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 are seeking a Historic Environment Records (HER) Officer to join the Greater London Archaeological Advisory Service Team to support the management of change by providing access to information relating to the historic environment of the capital city.

The team maintains and develops the London Historic Environment Record in line with national standards and benchmarks, ensuring that it contributes to the effective use of the planning system at strategic and local levels, and provides advice to owners and others on the sustainable management of the historic environment.

What you will be doing

 As part of this team, the Historic Environment Record Officer will assist the HER Manager by continuously maintaining and developing the Historic Environment Record for London, through our new online Arches for HERs system, in accordance with the London HER Forward Plan, and national legislation and guidelines. They will contribute to promoting and ensuring accessibility to the London Historic Environment Record to foster awareness and promote good stewardship of the historic environment of the capital, including replying to enquiries for searches of the record and assisting with the management of volunteers.

What we are looking for

1.     Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant subject or significant experience in a relevant field

2.     Experience of working with Historic Environment Records including problem solving within a historic environment context

3.     Developed ICT skills in databases and GIS systems, including ability to accurately input and check computer data

4.     Able to clearly, accessibly, and rapidly synthesise information relating to the historic environment

5.     Understanding the role, regulation, and future development of Historic Environment Record Services

6.     Ability to manage competing work priorities

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity for all. We will consider making reasonable adjustments for disabled people where necessary, to ensure this.

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 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 ResourcingTeam@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 dates week commencing 04th Sept 2023 - In person at the London office.

For a full copy of the JD, please click on the link below;

https://historicengland.org.uk/content/job-descriptions-hr/glher-jd/