National Listing Adviser

Historic England; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

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 have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our National Listing Adviser.

This is a Full Time, Permanent post.

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 will consider remote working.

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 28.97% 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

The Central Listing and Architectural Research Team is responsible for making recommendations to Government on statutory heritage protection.

You will provide specialist designation advice to the National Listings Manager, and lead on the delivery of National project and designation services to corporate, group and departmental priorities. You will form part of a small team in the Central Listing and Architectural Research team, providing National advice. You will work closely with the National Listing Adviser (Marine) to ensure smooth and efficient management of casework and projects, and if necessary provide support to regional listing teams.

You will manage fixed term project staff and Placements and act as a mentor, assisting the National Listings Manager with developing training as required.

Please note that the role:

1. requires regular travel to sites not serviced by public transport.
2. requires visiting/inspecting sites which is likely to require climbing scaffolding and negotiating confined spaces (e.g. church roofs).
3. may require occasional attendance at community or planning meetings which are usually held at evenings or weekends.

Who we are looking for

1. Knowledge of one or more specialist aspects of the historic environment – archaeology, marine & coastal heritage, architectural and building history, history of landscape, designed landscape, and battlefields.
2. Experience of Heritage project management and procurement.
3. Ability to deliver specialist assessments of the historic environment, including engagement with linked specialisms, to ensure holistic evaluation and recommendations, to deadlines.
4. Experience of building and maintaining partnerships in project work.
5. Ability to build effective working relationships with internal and external partners, and a commitment to championing the interest of the historic environment to the public at large.
6. Actively supports the roles and contributions of other groups, departments, and teams whether at a professional or individual level.

Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria.

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.

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.

If you would like further details on the role please email.

Provisional interview dates: April 2025