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’s purpose is to improve people’s lives by championing and protecting England’s historic environment.

We are seeking a Senior Inclusive Heritage Adviser to join our team.

As our Senior Inclusive Heritage Advisor we need you to develop partnerships and capacity building programmes which deliver against the three ambitions in our Inclusion Diversity and Equality strategy:

• A diverse sector: The demographics of the workforce of Historic England and the sector will be reflective of national demographics and a greater number and diversity of young people will have access to career development opportunities across the heritage sector  

• Everyone’s Heritage: People from every community will be able to see their own culture and heritage represented in the work of Historic England and realise that the historic environment is relevant to them  

• Building the future audience: All young people will be proud of where they live and have the opportunity to get involved with conserving, defining and interpreting their local heritage  

This is a fantastic opportunity for you to add real value as the work of this role will largely focus on developing strategic partnerships and planning work programmes with organisations who could effectively use heritage as a way to deliver their work and aid historic environment sector organisations to work with a greater diversity of people and in more inclusive ways.

What you will be doing

You will advise on, develop and deliver programmes of work in support of Historic England’s Inclusion, Diversity and Equality strategy, working in partnership with our Creative Programmes team, identifying strategic opportunities for external partnerships and collaborations with colleagues across Historic England which result in more people from priority groups engaging with their local historic environment.

You will work with historic environment sector organisations to increase the diversity of the sector workforce and the diversity of people who engage with their local heritage, develop capacity building programmes to guide the heritage sector and external partners to connect people from priority groups to their local heritage.

Who we are looking for

• Experience of using the historic environment to engage with diverse audiences

• Experience of developing and managing successful external partnerships relating to inclusion

• Experience of using a range of tools and processes to successfully manage complex projects

• A deep understanding of the barriers to engagement with heritage faced by those with protected characteristics and from lower socioeconomic groups

• Excellent written and spoken communication skills, capable of motivating, enthusing and persuading colleagues Why work for Historic England

  HOW TO APPLY:

  Please submit a copy of your CV and include a CV cover letter (max 300 words) outlining why you are suitable for the role via our online Applied application process.

  You can contact us by email at ResourcingTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries. 

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.

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.

Historic England wants 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 ResourcingTeam@Historicengland.org.uk.

Please find the full copy of the Job Description here;

https://historicengland.org.uk/content/job-descriptions-hr/senior-inclusive-heritage-adviser/