Part Time Communications Officer (Heritage Funds

Part Time Communications Officer (Heritage Funds)
Historic England

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

Team Communications and Engagement

Seniority Mid-level

• Closing:11:59pm, 23rd Aug 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

8.00 (11244)

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 Communications Officer (Heritage Funds)

This is a part time, (32 hours per week), 48 month fixed term contract, until March 2030.

The location of this role is either York, Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham, Cambridge, Swindon, Bristol, or Portsmouth, inclusive with hybrid working.

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

Supporting the Communications Manager to develop, deliver and promote the Heritage At Risk Capital Fund (HARCF) and the Places of Worship Renewal Fund (PWRF). Working closely with colleagues from within the Engagement department and the central teams responsible for administering both funding streams, you will help bring stories to life and help audiences understand the value of heritage for people and place, and the positive results that come from investing in it.

You will help maximise opportunities to communicate the benefits of the funding streams, what heritage regeneration brings, highlighting community stories and how Historic England helps to deliver the Government’s missions

Who we are looking for

Experience of planning and delivering communications campaigns or projects, using a range of communication channels, working collaboratively with colleagues and evaluating outcomes.

Experience of producing clear, engaging communications and adapting complex information for different audiences across a variety of channels.

Experience of building effective relationships and working collaboratively with a range of internal and external stakeholders to achieve communications objectives.

Ability to develop creative communications ideas and identify opportunities to increase audience engagement and campaign impact.

Ability to manage multiple competing priorities, organise workload effectively and deliver high-quality communications to deadline.

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 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 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.

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.

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