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As our Head of Legal, you will be leading the provision of legal services to Historic England. You will work closely with the General Counsel & Corporate Secretary and alongside the Head of Legal (English Heritage). You will lead on ensuring that the Historic England legal team retains its reputation for proactive, commercial and pragmatic legal advice. Overseeing the work of the team carrying out work for Historic England and ensuring it meets the requirements of the organisation.

• Experienced UK qualified lawyer
• Understanding of public sector environment
• Line management experience
• Ability to deal with a number of issues concurrently
• Expertise in various areas of law
  
  Historic England are passionate about what we do. Every day we create solutions, and deliver services and outcomes that make a real difference to England's historic environment.
  
  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., 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. 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. Provisional interview dates: 31st October, 1st and 4th November 2024