Heritage and Conservation Officer

Heritage and Conservation Officer

At Cheshire East we have a mission to improve and protect the varied and high-quality environments of the borough and an exciting opportunity has opened up to work with us as a Heritage and Conservation Officer. So if you're passionate about the historic environment, we want to hear from you.

This role is within our supportive and high performing Environmental Planning Team, a multi-disciplinary team of professionals within the Planning Department, providing specialist advice on landscape architecture, design, arboriculture, ecology and heritage.

Our Heritage and Conservation Officers provide a built heritage advisory service to Cheshire East Council on all aspects of the historic environment. We produce assessments and recommendations on planning and listed building consent applications, and we advise the Council, applicants and members of the public on building conservation issues. The role provides the opportunity to work on a diverse range of projects including :

• Advising on planning and listed building applications
• Maintaining and updating the Council s Local List
• Reviewing Conservation Areas
• Supporting preparation of the Council s Local Plan
• Advising on conservation and heritage matters across a variety of corporate projects

Cheshire East is one of the busiest Planning Authorities in the country and we have a broadly mixed portfolio of work. Accordingly, with no two applications or projects the same, the role covers a very diverse range of heritage and conservation issues at multiple scales. We work flexibly, on a hybrid model, based around two days in the office every week and to find out more about our essential and desirable criteria for the role, please view the  in this job you will need  section within the attached JD / PS document.

Organisation Cheshire East Council
Location Macclesfield, Crewe

Job Category Place
Grade CEC NJC - Grade 8
Salary Min £35,412 Per Annum
Salary Max £39,152 Per Annum
Hours per week 37
Weeks per year 52.143

Employment Type

Permanent
Closing Date 09 / 01 / 2026
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Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities.

At Cheshire East Council we are working for a brighter future – together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well-led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities.

If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together.

You will have :

• a passion for built heritage and the historic environment
• a degree level qualification within Conservation or Heritage
• Development Management experience from the public or private sector
• an understanding of a range of heritage and conservation assessment techniques
• a commitment to team work and great communication skills
• a flexible approach to work

We re looking for people who are excited about the built environment and the role heritage plays within it; people who can deliver excellent customer care and who want to help us shape the environment of Cheshire East and bring our heritage story to life. The ability to travel throughout Cheshire East and a full UK driving license are required.

This job is offered on a full time (5 days per week) basis. If you would like to be part of our team and want to contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate and are willing to work as part of a team then we would like to hear from you.

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