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 Business Planning and Performance Manager.

With responsibility for driving corporate planning for the organisation, you will collaborate with colleagues across the whole organisation and at different levels of seniority to develop a well-used Corporate Plan, which allows teams to effectively prioritise and implement activities. You will lead on performance reporting, including headline KPI’s and corporate risk reporting to the Executive Team, Historic England Commission, and the organisation’s sponsoring department, the DCMS.

This role is part of the Strategic Planning Team and sits within Business Improvement Group - a dynamic part of Historic England (HE) committed to enabling innovative delivery, developing HE as an organisation and focusing its performance.

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 and Cambridge. 

Salary

National: £36,603 - £39,364 pro-rata

Greater London+: £39,408 - £42,380 pro-rata

What you will be doing

Produce the Corporate Plan and any related business planning tools, assist the Executive Team to develop corporate objectives and prioritised activities.

Work with the Head of Strategic Planning and Director of Strategy and Business Development to embed business planning across the organisation.

Ensure the Corporate Plan remains an active document throughout each year, continually refining prioritised activities with the Executive Team and activity owners, supporting internal engagement and communications.

Provide Commission, the Executive Team and senior managers with the information they need for the effective management and oversight of the work of Historic England by:

• Maintaining a comprehensive overview of progress against the Corporate Plan, supporting senior stakeholders in understanding their accountability in the implementation of their assigned activities, identifying to the Head of Strategic Planning and Business Improvement Director any significant variation or areas of concern.

• Overseeing regular KPI reporting and the communication of results to colleagues, ensuring KPIs are actively used to challenge improve performance. Proactively pursue opportunities to improve the corporate performance monitoring framework.

• Overseeing Historic England's risk monitoring, ensuring the collation of the risk register and risk appetite statement and assist the Executive Team in their interpretation and use.

Manage, motivate and support the Performance Officers to ensure timely and accurate performance data is collated and analysed.

Work collaboratively with the Business Improvement Leadership Team and the Director of Strategy and Business Development to identify, prioritise and ensure delivery of specific improvement projects, particularly relating to business planning and monitoring. Ensure the timely delivery of specific projects assigned to the team by the Head of Strategic Planning.

Be an effective advocate for Historic England and work collaboratively across the organisation to maximise our effectiveness. Undertake any other responsibilities commensurate with the grade and competencies required of the post requested by line management.

Who we are looking for

• Communication and Stakeholder Engagement Skills

• Risk Management Experience

• Data Interpretation and Data Visualisation Skills

• Corporate Planning Experience

• Influencing Skills

• Line Management Experience

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

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. 

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

Interview dates: 12th June 2024 - virtual

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

https://historicengland.org.uk/media/zckdfilt/business-planning-and-performance-manager.odt