Historic Places Adviser (South West)
| Posting date: | 19 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £39,590 per year, pro rata |
| Additional salary information: | Plus generous benefits |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 28 September 2025 |
| Location: | Bristol, South West England |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Historic England |
| Job type: | Contract |
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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.
Historic England have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Historic Places Adviser (SW).
This is a Part Time, Fixed-Term Contract, until the 1st September 2026, based in Bristol with hybrid working.
We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 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.
To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here.
What you will be doing
As part of this team, you will work with local authorities and partners to promote the appreciation and enhancement of historic areas so that people, places and communities all benefit from their heritage.
You will develop partnerships and identify funding for preserving and enhancing the character or appearance of places such as Conservation Areas at Risk, historic high streets and other priority areas, advising on the delivery of projects to sustain and enrich these historic places.
You will support colleagues across the Region in delivering positive place-based advice through, for example, masterplans design codes and contributing to national and local guidance. You will also lead the Historic England contribution to supporting effective Neighbourhood Plans.
Who we are looking for
A degree or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline
A proven track record in managing positive change to historic places
A proven track record of working constructively with Local Authorities, other organisations, developers and community groups
Experience of project management and delivery
Knowledge of statutory procedures relating to the historic environment in the planning system
Specialist knowledge of applying urban design principles to area-based strategies (e.g. master planning)
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 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.
We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.
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 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.
At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role.
To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted.
Provisional interview dates: 13th October 2025
Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –
https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/3rydbpjj/zw-historic-places-adviser-sw-jd-aug-2025.odt
Historic England have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Historic Places Adviser (SW).
This is a Part Time, Fixed-Term Contract, until the 1st September 2026, based in Bristol with hybrid working.
We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 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.
To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here.
What you will be doing
As part of this team, you will work with local authorities and partners to promote the appreciation and enhancement of historic areas so that people, places and communities all benefit from their heritage.
You will develop partnerships and identify funding for preserving and enhancing the character or appearance of places such as Conservation Areas at Risk, historic high streets and other priority areas, advising on the delivery of projects to sustain and enrich these historic places.
You will support colleagues across the Region in delivering positive place-based advice through, for example, masterplans design codes and contributing to national and local guidance. You will also lead the Historic England contribution to supporting effective Neighbourhood Plans.
Who we are looking for
A degree or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline
A proven track record in managing positive change to historic places
A proven track record of working constructively with Local Authorities, other organisations, developers and community groups
Experience of project management and delivery
Knowledge of statutory procedures relating to the historic environment in the planning system
Specialist knowledge of applying urban design principles to area-based strategies (e.g. master planning)
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 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.
We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.
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 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.
At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role.
To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted.
Provisional interview dates: 13th October 2025
Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –
https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/3rydbpjj/zw-historic-places-adviser-sw-jd-aug-2025.odt
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