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.   We are looking for a Senior Evaluation Officer (Grants) to join the team.

This is a full time, permanent role.

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.

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

What you will be doing

As Senior Evaluation Officer (Grants), you will be taking Historic England on a journey to help us tell better stories about what we do so that we can do more of what works for people and places.  You will embed a new grants evaluation process across Historic England, developing and delivering a full suite of training internally, and effectively communicating the new approach across the heritage sector.  

 As a senior member of the Grants team, you will provide expert advice on issues related to evaluation, data and analysis.  You will ensure that the new grants evaluation system and processes are effective and efficient, and can help continuously improve, innovate and understand our impact. 

 You will work with colleagues across Historic England to sustain a learning environment where insights are shared and applied across the organisation and heritage sector. Your trusted and compelling voice will advocate for data and evaluation, sharing insights through publications, briefings, networking and public speaking.   

What we are looking for

• Significant experience of research

• Evaluation and data analysis

• Experience of facilitation training and engagement.

• Proven ability to devise innovative evaluation research

• Knowledge and direct application of evaluation research methods

• Ability to think creatively

• Excellent writing and communication skills.

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 10th March 2025 - Online via Microsoft Teams

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

https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/qrcnjifc/zw-senior-evaluation-officer-grants-jd-nov-2024.odt