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 three fantastic opportunities for you to join us as our Architect / Chartered Building Surveyor / Chartered Architectural Technologist.

This is a Full Time, 12 months Fixed-Term Contract. We have two posts available.

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 (Fort Cumberland), Cambridge and London.

Salary is dependant on location.

National £38,067 per annum

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 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

Historic England has an important role in the delivery of time-limited programmes of grant funding for the conservation of the historic environment, on behalf of a range of government departments. The organisation has a range of expert building professionals, but it is sometimes necessary to supplement this capacity to successfully deliver these programmes.

In this role, as part of Historic England’s Regions Group, you will use both your expert technical knowledge and your excellent interpersonal skills to advise on and develop sustainable proposals for the repair and re-use of traditional buildings, that are considered to be at risk. You will join a central team working nationally alongside colleagues in six regional offices to deliver grant programmes that will repair and conserve all types of built heritage.

You will be able to have a direct impact on the conservation of our national heritage by working with owners and communities to find sustainable solutions for traditional buildings. It is also an invaluable opportunity to work alongside Historic England expert staff, with whom you will be able to exchange skills and knowledge.

Please note that this role:

• will require regular travel to sites which may not be serviced by public transport.

• may require visiting/inspecting sites where climbing scaffolding and negotiating confined spaces will be necessary.

• may require attendance at community meetings, which are often held at evenings or weekends.

Who we are looking for

• Professional qualification with current Architects Registration Board/Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors/MChartered Institute of Architectural Technologists registration, or equivalent qualifications from other countries that are accepted by those professional bodies.

• Extensive experience of the repair, alteration and adaption of traditional buildings, and of design in an historic context.

• Extensive experience of specifying works to upgrade traditional buildings to meet current regulations and standards.

• Working knowledge of the principles and practices of historic building conservation as exemplified in Conservation Principles, and familiarity with current issues affecting historic buildings and the historic environment.

• Good interpersonal and oral and written communication skills.

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

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 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. 

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.

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 21st April 2025

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

https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/ebbn40ja/chartered-architect-chartered-building-surveyor-chartered-architectural-technologist.odt