Senior Building Conservation Adviser - two

Employment Type

Full time Permanent - 2 posts available.

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

Team Policy and Evidence - National Specialist Services

Seniority Mid-level

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 one of our Senior Building Conservation Advisers.

There are two posts available. We envisage one full-time post and one part-time post working three days per week, but we are open to discussing how the available hours could be distributed between the successful candidates.

The location of this role is either Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) or Cambridge, 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.

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

What you will be doing

As a member of the Building and Landscape Conservation Team, you will provide specialist technical advice on conserving, repairing, maintaining and adapting a vast range of heritage assets, from the humblest vernacular structures to some of the most significant historic buildings and sites in the country, including those managed by English Heritage.

You will also help to develop and promote technical standards and guidance on appropriate methods of conserving the historic built environment. This will include commissioning and managing applied research projects, carrying out and organising specialist training, and producing and disseminating technical advice and guidance for a range of audiences, including conservation professionals and non‑professionals. Through this work, you will help shape our future priorities and build the evidence needed to respond to the evolving needs of the historic built environment.

The work is highly varied, and no two days are the same. One day, you might be on site advising on a complex building conservation problem; the next, you might be working with scientists and other specialists to develop evidence that underpins our technical advice, meeting sector partners to identify future research priorities, or presenting our research and guidance at a conference.

We would particularly welcome applicants with expertise in one or more of the following areas: timber; mortars, plasters and renders; roofing; and building performance. Equally important will be your extensive and wide-ranging experience in applied building conservation, your ability to take an integrated, whole‑building approach, and your confidence in diagnosing complex problems and developing well‑informed solutions across a range of materials and challenging situations.

You will join a collaborative team within a department that brings together a wide range of specialists and values the expertise and perspective each person brings. We care about the growth and development…