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.  

We have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as an IMT Change and Communications Support Officer.

In this role you will oversee the management, production and support of communications and messages for IMT projects and operational services, using our various platforms.   

For project work, key points of communication will need to be identified throughout project lifecycles, working closely with programme, project managers and business owners – from inception all the way through to completion and handover into support.   

For operational services the work will involve close liaison with the Service Delivery and Operational teams to identify the scope of change and how that needs to be communicated.  This will include working with the Training Team to ensure that there is end to end support.  The role will provide administrative assistance to the Change and Communications Manager, managing diaries, arranging a variety of meetings and overall helping to deliver IMT’s communication strategy.  

What you will be doing

• Provide administrative help to the Change and Communications Manager, including arranging meetings, managing Teams and SharePoint sites along with Intranet pages to ensure content is accurate, timely and current. 

• Liaise with and understand the requirements of Project and Programme managers, IMT Senior Management team and business stakeholders, developing working relationships to provide effective outcomes. 

• Effectively plan and write clear communications, briefs and messages, adapting the style of messaging to deliver clear, concise messages appropriate to the audience in question. 

• Assist the Change and Communications Manager in maintaining the IMT Communications strategy and plan, updating the plan to mark progress, new and completed tasks and to provide reports to the Head of IMT as to the overall progress against outlined targets. 

  What we are looking for

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Good interpersonal skills and experience of relationship building

• Passion for the world of tech

• Previous experience of MS 365 apps, particularly SharePoint

  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 offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 26% 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: Week commencing 11th March 2024

  To view full Job Description, please visit https://historicengland.org.uk/media/slsb3u1p/zw-imt-change-and-communications-support-officer-jd-feb-2024.odt