Historic Places Regeneration Officer - FTE

Historic Places Regeneration Officer - 0.5 FTE Historic England

Location Hybrid
· Birmingham, UK Inclusive with hybrid working where you are based between the office and home

Salary £33,594 (GBP) Pro-rata, plus generous benefits

Team Regions - Midlands

Seniority Mid-level

• Closing:11:59pm, 11th Oct 2026 BST

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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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 Historic Places Regeneration Officer.

This is a 0.5 FTE permanent posts.

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.

Through the work of the Historic Places Regeneration Team, we demonstrate the transformational power of heritage in creating successful places. The team works collaboratively to deliver for people and places where we can make the biggest difference.

The team leads place-shaping activity and investment across the region. It is responsible for the initiation, development, delivery, evaluation and celebration of targeted interventions and engagement in priority places. To support its work, the Historic Places Regeneration Team draws on the breadth of expertise and tools we have available, including the heritage at risk programme, engagement, expert advice, grants and research, to affect positive and long-lasting change.

Meaningful partnerships with regional and local authorities, businesses, community groups, charities and other national agencies are central to the work of the team, helping to deliver creative projects that leverage the value of heritage to deliver wider societal benefits.

The Historic Places Regeneration Officer will support delivery of our programme for priority places, working closely with the Historic Places Regeneration Advisers and other colleagues in the Historic Places Regeneration Team. Regeneration Officers will draw on their skills, whether project management, archaeological, urban design, community engagement, etc., to deliver exemplary and impactful projects.

Regeneration Officers make full use of Historic England’s breath of expertise and tools, including grants (both Historic England and Defra funded) and the heritage at risk programme, and they work with external partners to transform the heritage that matters to communities through heritage led regeneration.

Experience of partnership working

Experience of assessing, managing, delivering grant funded projects

Experience of working with grassroots / community organisations

Ability to advocate for the value of heritage in place based regeneration

Ability to solve problems and work creatively to achieve results

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.

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