Summary

Historic England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone.

Through our work, we demonstrate how heritage can contribute powerfully to help the country meet pressing societal issues – supporting places and communities and helping create good homes, good jobs and good growth.

Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Historic Places Regeneration Officer.

There are two, full time, permanent positions available.

The location of this role is London, with regular opportunities to visit places throughout Greater London and the South East.

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% 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 work of the Historic Places Regeneration Team demonstrates the transformational power of heritage in creating successful places. The team works collaboratively to deliver for people and places where we can make the biggest difference.

The team leads place-shaping activity and investment across the region. It is responsible for the initiation, development, delivery, evaluation and celebration of targeted interventions and engagement in priority places. To support its work, the Historic Places Regeneration Team draws on the breadth of expertise and tools we have available, including the heritage at risk programme, engagement, expert advice, grants and research, to effect positive and long-lasting change.

Meaningful partnerships with regional and local authorities, businesses, community groups, charities and other national agencies are central to the work of the team, helping to deliver creative projects that leverage the value of heritage to deliver wider societal benefits. We work at a range of scales and degrees of engagement in diverse places across the region.

The Historic Places Regeneration Officer will support delivery of our programme for priority places, working closely with the Historic Places Regeneration Advisers and other colleagues in the Historic Places Regeneration Team. Regeneration Officers will draw on their skills, whether project management, archaeology, urban design and regeneration, community engagement, etc., to devise, manage and deliver exemplary and impactful projects.

Regeneration Officers make full use of Historic England’s breath of expertise and tools, including grants (both Historic England and DCMS funded) and the heritage at risk programme, and they work with external partners and with a variety of internal colleagues to transform the heritage that matters to communities through heritage led regeneration.

Who we are looking for

• Experience of partnership working

• Experience of assessing, managing, delivering grant funded projects

• Experience of working with grassroots / community organisations

• Ability to advocate for the value of heritage in place based regeneration

• Ability to solve problems and work creatively to achieve results

• Readiness to work with a range of heritage assets, including archaeology, historic buildings, landscapes and townscapes

Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria.

Historic England is a Disability Confident Leader and normally offers guaranteed interviews to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role, where it is practical and appropriate to do so. We want all candidates to shine in the recruitment process, so please tell us what we can do to help you show us your very best self. For more information, please visit our Everyone is Welcome page, or contact us at recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries.

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 won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, 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 wants 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.

At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration—not as direct input.

Provisional interview dates: 26th October and 02nd November 2026.

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

https://historicengland.org.uk/media/5zbap4uk/zw-historic-places-regeneration-officer-lse-jd-sep-2026-1.odt