Senior Listing Adviser - North

Location:

York, UK Manchester, UK Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Job Type:
Permanent, Full-time

Full time, permanent position

Role is based in Newcastle, York, or Manchester with hybrid working

Competitive benefits package

Responsibilities include designation advice and team management

Requires broad experience in historic environment assessment

Emphasis on diversity, inclusion, and flexible working options

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 Senior Listing Adviser - North.

This is a full time, permanent position.

The location of this role is either Newcastle, York or Manchester, inclusive with hybrid working.

We offer a wide benefits package.

• 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
• development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals

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

As Senior Listing Adviser you will provide specialist designation advice and support to the Listing Team Leader and contributes to the delivery of a designation service in the north of England to corporate and Group priorities. You will also line manage team members as appropriate.

In this role you will assess candidates for designation across the spectrum of the historic environment, in particular the more complex and sensitive cases in the team. You will provide accurate and timely specialist advice to agreed standards, formats, deadlines and procedures. Delivering recommendations to the Team Leader that securely combine assessment and consultation.

• Broad experience of working in, and specialist assessment of, the historic environment;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills;
• Ability to build positive external and internal working relationships and effective cross-group working;
• Ability to work effectively in a team, including mentoring and line managing other team members;
• Ability to juggle heavy workloads and complete designation assessments in a timely manner;
• Proven track record in managing projects.

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.

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.

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level.

Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at recruitment if you have any recruitment queries.

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