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 become our National Projects Manager.

This role sits in the Programmes Department, which has responsibility for managing major programmes and projects of organisationally significant areas of work. Programmes sit in Business Improvement Group – a dynamic part of Historic England that ensures HE is an adaptable, fundable and sustainable organisation that delivers for heritage by facilitating joined up working, inspiring, challenging and equipping people, nurturing innovation and productivity, managing grant spend and growing income.

You will give expert advice and support projects and initiatives from across Historic England. You will be responsible for ensuring effective coordination, management and delivery of a range of projects including high-profile externally facing projects. You will work with colleagues from a wide range of departments across Historic England from architects and surveyors to marketing specialists and analysts.

We are looking for someone who will be passionate about the value that project management principles can bring to a project and act as an ambassador for the promotion of an innovative and corporate principles-led approach to project management.

The location of this role is National where we offer hybrid working, you will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth and Cambridge. 

Salary

National salary range: £36,603 pro-rata

Greater London + salary range: £39,408 pro-rata

Inner London salary range: £40,748 pro-rata

What you will be doing

Managing the planning, delivery and close of projects being led by various Groups and project teams across Historic England including, but not exclusive to, large externally facing projects, continuous and business improvement, organisation development and capacity building projects;

Working with the Head of Major Projects to develop and implement other projects and programmes within the team’s remit, being entrepreneurial and agile, able and willing to help respond to new work requests;

Developing effective working relationships with colleagues across Historic England to ensure the effective co-ordination of projects;

Using appropriate project and programme documents, tools and controls to successfully plan, and deliver a range of projects (including but not exclusive to business case development, project initiation and design, progress monitoring and reporting, risk and issue management, stakeholder management and communication plans, change controls and assurance plans, budget and resource management);

Working with the Public Engagement, Policy and Evidence and Corporate Services Groups and local teams in Regional Delivery to ensure projects are effectively communicated both internally and externally;

Taking an active role in Project Boards and Working Groups, suggesting innovative approaches and solutions and supporting the Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) by taking delegated responsibility for the delivery and reporting of project progress, targets, milestones and actions;

Undertaking ongoing evaluation of projects including post-project analysis and identification of lessons learned, making recommendations to the Head of Major Projects, Head of Programmes, SRO and Director of Strategy and Business Development where appropriate;

Providing colleagues across Historic England with support in managing their projects, acting as a mentor to other project managers and helping to provide inventive solutions to problems that arise and acting as  an ambassador to the corporate, principle-led approach to project management;

Be an advocate for Historic England and work collaboratively across the organisation to maximise our effectiveness;

Undertaking any other reasonable duties commensurate with the grade and competencies required of the post requested by line management.

Who we are looking for

• Sound judgement and acute political acumen

• Ability to switch between multiple projects and work to challenging deadlines

• Experience managing high level and complex projects

• Ability to deal diplomatically with pressure and challenge

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 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: 16/04/2024

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

https://historicengland.org.uk/media/4w1n4pfn/national-projects-manager.odt