Heritage at Risk Project Officer

Job title:

Heritage at Risk Project Officer

Company

Historic England

Job description

SummaryWe 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 a Heritage at Risk Project Officer to join our London & South East team.This is a Full Time, fixed-term contract until end of March 2026.The location of this role is London where we offer hybrid working. The focus of the work will be across the South East part of the region, outside of Central London.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.To view our full range of benefits please follow the link .What you will be doingHeritage at Risk Project Officers (HARPOs) sit within Partnerships Teams in each of Historic England’s Regional offices. These specialist teams manage the Heritage at Risk Register, distribute grants, undertake research, and contribute to place-shaping work across the Region. They work with stakeholders and communities to find creative solutions to heritage at risk and bring about the regeneration of places by using their expertise in architectural history, project management, community engagement, fundraising, and conservation.HARPOs provide expert advice on the planning, funding and delivery of heritage at risk projects across the range of asset types in the London & SE Region; this post has a specific focus on rural Scheduled Monuments outside of London. Applying the ‘constructive conservation’ ethos they work closely with owners, local authorities and partner agencies, and with local communities and other stakeholders, to negotiate effective projects, identify funding and facilitate consents. They report on project progress, update the Heritage at Risk (HAR) Register, and contribute to public promotion of heritage at risk cases and themes. HARPOs work with our HAR Architects/Surveyors in overseeing complex HAR Repair Grant funded projects, and lead on Capacity Building grants to stakeholder organisations.What we are looking for

• A degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline

• Substantial experience of working constructively with owners and other partners as a practitioner in the repair and management of heritage assets (especially rural scheduled monuments)

• A working knowledge of the historic environment and its assets

• Good negotiating and influencing skills

• Ability to approach Heritage at Risk problems, possible solutions and impact on the heritage asset in a practical and creative way

• Good oral and written communication skills

Please note that:The role requires very occasional travel to sites not serviced by public transport.

The role may require visiting/inspecting sites which are likely to require climbing scaffolding and negotiating confined spaces.The role will require occasional attendance at community meetings which are usually held at evenings or weekends.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 EnglandWe 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 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: 1 May 2025 – via Microsoft Teams.Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description:

Expected salary

Location

London

Job date

Sat, 22 Mar 2025 03:40:39 GMT

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