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.

Do you care about the rural environment? Do you want to make a difference for rural heritage?

Historic England is excited to announce our new Team Leader(Countryside Stewardship) opportunity on a job share basis.

Requirement to attend the Bristol office two Tuesdays per month. Fixed term contract (or Secondment) to end March 2025.

This is an exciting opportunity to co-lead HE’s Countryside Stewardship Heritage Service delivering Countryside Stewardship heritage options to landowners on behalf of Defra. Working as part of a job-share, this role is about:

What you will be doing

• You will be leading and building a brand-new multi-disciplinary team,

• You will be delivering the target of £5m Countryside Stewardship agreements agreed in 24/25 investing in the historic environment,

• Managing workloads and pipeline across the team,

• Developing the guidance and processes for the team (this role would be primary lead on this aspect),

• Providing advice on complex casework (job-share taking primary lead on this aspect),

• Line managing 2.5 FTE Heritage Officers (4 people) and 1 Business Officer based in Birmingham, Cambridge and London.

• Part of this role will job share with the other Team Leader, alongside supporting/ leading Regions Group engagement on other corporate priorities.

This is a great opportunity to help owners of rural heritage in stewardship deliver environmental gains for their communities, heritage and the rural environment.

 What we are looking for

• Considerable experience of leading a team delivering advice to multiple clients in a challenging timescale.

• Constructive and creative problem-solving skills. Ability to deal with pressure and challenge.

• Effective negotiation, influencing and problem-solving skills.

• An understanding of the policy areas covered by the Countryside Stewardship programme together with a more detailed understanding of the work of one or more of them in respect of heritage assets.

• An open-minded approach and interest in engaging a wider range of perspectives to broaden understanding.

• Substantial experience of project management.

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.

We are open to discussing secondment options for this vacancy.

Why work for Historic England

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 county and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.

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.

To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted.

Provisional interview date: 16th and 17th July 2024.

To view the full job description, please visit:

https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/dsbnoqlv/team-leader-countryside-stewardship-service-bristol-jd-may-2024.odt