Architect/Surveyor

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 Architect/Surveyor.

This is a Part Time 12 months Fixed-Term Contract, working 18 hours a week. The location of this role is Newcastle or York with hybrid working, where you will be based in the office and from home.

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 key members of the regional Partnerships teams, Architects and Surveyors use their technical expertise and creativity to support our place-making work, playing a key role in our Heritage at Risk and grants programmes. You will have a unique opportunity to impact directly on the conservation of our national heritage and in doing so improve people’s lives. The role is at the interface between theory, practice and emerging policy, specialising in building conservation, repair, adaptation and design in an historic context.

The multi-disciplinary Partnerships teams bring together a wide range of skills and professional backgrounds, to find creative solutions that deliver results for both heritage and people. Bringing together skills and experience in advocacy, engagement and project management as well as research, grant-giving, capacity building, repair and conservation, to realise innovative solutions for long-standing heritage at risk, and to promote place‑based renewal of local communities. Working collaboratively with key internal colleagues and local partners, Architects and Surveyors play a vital role in advocating for the care and conservation, and where appropriate, creative reuse of the historic environment so that its key contribution in improving quality of life can be realised.

Who we are looking for

• Appropriate professional qualification in architecture or building surveying, and conservation accreditation (or the existing experience to apply for accreditation)
• Knowledge of historic building construction, current conservation practice, the range of methods for the repair, alteration and adaption of historic buildings and monuments, and of design in an historic context
• Ability to approach repair problems and possible solutions in a practical and creative way
• Good working knowledge of the implications of current construction industry regulations in relation to historic buildings and monuments
• Ability to coordinate and prioritise own workload and to work to tight deadlines

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 [email protected] 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: Week commencing 05th May 2025

Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –

https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/1ralc4fo/architect-surveyor-ne.odt