Historic Places Adviser - North

You will work with local authorities and partners to support the development of investable place-based projects which will improve people's lives by preserving or enhancing conservation areas, or repurposing and sustaining other heritage assets. You will make full use of Historic England's expertise to add value to proposals, so that they can deliver well against funding scheme criteria and national planning policy objectives.

Operating across the North you will identify and manage relationships with key local influencers and delivery agents, including those outside local authorities and the heritage sector. You will encourage them to champion Historic England's work, develop collaborative projects and inspire them to look after and invest in the historic environment. With a particular focus on brownfield housing, you will identify and unlock housing opportunities within heritage buildings and historic places; work with colleagues to build the regional relationship with organisations involved in delivering homes across the North, and build a network within the development sector, working with colleagues to promote positive regional case studies of heritage-led housing delivery.

Please note that the role:

requires regular travel to sites not serviced by public transport.

will require occasional attendance at community meetings which are usually held at evenings or weekends.

A degree or equivalent experience in planning, urban design or a relevant discipline

Evidenced experience of managing positive change in places

Experience of working constructively with local authorities, community organisations and developers

An understanding of the National Planning Policy Framework and its application to the historic environment

Specialist knowledge of applying urban design principles to area-based strategies, Disability Confident
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This is a Full time, Permanent post based in Manchester, Newcastle or York with hybrid working.

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.

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What you will be doing, 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.

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.

Provisional interview dates: 2nd December 2024