Historic England to Net Zero Projects Adviser

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 England to Net Zero Projects Adviser.

This is a Full Time, 12 months Fixed-Term Contract based in Bristol or Newcastle with hybrid working.

Salary

£24,208 - £25,374 per annum

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.

To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here.

What you will be doing

The Technical Conservation Teams in the National Specialist Services Department specialise in the care, repair and conservation of buildings, structures and landscapes. We set standards and provide specialist technical services and strategic leadership on the practical, technical and scientific aspects of the care, repair, maintenance and adaptation of the historic built environment. We do this by developing and promoting evidence-based technical guidance and best practice to support those who care for and make decisions about the stewardship of the historic environment.

This is a one year post that will support Historic England’s commitment to achieve Net Zero by 2040. You will be part of the Carbon and Sustainability Team who lead on implementing our Carbon Reduction Plan. Our work programme is set up around several workstreams focusing on travel, staff behaviour change management, waste management, buying goods and services and ICT work.

You will support the Historic England to Net Zero leads of each of these workstreams to develop and implement key projects within the net zero programme, as well as support our work to meet wider government commitments, such as the Greening Government Commitments.

With experience in stakeholder engagement and projects, you’ll be enthusiastic about helping our organisation become more sustainable and climate resilient through the implementation of our Carbon Reduction Plan. You’ll understand basic Net Zero requirements and environmental sustainability measures. We’re happy to support your development within the environmental sustainability and heritage sectors, including supporting admission to a professional body, such as IEMA.

Who we are looking for

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
• Experience of records and document management
• Good written/oral communication, including the ability to write concise reports
• Awareness of and interest in UK Net Zero and sustainability aims
• Strong planning and organisational skills: ability to work to deadlines
• Ability to work within a team and to provide effective support to colleagues

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: 30th April 2025

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

https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/nj5bp5vs/historic-england-to-net-zero-projects-adviser.odt