Marine Historic Environment Record Officer
Listed on 2026-10-19
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Non-Profit & Social Impact
Environmental & Urban Planning -
Government
Environmental & Urban Planning
Employment Type
Contract Maternity cover
Location Hybrid
· Swindon, UK Inclusive with hybrid working where you are based between the office and home
Team Policy and Evidence - Analytics
Seniority Junior
Perks and benefits- 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
8.01 (12465)
Job Description SummaryHistoric 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 Marine Historic Environment Record Officer.
This is a Maternity Cover contract.The location of this role is Swindon, 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 doingAs Marine Historic Environment Record (HER) Officer, you will help maintain the Marine Heritage Environment Record (Marine HER) and provide information to support research and the preparation of policies and proposals for the management of sustainable change in the marine historic environment.
You will work to ensure that Historic England (HE), its partners and members of the public have access to accurate and reliable information about the marine historic environment.
You will also assist the Marine HER Manager in the analysis and interpretation of data relating to the marine historic environment, as well as other relevant datasets, and will help provide a specialist customer service for internal and external users of the Marine HER.
Who we are looking for- Experience of using databases, spreadsheets and GIS
- Collaborative and team working
- Ability to time manage and work to deadline
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 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. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.
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