content consumption patterns, and the direct impact of knowledge on business metrics (e.g., ticket deflection, time-to-proficiency). This requires more sophisticated use of our analytics tools.

A/B Testing for Content · User Journey Mapping · Correlation vs. Causation

This quarter: Take a deeper dive into Google Analytics or Power BI features beyond basic dashboards. Look into segmentation and custom report building.
Next quarter: Identify one specific business problem (e.g., high support ticket volume for a product) and try to correlate it with knowledge base usage data.
Within 6 months: Propose an A/B test for a key knowledge article to optimise its effectiveness.

Quick win: Start looking at 'time on page' and 'bounce rate' for your most important articles. What does that tell you about their effectiveness?

API Integration Fundamentals (No-Code/Low-Code)

Our KM platforms won't live in isolation. You'll increasingly need to connect them to other systems (CRM, project management, HRIS) to automate workflows and ensure a seamless flow of information. While you won't be writing complex code, understanding how APIs work and how to use no-code/low-code tools for integration will be invaluable.

What an API Is · Common API Methods (GET, POST) · Webhook Concepts · No-Code/Low-Code Integration Tools (e.g., Zapier, Microsoft Power Automate)

This month: Explore Zapier or Power Automate. Try to automate a simple task, like sending a Slack notification when a new Confluence page is published.
Month 2: Read documentation for the APIs of our core KM tools (Confluence, Coveo) to understand what's possible.
Month 3: Identify a manual data transfer task between two systems that could be automated with a no-code tool and propose a solution.

Quick win: Sign up for a free Zapier account and automate one small, repetitive task in your daily workflow. It's surprisingly easy to get started.

11Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up

Attending industry conferences (e.g., KMWorld, ICCM) to stay current on trends and network with peers.
Participating in online communities or forums dedicated to knowledge management, information architecture, or technical communication.
Taking advanced courses in data analytics, user experience design, or emerging AI applications for content.
Reading industry publications and thought leadership pieces from organisations like the Content Marketing Institute or the Nielsen Norman Group.

12The rising capability

The rising capability

Zavmo analysis

What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

Prompt Engineering & LLM Integration

Honestly, competitors are already using large language models (LLMs) like GPT to draft reports in 10 minutes that used to take 2 hours. Knowledge professionals who figure this out will outproduce their peers significantly. Your value will shift from pure content creation to knowing how to guide AI to create the best content, and then validating it.

Context Windows & Token Limits
Temperature Settings
RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation)
Output Validation & Hallucination Detection
Prompt Chaining & Agents

Knowledge Graph Fundamentals

As our knowledge base grows, simple taxonomies won't be enough. Knowledge graphs, which map relationships between entities (people, products, concepts), will become critical for advanced search, personalised recommendations, and truly intelligent information retrieval. Understanding these will be key to designing the next generation of KM systems.

Nodes & Edges
Semantic Triples
Graph Databases (e.g., Neo4j)
Ontology Mapping

13What you’ll use

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

Taxonomy & Ontology Design
Knowledge-Centered Service (KCS)
Information Architecture (IA)
Content Lifecycle Management
Metadata Strategy & Management

14The pathway

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

1
From Knowledge Coordinator (L2)
2-3 years at L2
Skills to master
- Moving from owning specific content areas to leading projects, designing information architecture, and mentoring juniors. You'll need to demonstrate strong analytical skills and stakeholder management.
You're ready to move on when
- Consistently delivers high-quality content and manages content lifecycles effectively.
- Proactively identifies and proposes solutions for content gaps or structural issues.
- Has successfully collaborated with SMEs on complex content updates.
- Shows initiative in learning new KM methodologies or tools.
2
From Technical Writer/Content Strategist
5-7 years in role
Skills to master
- You'll need to broaden your focus from just creating content to also owning its structure, discoverability, and overall lifecycle within a larger system. Experience with taxonomy and information architecture is key.
You're ready to move on when
- Experience creating content for diverse audiences and platforms.
- A strong understanding of content strategy and audience needs.
- Demonstrated ability to simplify complex technical information.
- Some exposure to content management systems beyond basic editing.
3
From Digital Librarian/Archivist
4-6 years in role
Skills to master
- While your organisational skills are top-notch, you'll need to adapt to a faster-paced, more dynamic content environment. Focus on user-centric design, real-time content updates, and analytics-driven improvements.
You're ready to move on when
- Strong background in classification, metadata, and digital asset management.
- Experience with content governance and preservation.
- An interest in digital platforms and user experience.
- Ability to work collaboratively with non-librarian stakeholders.

15Where this role leads

The long view: This work can lead to managing teams as a director of knowledge and information strategy, or working as a principal information architect designing information systems at a senior level.

The ten Future Fluencies

Zavmo analysis

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Senior Information Support Coordinator is actually changing.

How you would learn this

One to one, on the work you already do

A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.

A lesson from Manage knowledge in an organisation, worked against Senior Information Support Coordinator.

Manage knowledge in an organisation Level 5

Applied to your work in Senior Information Support Coordinator

This unit aims to provide learners with an understanding of knowledge management principles, strategies, and the role of technology within organisations. Upon completion, learners will be able to identify, assess, and effectively manage knowledge assets to support organisational objectives.

How the thinking builds

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2 Understand
3 Apply
4 Analyse
5 Evaluate
6 Create

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Senior Information Support Coordinator

Taxonomy & Ontology Design
Knowledge-Centered Service (KCS)
Information Architecture (IA)
Content Lifecycle Management
Metadata Strategy & Management

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Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Senior Information Support Coordinator is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

Lead Knowledge Architect (L4)
3-5 years as Senior Information Support Coordinator

You'll move from leading projects and designing specific sections to designing and implementing the entire enterprise taxonomy, configuring the search platform at a strategic level, and defining our company's overall content models and governance workflows. This role often involves direct reports.
- Enterprise Taxonomy Design Creating and governing a company-wide classification system.
- Advanced Search Configuration Deep-level tuning of search algorithms and relevancy ranking.
- Content Model Definition Establishing the structure and attributes for all content types.
- KM System Integration Overseeing the connection of KM platforms with other enterprise systems.
Knowledge Management Manager (L5)
4-6 years as Senior Information Support Coordinator

This is a direct management path. You'll move from leading projects to directing the entire KM function, managing a team of 10-25 people (including other managers), setting program goals, securing budget, and reporting on KM's business impact to executive stakeholders. It's a significant jump into people and programme leadership.
- KM Strategy Development Crafting the overall vision and roadmap for KM.
- Budget Ownership Managing a departmental P&L of £500K-£2M.
- Vendor Relationship Management Building strategic partnerships with key technology providers.
- Change Leadership Driving cultural shifts towards knowledge sharing across the organisation.

Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Imagine having more time to focus on the strategic stuff—like designing brilliant information architectures or coaching your junior colleagues—instead of getting bogged down in repetitive content tasks. That's exactly what AI can offer you in this role. We're not talking about replacing you; we're talking about giving you a seriously powerful co-pilot.

In Knowledge Management, AI isn't just a buzzword; it's a game-changer. It can help you cut through the noise, automate the mundane, and get to the insights faster. Think of it as having an extra pair of hands that are incredibly good at pattern recognition and language processing, freeing you up for the truly human parts of the job.

Automated Content Tagging

AI can analyse the text of new articles you're creating and automatically suggest relevant taxonomy tags, authors, and even expiration dates based on content patterns and our existing knowledge base. This means less manual tagging and more consistent metadata.

Knowledge Gap Analysis

Instead of manually sifting through thousands of failed search queries or support chat logs, AI can cluster and analyse this data in minutes. It'll surface the top 5-10 most critical knowledge gaps that your team needs to address, giving you a clear roadmap for content creation.

First Draft Generation

Got a long, unstructured meeting transcript or a series of technical documents from an SME? Use a Generative AI tool to summarise it into a clean, well-structured first draft of a knowledge base article. You'll then refine and add the human touch, but the heavy lifting is done.

Plain Language Translation

AI can rewrite dense, jargon-filled technical documentation or company policies into simple, accessible language. This means you can instantly create versions suitable for different audiences (e.g., sales vs. engineering vs. new hires), saving you hours of editing and ensuring wider comprehension.

Common questions

How do you become a Senior Information Support Coordinator?

Common routes in include From Knowledge Coordinator (2-3 years at L2), From Technical Writer/Content Strategist (5-7 years in role) and From Digital Librarian/Archivist (4-6 years in role). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a Senior Information Support Coordinator progress to?

This role can lead on to Lead Knowledge Architect (3-5 years as Senior Information Support Coordinator) and Knowledge Management Manager (4-6 years as Senior Information Support Coordinator), depending on the skills you build.

What new skills matter most for a Senior Information Support Coordinator?

Increasingly, Prompt Engineering & LLM Integration and Knowledge Graph Fundamentals. These are the skills our record of this role lists as growing.

You're not behind. You're right on time. The shift is only just beginning. Your role won't look the same in two years. Be the one who leads the change, not the one it happens to. Start my free AI Fluency module What happens next: a free account, then we build your plan as you set up. No card. Build your plan, see your roadmap and meet the twelve tutors matched to you. All free. When you're ready to start learning, it's £70 a month, billed monthly. Cancel any time and billing stops.

Senior Information Support Coordinator

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Will AI change your work as a Senior Information Support Coordinator?

What's rising in its place

Prompt Engineering & LLM Integration

Knowledge Graph Fundamentals

Skills this role draws on

Technical

How you actually get there, here

From Knowledge Coordinator (L2)

From Technical Writer/Content Strategist

From Digital Librarian/Archivist

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

Roles this leads to

One to one, on the work you already do

Everything else the record holds

The career path, and where it branches

Lead Knowledge Architect (L4)

Knowledge Management Manager (L5)

Where AI is starting to help

Automated Content Tagging

Knowledge Gap Analysis

First Draft Generation

Plain Language Translation

Common questions

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