Marine Data Analyst (Marine Heritage Accelerator) - Four positions available

Marine Data Analyst (MDE Heritage Accelerator) - Four positions available

Employer: Historic England
Location: Nationwide, Great Britain
Salary: GBP 31,361.00 - 32,869.00 per year; GBP 34,690.00 - 36,360.00 per year; GBP 36,368.00 - 38,119.00 per year
Closing date: 16 Jan 2025

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 four fantastic opportunities for you to join us as a Marine Data Analyst (MDE Heritage Accelerator).
This is a Full Time, 2 year Fixed-Term Contract based in Swindon or London with hybrid working.
Salary:
National: £31,361 - £32,869 pro-rata
Greater London+: £34,690 - £36,360 pro-rata
Inner London: £36,368 - £38,119 pro-rata
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
You will transform detailed heritage data generated by marine development into consistent, accessible spatial information within the Marine Data Exchange (MDE) and the National Marine Heritage Record (NMHR). This job will help deliver the objectives of the MDE Heritage Accelerator project, which is a major innovative project funded through the Crown Estate's Offshore Wind Evidence & Change (OWEC) programme. The job encompasses processing, recording, enhancing and analysing geospatial information derived from seabed surveys to create accessible heritage information.

Who we are looking for

• Demonstrable experience of working with marine or heritage data in a professional context, including large datasets
• Advanced skills in using databases, spreadsheets and GIS
• Good working knowledge of seabed survey systems commonly used in UK marine heritage, including their resulting data and its processing and interpretation
• Clear familiarity with UK frameworks, standards and lexicons used in processing, interpreting and recording marine data, heritage assets, interventions and sources
• Diligent attention to detail and accuracy

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.

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.

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

Provisional interview dates: virtual w/c 20th January 2025