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 Photographer (Marketing).

This is a Part Time, Permanent post, working 18 hours a week.

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. 

Salary

National: £31,361 - £32,800 pro-rata

Cambridge £34,690 - £36,360 pro-rata

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

As our Photographer (Marketing), you will be responsible for capturing the historic environment, with a focus on highlighting the impact of Historic England’s work, particularly on people and communities.

You will be an essential part of our Marketing team within the Communications and Public Engagement Group and will play a key part in increasing awareness of Historic England and its work. This role is vital in visually demonstrating that heritage is for everyone and that our work has a transformative effect upon people and place.

You will be responsible for all aspects of photography, including capture, equipment management, post-production, asset-management and archiving. You will be confident working independently on shoots at events, projects and sites across England, and able to work at pace, turning processing around quickly.

Who we are looking for

• Broad experience as a photographer with experience of, or an interest in, working in the historic environment

• Experience of strong people photography with demonstration of an honest, empathetic approach with the ability to tell stories through images within the historic environment

• Collaborative and able to build relationships and work effectively across the organisation and with all stakeholders.

• Passionate about photography, capturing public response and championing the historic environment and the heritage sector

• Ability to record social interactions in and around place

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

Please note, you will be asked to submit a portfolio if you are shortlisted to interview. You will be requested to do this week commencing 5 May 2025.

This role includes the requirement to travel to sites, many of which are in remote locations and may not be served by public transport. It is essential you have a full UK driving license.

The role will require occasional attendance at community events which can be held at evenings or weekends. 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early due to high applicant numbers.

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: week commencing 12th May 2025.

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

https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/3p1fp1th/photographer-marketing.odt