Senior Building Conservation Advisor
| Posting date: | 09 September 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £40,548 to £47,745 per year, pro rata |
| Additional salary information: | plus generous benefits |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 29 September 2024 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Historic England |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: |
Summary
Summary
We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.
This is a permanent, part-time post working 21.6 hours a week.
Salary is pro-rata and dependent on location.
We are seeking a part-time Senior Building Conservation Advisor to join our Technical Conservation Team to support the team’s role as a centre of specialist knowledge and research in the conservation of historic buildings. We need a good team player with wide experience in applied building conservation, combined with intellectual curiosity and a creative approach to problem solving, to help deliver our evidence-based advice and guidance on caring for the built heritage.
This is a unique opportunity to join a small, highly motivated and high-achieving team working alongside colleagues and industry experts with a wealth of knowledge at their fingertips.
The location for this role is National, we offer hybrid working where you will be based in one of the following offices and from home – London, Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth or Cambridge.
We offer a wide benefits package including flexible working, a competitive pension scheme starting at 28% 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 a member of the Building Conservation & Designed Landscape Team in Technical Conservation, you will provide specialist technical advice on conserving, repairing, maintaining and adapting a vast range of heritage assets, from the humblest vernacular structures to some of the most significant historic buildings and sites in the country, including those managed by English Heritage. You will also help to develop guidance on appropriate methods of conserving the historic built environment by commissioning and managing applied research projects, carrying out and organising specialist training and producing and disseminating technical advice and guidance for a range of audiences, including conservation professionals and non-professionals.
The work is highly varied, and no two days are the same; one day, you might be on site, accompanied by one of our experienced consultants, to advise on dealing with a complex traditional roofing problem, and the next day you might be in a meeting with scientists, helping to design a research methodology for evaluating traditional solutions to driving rain penetration, or be attending a conference to present our research or guidance.
What we are looking for:
Degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject or equivalent work experience.
Extensive, appropriate & wide-ranging post-qualification experience in the conservation of historic buildings and structures, including diagnosing defects and implementing appropriate interventions.
Experience of writing reports, guidance and articles and editing the work of others
Practical experience of a range of historic building repair methods
Detailed knowledge of traditional building materials & systems, deterioration and remedial options
Strong written and oral communication skills
Team player with proven ability to collaborate with wide range of internal & external partners
Please make clear reference to the person specification in the job description when you are completing your application and highlight examples of any related knowledge, skills and experienced based on these.
Please note:
The role will involve travel to local offices and locations throughout England, often to sites that are inaccessible by public transport, so it is essential that you have a current driving licence that is valid in the UK.
Due to the national remit of the role, attendance at meetings and site visits will often involve overnight stays, sometimes of more than one consecutive night.
The role will also involve visiting sites in exposed locations and where climbing scaffolding and negotiating uneven terrain and confined spaces (such as attics) will be essential.
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 just won the Gold Award from MIND, 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.
Why work for Historic England
We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 28% 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.
Historic England want 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.
For further information or to request an informal discussion please contact Maria Calderon, Principal Building Conservation Advisor and Team Leader – Maria-Elena.Calderon@HistoricEngland.org.uk
Provisional interview dates: 9th October 2024 - In person, London
Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –
https://historicengland.org.uk/media/lkkjua22/senior-building-conservation-advisor.odt
We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.
This is a permanent, part-time post working 21.6 hours a week.
Salary is pro-rata and dependent on location.
We are seeking a part-time Senior Building Conservation Advisor to join our Technical Conservation Team to support the team’s role as a centre of specialist knowledge and research in the conservation of historic buildings. We need a good team player with wide experience in applied building conservation, combined with intellectual curiosity and a creative approach to problem solving, to help deliver our evidence-based advice and guidance on caring for the built heritage.
This is a unique opportunity to join a small, highly motivated and high-achieving team working alongside colleagues and industry experts with a wealth of knowledge at their fingertips.
The location for this role is National, we offer hybrid working where you will be based in one of the following offices and from home – London, Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth or Cambridge.
We offer a wide benefits package including flexible working, a competitive pension scheme starting at 28% 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 a member of the Building Conservation & Designed Landscape Team in Technical Conservation, you will provide specialist technical advice on conserving, repairing, maintaining and adapting a vast range of heritage assets, from the humblest vernacular structures to some of the most significant historic buildings and sites in the country, including those managed by English Heritage. You will also help to develop guidance on appropriate methods of conserving the historic built environment by commissioning and managing applied research projects, carrying out and organising specialist training and producing and disseminating technical advice and guidance for a range of audiences, including conservation professionals and non-professionals.
The work is highly varied, and no two days are the same; one day, you might be on site, accompanied by one of our experienced consultants, to advise on dealing with a complex traditional roofing problem, and the next day you might be in a meeting with scientists, helping to design a research methodology for evaluating traditional solutions to driving rain penetration, or be attending a conference to present our research or guidance.
What we are looking for:
Degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject or equivalent work experience.
Extensive, appropriate & wide-ranging post-qualification experience in the conservation of historic buildings and structures, including diagnosing defects and implementing appropriate interventions.
Experience of writing reports, guidance and articles and editing the work of others
Practical experience of a range of historic building repair methods
Detailed knowledge of traditional building materials & systems, deterioration and remedial options
Strong written and oral communication skills
Team player with proven ability to collaborate with wide range of internal & external partners
Please make clear reference to the person specification in the job description when you are completing your application and highlight examples of any related knowledge, skills and experienced based on these.
Please note:
The role will involve travel to local offices and locations throughout England, often to sites that are inaccessible by public transport, so it is essential that you have a current driving licence that is valid in the UK.
Due to the national remit of the role, attendance at meetings and site visits will often involve overnight stays, sometimes of more than one consecutive night.
The role will also involve visiting sites in exposed locations and where climbing scaffolding and negotiating uneven terrain and confined spaces (such as attics) will be essential.
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 just won the Gold Award from MIND, 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.
Why work for Historic England
We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 28% 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.
Historic England want 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.
For further information or to request an informal discussion please contact Maria Calderon, Principal Building Conservation Advisor and Team Leader – Maria-Elena.Calderon@HistoricEngland.org.uk
Provisional interview dates: 9th October 2024 - In person, London
Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –
https://historicengland.org.uk/media/lkkjua22/senior-building-conservation-advisor.odt
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