MEND Chartered Architect/Chartered Surveyor/Chartered Architectural technologist

MEND Chartered Architect/Chartered Surveyor/Chartered Architectural technologist

Historic England

Employment Type: Part time 12 months Fixed-Term Contract, 18 hours a week

Location: Hybrid · United Kingdom (multiple locations) Cambridge · Portsmouth · Swindon · Bristol · Birmingham · Manchester · York · Newcastle National - We offer hybrid working where you will be based in the office and from home

Team: Regions - Partnerships

Seniority: Mid-level

• Closing: 11:59pm, 13th Apr 2025 BST

Perks and Benefits

• Work from home option
• Wellness programs
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Additional parental leave
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Paid emergency leave
• Sabbatical Opportunities
• Mentoring/coaching
• Payroll giving
• Salary sacrifice
• Team social events
• Team lunches
• Extracurricular clubs
• Cycle to work scheme

Job Description

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 has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our MEND Chartered Architect/Chartered Surveyor/Chartered Architectural technologist.

This is a 12 months Fixed-Term Contract, Part Time 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) and Cambridge.

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.

What you will be doing

As part of Historic England’s Regions Group, you will use your expert technical knowledge and excellent interpersonal skills to advise on and develop sustainable proposals for repair and adaptive re-use of traditional buildings.

Alongside this chief role, you will also have the opportunity to work with Historic England’s Partnerships Teams. Partnerships teams are responsible for the delivery of HE’s discretionary services for and with local partners. Their chief duty is to advocate for the care and conservation, and, where appropriate, creative reuse of the historic environment.

As key members of the regional Partnerships teams, architects and surveyors use their expert technical skills to advise partners and help them to develop proposals for repair and alteration of heritage assets and give guidance on areas of change in historic townscapes and landscapes.

This is an opportunity to impact directly on the conservation of our national heritage by working with owners and communities to find sustainable solutions for traditional buildings and historic areas.

Who we are looking for

• Professional qualification in architecture or building surveying, with current ARB registration or chartered RICS membership.
• Extensive wide-ranging experience of the repair of historic buildings and in project management.
• Good working knowledge of English secular and ecclesiastical architecture of all periods.
• Excellent knowledge of historic building construction, current conservation practice, and a wide range of methods for the repair, alteration, and adaptation of historic buildings.
• Ability to approach repair problems and possible solutions in a practical and creative way.
• Good working knowledge of the implications of current construction industry regulation in relation to historic buildings and monuments.

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.

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.

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 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.