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 Strategy Manager.

This is a Part Time (18 hours a week), 6 months Fixed-Term Contract.

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) and Cambridge. 

Salary

National: £38,067 pro-rata

Greater London +: £40,984 pro-rata

Inner London: £42,378 pro-rata

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 28% 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.

Please note we are open to secondment opportunities.

To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here.

What you will be doing

The Strategy Manager is a fixed term contract tasked with driving development of a new Income Generation Strategy for Historic England working collaboratively with subject matter experts across the organisation. The role will give practical advice and influence new strategies where needed, achieving real impact by ensuring the organisation has a robust and effective strategy ecosystem.

As our Strategy Manager, you will support the Head of Strategic Planning and Director of Strategy and Business Development by driving the effective coordination, delivery and communication of a range of strategically important initiatives and projects, bringing expert analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills.

Who we are looking for

• Highly experienced in developing and implementing integrated strategies and/or project plans

• Demonstrable experience of driving innovation and implementing new initiatives. 

• Proven ability to deliver complex projects within short or fixed timeframes, demonstrating excellent time management, prioritisation, and problem-solving skills. 

• Strong data literacy and numeracy skills, and experience interpreting and presenting qualitative and quantitative data with a good attention to detail.

• Proven experience in planning and managing multiple complex priorities and projects 

• Influencing & Communicating Skills at all levels

• Ability to work under pressure to deadlines

• Strategic Thinking / Self-Motivation

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. 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.

To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted.

Provisional interview dates: 20th March 2025

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

https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/gd1clbvn/strategy-manager-jd.odt