Marine Planning Officer - Two Posts in England

Join to apply for the Marine Planning Officer - Two Posts role at Historic England. We 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 our Marine Planning Officer. Please note there are two posts available. These are Full Time, Fixed-Term Contracts. One post until June 2027, and one post until March 2028. These roles are to be based nationally at one of our offices, with hybrid working. Where we offer hybrid working, you will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland), and Cambridge. Home working, with occasional office visits, will also be considered.

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme, 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:

• The Marine Planning Unit provides Historic England’s statutory and non-statutory advice to developers, consultants and regulatory authorities.
• We are involved in pre-application, formal decision-making processes and post-consent through our role as the only curatorial body for the English inshore and offshore marine planning areas.
• As part of the Marine Planning Unit, you will take delegated responsibility for the delivery of Historic England’s advice on proposals for change in the historic environment that fall within their area of competence.
• You will contribute to delivery of Historic England’s corporate plan objectives, as relevant to marine development advice.
• As the Marine Planning Officer, you will play an important role in all stages of preparing development advice, especially the case for historic environment assessment and mitigation as part of the development consenting process and subsequent delivery.

Who we are looking for:

• Educated to degree level with a post-graduate qualification or equivalent experience relevant to marine planning and management.
• Experience of effectively providing advice through Environmental Impact Assessment exercises.
• Trained in the use of spatial data, analysis and presentation.
• Knowledgeable about the historic environment as might be encountered by seabed users and developers.
• Understanding of government policy, guidance and statutory measures for the historic environment.
• Confidence to deal with time pressure and challenge.
• Applies initiative and willingness to develop effective working relations.

Please note that the role may require travel to locations not serviced by public transport; requires visiting locations that may require climbing aboard vessels (large and small), to undergo travel at sea and negotiating confined spaces; may require occasional participation at events and to present information at conferences requiring away stays.

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. We recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance.

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.

Historic England want all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. You can contact us by email if you have any recruitment queries.

Provisional interview dates: 23rd September 2025.