Historic England Hiring for Partnerships Team Leader at London Full Time

Summary

Are you passionate about the power of heritage to help create thriving places, connect communities and inspire people to act in support of the places they care about? If you are then we have the ideal opportunity for you as our North West Team Leader.

This is a permanent role based in our Manchester office, with hybrid working options available.

What you will be doing:
You will lead a skilled team in helping communities look after historic places so that they realise their potential to improve people’s lives.

You will support your team in initiating and driving projects which engage people and secure the future of the places that they value, as well as allocating our repair and capacity building budgets and our specialist knowledge and advice. A key area of your work will be helping to deliver our exciting Heritage Action Zone programme, breathing new life into historic places across the region, from Wigan to Barrow and Chester to Burnley.

You will also be an active member of the local Leadership Team, shaping and supporting the region’s wider strategic goals. No day will be the same, but every day will be stimulating and rewarding.

Who we are looking for:

• Proven track record in leading and managing a multi-disciplinary team to deliver an organisation’s strategic ambitions.
• Experienced in working constructively with local authorities and community groups, and in applying a project management approach to deliver positive outcomes for people and places.
• Inspiring communicator who can share their knowledge of, and enthusiasm for, the historic environment and its management.

Please note to reference to the key essential skills in the advert when you are completing your application and highlight examples of any related knowledge, skills and experienced based on these.

Why work for Historic England

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 just won the Gold Award from MIND, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance.

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 21% contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the county and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.

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 want 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 [email protected] or telephone 07763387811 if you have any recruitment queries.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Charles Smith on 07768 526711.

Provisional virtual interview date: Monday 4 July.

Job Type: Permanent

Salary: £37,467.00-£39,770.00 per year