National Projects Coordinator

Location Hybrid
· United Kingdom(multiple locations) Bristol
· Cambridge
· Portsmouth
· Swindon
· Manchester
· Birmingham
· York
· Newcastle Inclusive with hybrid working where you are based between the office and home

Seniority Junior

Work from home option

Wellness programs

Employee Assistance Programme

Additional parental leave

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Paid emergency leave

Sabbatical Opportunities

Mentoring/coaching

Payroll giving

Salary sacrifice

Team social events

Team lunches

Extracurricular clubs

Cycle to work scheme

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Summary

Historic England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone.

Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our National Projects Coordinator

This is a full time, permanent position.

The location of this role is national, inclusive with hybrid working. You will be based in one of our following offices and/or from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) or Cambridge.

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 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.

What you will be doing

To contribute to the running of Portfolio Development and Delivery (Portfolio), which has responsibility for Historic England’s Unified Portfolio and Delivery Pipeline and for managing major portfolios, programmes and projects of organisational significance.

Portfolio sits in the Corporate Services Group, ensuring Historic England is an adaptable, fundable and sustainable organisation that delivers for heritage by facilitating joined up working, inspiring, challenging and equipping people, nurturing innovation and productivity, managing grant spend and growing income.

This role involves working closely with Project and Programme Managers at all levels within Historic England to provide AI-assisted coordination of projects and support for programmes across the portfolio.

Who we are looking for

Excellent attention to detail and accuracy

Excellent organisational, prioritisation and time management skills

Experience of project coordination or support within projects or programmes.

Excellent digital skills and confidence in using Microsoft 365 and other digital productivity tools such as Power BI.

Ability to assimilate, interpret and utilise data to support informed decision-making and improve efficiency

Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria.

Historic England is a Disability Confident Leader and normally offers guaranteed interviews to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role, where it is practical and appropriate to do so. We want all candidates to shine in the recruitment process, so please tell us what we can do to help you show us your very best self. For more information, please visit our Everyone is Welcome page , or contact us at recruitment if you have any recruitment queries.

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 won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, 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…