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 Inspector of Ancient Monuments.

Salary

National: £38,067 pro-rata

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

The Development Advice Teams provide Historic England’s statutory and non-statutory advice to our customers, engaging where we add most value to decision-making through our distinctive contribution as national experts. The Development Advice Teams will also work closely with other teams to support communities in looking after historic places and in the advancement of Historic England’s objectives.  

As part of the Regional Development Advice Team, you will take delegated responsibility for the delivery of Historic England’s advice on proposals for change in the historic environment that fall within their area of competence, specifically Nationally Strategic Infrastructure Projects, major development, scheduled monuments, archaeology and historic environment planning.

You would need to apply the ethos of ‘constructive conservation’ and making effective use of conservation principles in all their advisory work. You will provide advice to developers, owners, local authorities, the planning inspectorate and others, to proactively work towards the sustainable management of the historic environment. This work will also contribute to specifically to infrastructure development either on or off shore.

Please note that the role:

• requires regular travel to sites not serviced by public transport.

• requires visiting/inspecting sites which is likely to require climbing scaffolding and negotiating confined spaces.

• may require occasional attendance at community or planning meetings which are usually held at evenings or weekends.

Who we are looking for

• Educated to undergraduate or postgraduate degree level in archaeology or a relevant subject or equivalent experience.

• Broad and extensive experience of managing change to the historic environment which could include ancient monuments and archaeological landscapes and/or marine archaeology, through the planning system

• Experience of effective advocacy and working constructively with members of the public

• A thorough knowledge of ancient monuments and archaeological landscapes in England, and the techniques of their assessment and study

• A good understanding of relevant Government policy, guidance and statutory procedures for the historic environment in the planning system, including Scheduled Monument Consent

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: Early April 2025

Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –

https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/hannjvg5/inspector-of-ancient-monuments-jd-mar-2025.odt