At a Glance
- Tasks: Engage with stakeholders and build partnerships to support heritage initiatives.
- Company: Join Historic England, a leader in preserving and promoting heritage.
- Benefits: Enjoy hybrid working, wellness programmes, generous leave, and a competitive pension scheme.
- Other info: Inclusive workplace with excellent career development opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on heritage while enjoying a flexible work-life balance.
- Qualifications: Experience in stakeholder management and strong communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 32616 - 37451 £ per year.
Location: Hybrid · United Kingdom (multiple locations) Bristol · Swindon · Birmingham · Manchester · York · Newcastle · Cambridge · Portsmouth
Salary: £32,616 - £37,451 (GBP) Band C plus generous benefits
Team: Communications and Engagement
Seniority: Mid-level
Closing: 11:59pm, 24th Jul 2026 BST
Perks and benefits:
- Work from home option
- Wellness programs
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Additional parental leave
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Paid emergency leave
- Sabbatical Opportunities
- Mentoring/coaching
- Payroll giving
- Salary sacrifice
- Team social events
- Team lunches
- Extracurricular clubs
- Cycle to work scheme
Job Description: 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 an External Affairs Officer. This is a full time, permanent contract position. The location of this role is either York, Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham, Cambridge, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth, 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: As External Affairs Officer you will be part of the External Affairs team in the Communications department, a team that delivers and oversees Historic England’s stakeholder, political, sector relationships and partnerships in support of our strategic priorities of Growth, Place and Sector. You will champion good practice in stakeholder engagement by working with colleagues to monitor and track partnerships and their engagement with Local Authority senior officers, elected representatives, Mayors, MPs, developers and significant heritage sector relationships.
Who we are looking for:
- Stakeholder Management Experience
- Data and Systems
- Communication and Collaboration
- Supporting Internal Processes and Change
- Prioritisation and Working Under Pressure
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 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.
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