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 Publications and Outreach Coordinator, joining our National Specialist Services Department.

The National Specialist Services Department delivers the specialist technical advice services required to support those who care for and make decisions about the stewardship of the historic environment. We provide technical specialist functions and set standards in conservation, heritage science and archaeology. We do this by developing and promoting evidence-based technical policy and best practice and providing specialist guidance within Historic England, to the English Heritage Trust through a shared service agreement, and to the wider sector.

What you will be doing

The overall purpose of the job is to increase the reach and influence of Historic England’s specialist technical knowledge and advice among both specialist audiences within the sector and wider industry and non‑technical audiences, including members of the public. As part of the Business Support Team, you will help turn research and specialist knowledge into published accessible advice, guidance and reports using a variety of media. You will assist in developing more effective ways of communicating with technical and non-technical audiences, through social media, web content, newsletters, blogs and events.

Actively manage the Department’s programme of advice and guidance, ensure effective programming and the timely production of material, provide regular reports to the National Specialist Services Department Business Manager and Team Leaders. 

Please note the role will involve travel to meetings in London, Fort Cumberland (near Portsmouth) and other locations within the UK which may involve overnight stays. 

Who we are looking for

• Experience of managing projects

• Experience of editing and preparing documents for publication

• Experience of delivering content via a customer facing website and social media platforms

• Excellent IT skills, including advanced knowledge of MS Office – Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, and experience of working with InDesign

• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken

• Highly self-motivated and happy to work independently

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 28% 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.

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.

Interview dates: 26th June 2024 - Swindon, in person

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

https://historicengland.org.uk/media/id4ftgp2/publications-and-outreach-coordinator.odt