Senior Heritage Consultant in City of Westminster

We are looking for a committed, ambitious and knowledgeable Senior Heritage Consultant to join our heritage consultancy team. If you are an experienced Senior Heritage Consultant, we are looking for an enthusiastic individual who can inspire creativity and confidence amongst clients, consultants and colleagues alike, deliver excellent advice, promote Purcell and conservation, and pursue new business opportunities.

Responsibilities

• You will act as project leader on a variety of projects, making decisions, providing heritage advice, advocacy and guidance.
• Your focus will be providing bespoke and high-quality advice, with outputs including conservation management plans, significance and capacity analysis, and heritage impact assessments concerning the full spectrum of heritage asset typology.
• Projects will include supporting Purcell-led architectural projects, as well as external commissions.
• Key responsibilities include:

• Providing heritage advice, advocacy and guidance on projects.
• Producing conservation management plans, significance and capacity analysis, and heritage impact assessments.
• Preparing fee proposals and tenders, and undertaking business development to build client relationships and contribute to a pipeline of work for the team.
• Assisting with then over time taking on management of junior team members in your region, managing resource, reviewing work and growing the team's skills.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree-level qualification (including but not limited to architectural history, archaeology, building surveying, building conservation, town planning).
• A skills base in a relevant field, such as architectural historic, heritage management, buildings archaeology, heritage planning, is a must, with at least 7 years of relevant professional experience.
• Excellent skills and demonstrable experience of archival and desk-based research, on-site built fabric analysis and producing well-written reports.
• Proven track record in providing advice as heritage lead.
• Expert in planning and managing your own workload and the workload of others and running multiple simultaneous projects.
• Experience of leading on the preparation of fee proposals and bids.
• Demonstrable track record in work winning.
• Working knowledge of current national and local legislation, policy and guidance.
• Experience of working with architects, engineers and statutory stakeholders including conservation officers and Historic England.
• Membership(s) of professional institutions, such as the IHBC or CIFA.
• Highly desirable: Experience in mentoring and managing junior members of staff.
• A UK driving licence.
• Experience of GIS software.
• Specialism in heritage planning or environmental sustainability.

Benefits

Purcell is an award-winning employee-owned architectural and heritage consultancy practice with a commitment to quality, innovation, and diversity. We offer a rewarding and supportive environment for personal and professional development and our employee-owned ethos empowers everyone to use their voice. Our benefits package includes agile, flexible and hybrid working (a minimum of 3 days in office, up to 2 days WFH), annual leave increasing with long service, life assurance, study sponsorship with paid study leave, sabbaticals, employee assistance programme, season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, virtual GP service, subscription fees, company day out, a volunteering scheme and enhanced learning & development opportunities.

EEO Statement

As world leaders of heritage and conservation, Purcell is committed to embracing diversity and equal opportunity within our international teams, reflective of the society in which we work and live. We welcome people from all backgrounds and celebrate differences through our culture of employee ownership.