Heritage Director – London

Our ‘Heritage, Townscape and Landscape’ team at Turley is growing. Be part of this and help guide and deliver some of the most high-profile, diverse and interesting projects in the UK. We are seeking an exceptional Heritage specialist with strong local knowledge and a passion for place to drive our growth in London and the South. Our work is varied and includes residential developments, renewable energy schemes, sports stadia, tall buildings, town/city centre regeneration projects, and commercial development. This role will be based in our London office, with flexibility to work across projects nationally, as needed.

About the role

We are looking for a highly motivated, experienced and dedicated Heritage Director to join our Heritage, Townscape and Landscape team to drive our growth from our London office, and to lead on delivering exciting projects. In this role you will:

• Promote and deliver our heritage services, working closely with other heritage, landscape and townscape specialists and collaborating with wider Turley services.
• Provide strategic and commercially informed built heritage advice to clients on complex and high profile projects, underpinned by sound judgement and expert assessment.
• Deliver and effectively oversee the highest standard of heritage assessment and be proficient in preparing and reviewing assessments of significance and impact as well as Environmental Impact Assessment.
• Adept in positively engaging with statutory bodies and stakeholders, including conservation officers and Historic England.
• Prepare evidence for planning appeals and act as built heritage expert witness at Hearings and Public Inquiries.
• Contribute to the success of our service, as part of the leadership team, through work-winning, being a trusted advisor to clients, robust financial stewardship and proactively assisting with the development and wellbeing of our people.
• Be proactive in the marketplace, profile-raising and doing business development in your own way to find new work and retain clients.
• Take a proactive approach to developing others, including through effective delegation and line management.

About you

The ideal candidate will:

• Be an exceptional heritage professional with a strong track record and reputation in heritage advice and assessment and the planning and development process in a consultancy environment.
• Have a commercial mindset with a strong track record of business development and work winning.
• Have excellent project management experience (both time and resource) of delivering large, complex and high-value projects.
• Have strong leadership and line management skills, including delegation, a commercial outlook, robust financial stewardship, client contact, liaison/negotiation with co-consultants/planning stakeholders etc.
• Have knowledge/experience of closely related townscape/landscape disciplines.
• Have a strategic outlook, bringing energy, ideas, and positivity.
• Be resilient and be able to work independently.
• Have developed strong relationships within their network of clients and contacts.
• Be a team player, one who enjoys working with and takes pride in developing others.
• Having experience in sustainability/NZI field would be a further advantage.
• Additionally, a relevant qualification and IHBC membership or membership of another relevant professional body would be preferred.

How to apply

If you think that Turley could be the right move for you, please apply in confidence by following the Apply Now link below or email careers@turley.co.uk, providing your CV and a covering letter. We welcome applications directly, and would prefer not to receive CVs from recruitment agencies. The successful candidate must have permission to work in the UK/Ireland by the start of their employment. Our aim is to be an even more diverse and inclusive company; we celebrate difference and we're actively building more diverse teams. We welcome applications from candidates regardless of background and personal circumstances who meet the criteria set out above. We would love for you to join an organisation that enables you to thrive. If you need any assistance during the recruitment process or we can put in any adjustments for you, please contact Turley’s People & Culture team (careers@turley.co.uk).