Heritage Regeneration Officer (Hybrid) — Impact Communities in Birmingham

Historic England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone. Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Historic Places Regeneration Officer. We have four posts available:

• 2 x Full-time Manchester, Newcastle or York
• 1 x Full-time Birmingham
• 1 x Part-time 0.5FTE Manchester

These are all permanent posts. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 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

Through the work of the Historic Places Regeneration Team, we demonstrate the transformational power of heritage in creating successful places. The team works collaboratively to deliver for people and places where we can make the biggest difference. The team leads place-shaping activity and investment across the region. It is responsible for the initiation, development, delivery, evaluation and celebration of targeted interventions and engagement in priority places. To support its work, the Historic Places Regeneration Team draws on the breadth of expertise and tools we have available, including the heritage at risk programme, engagement, expert advice, grants and research, to affect positive and long-lasting change. Meaningful partnerships with regional and local authorities, businesses, community groups, charities and other national agencies are central to the work of the team, helping to deliver creative projects that leverage the value of heritage to deliver wider societal benefits.

The Historic Places Regeneration Officer will support delivery of our programme for priority places, working closely with the Historic Places Regeneration Advisers and other colleagues in the Historic Places Regeneration Team. Regeneration Officers will draw on their skills, whether project management, archaeological, urban design, community engagement, etc., to deliver exemplary and impactful projects. Regeneration Officers make full use of Historic England’s breadth of expertise and tools, including grants (both Historic England and Defra funded) and the heritage at risk programme, and they work with external partners to transform the heritage that matters to communities through heritage led regeneration.

Who we are looking for

• Experience of partnership working
• Experience of assessing, managing, delivering grant funded projects
• Experience of working with grassroots / community organisations
• Ability to advocate for the value of heritage in place based regeneration
• Ability to solve problems and work creatively to achieve results

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 won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, 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.

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 wants 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.