Historic Places Regeneration Adviser - 2 positions 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 two fantastic opportunities for you to join us as our Historic Places Regeneration Adviser. This is a full time, permanent contract position. The location of this role is Birmingham, inclusive with hybrid working. 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, including the heritage at risk programme, engagement, expert advice, grants and research, to effect 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.
• Historic Places Regeneration Advisers support Team Leaders in the design and delivery of our programme for priority places.
• Their work is insight and evidence-driven, to respond to community needs, as well as opportunities to scale our impact in partnership with others, including Mayoral Combined Authorities.
• Advisers will draw on their master planning and regeneration skills to deliver exemplary and impactful projects.
• Advisers make full use of Historic England’s breadth of expertise and tools, including grants and the heritage at risk programme, and they work with communities and external partners to deliver heritage-led regeneration.

Who we are looking for:

• Experience of delivering place-based regeneration or heritage-led projects.
• Experience of building effective partnerships with local authorities, communities and other stakeholders.
• Experience of developing and delivering projects using evidence and effective project management.
• Knowledge of regeneration, place-making and the contribution of the historic environment.
• Strong communication, influencing and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively, think creatively and deliver outcomes in a changing environment.

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 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 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. 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. At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use of AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration—not as direct input.

Provisional interview dates: September 2026