Summary
We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.
Historic England have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Historic Places Adviser.
This is a Full Time, Permanent post based in York with hybrid working.
We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive
pension scheme starting at 28% employer contributions,
a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link
here . What you will be doing You will work with local authorities and partners to support the development of investable place-based projects which will improve people’s lives by preserving or enhancing conservation areas, or repurposing and sustaining other heritage assets. You will make full use of Historic England’s expertise to add value to proposals, so that they can deliver well against funding scheme criteria and national planning policy objectives. Operating across Yorkshire, you will identify and manage relationships with key local influencers and delivery agents, including those outside local authorities and the heritage sector. You will encourage them to champion Historic England’s work, develop collaborative projects and inspire them to look after and invest in the historic environment. There is a particular focus on facilitating Historic England’s support for Bradford City of Culture 2025 and working with partners to help secure its long-term legacy. One of the key grant-aided projects over which you will have oversight is Historic England’s £2m grant to Bradford Council to enable them to deliver a three-year Heritage Action Zone for the historic city centre. Please note that the role: requires regular travel to sites not serviced by public transport. will require occasional attendance at community meetings which are usually held at evenings or weekends. Who we are looking for: A degree or equivalent experience in planning, urban design or a relevant discipline. Evidenced experience of managing positive change in places. Experience of working constructively with local authorities, community organisations and developers. An understanding of the National Planning Policy Framework and its application to the historic environment. Specialist knowledge of applying urban design principles to area-based strategies. We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having just won the Gold Award from MIND, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England want all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at
recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk
if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted. Provisional interview dates: 19th February 2025. Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –
https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/z3feb3zi/historic-places-adviser-yorkshire-003.docx
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pension scheme starting at 28% employer contributions,
a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link
here . What you will be doing You will work with local authorities and partners to support the development of investable place-based projects which will improve people’s lives by preserving or enhancing conservation areas, or repurposing and sustaining other heritage assets. You will make full use of Historic England’s expertise to add value to proposals, so that they can deliver well against funding scheme criteria and national planning policy objectives. Operating across Yorkshire, you will identify and manage relationships with key local influencers and delivery agents, including those outside local authorities and the heritage sector. You will encourage them to champion Historic England’s work, develop collaborative projects and inspire them to look after and invest in the historic environment. There is a particular focus on facilitating Historic England’s support for Bradford City of Culture 2025 and working with partners to help secure its long-term legacy. One of the key grant-aided projects over which you will have oversight is Historic England’s £2m grant to Bradford Council to enable them to deliver a three-year Heritage Action Zone for the historic city centre. Please note that the role: requires regular travel to sites not serviced by public transport. will require occasional attendance at community meetings which are usually held at evenings or weekends. Who we are looking for: A degree or equivalent experience in planning, urban design or a relevant discipline. Evidenced experience of managing positive change in places. Experience of working constructively with local authorities, community organisations and developers. An understanding of the National Planning Policy Framework and its application to the historic environment. Specialist knowledge of applying urban design principles to area-based strategies. We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having just won the Gold Award from MIND, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England want all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at
recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk
if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted. Provisional interview dates: 19th February 2025. Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –
https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/z3feb3zi/historic-places-adviser-yorkshire-003.docx
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