Assistant Listing Adviser

Summary
We are the public body that looks after England`s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.
Historic England are seeking an Assistant Listing Adviser to join our team and produce specialist advice and recommendations to Government on whether to include a building or site on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE).
What you will be doing
To produce specialist advice and recommendations to Government on whether to include a historic building, archaeological site or designed landscape on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). This includes advice on the listing of buildings, scheduling of monuments and registering of parks, gardens and battlefields.
You will assess applications made for historic buildings or archaeological sites or designed landscapes to be included on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE) and provide timely and accurate advice to Government by:
a. Reviewing information provided in an application and carrying out any initial research and an initial assessment to determine whether the building or site merits further investigation. If it does not warrant further investigation, producing a well-written Reject at Initial Assessment Report.
b. If the application merits further investigation, carrying out a full assessment, including a necessary level of information gathering and research. This stage will usually involve a site visit and the production of a Consultation Report incorporating a history and description of the building or site.
c. To undertake consultation as part of the designation process with key stakeholders, including local authorities, Historic Environment Records, amenity societies, owners and applicants.
d. Based on all the information gathered and the consultation representations made, produce a final Advice Report incorporating a rigorous, robust and well-written assessment outlining whether to recommend the building or site be added to the NHLE.
You will carry out a range of assessments on responsive casework, following applications from members of the public, Enhanced Advisory Services (EAS) cases and strategic projects to agreed targets and deadlines.
This role will flag contentious or controversial cases as early as possible to the Team Leader and Senior members of staff, ensuring risks are identified and mitigated and external interest and perceptions taken into account. You will develop expertise in particular areas of specialist knowledge and commit to ongoing training and professional development, whilst working with other regional and central teams to ensure the alignment of Listing activity with agreed corporate and regional priorities and underpinning research as appropriate.
You will work with partners and stakeholders to deliver strategic and thematic listing programmes, being a champion of the principles of listing, and current listing policy, and communicate them to outside bodies and the public.
Who we are looking for:
Good degree in a relevant subject (or equivalent experience).
Experience of working in the heritage/ historic environment sector.
An ability to recognise, analyse and assess the significance of components of the historic environment.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
The ability to consistently meet tight deadlines.
An understanding of the current process and the current systems of listing, scheduling and registration.
Please note that:
The role requires regular travel to sites not serviced by public transport.
The role requires visiting/inspecting sites which may be difficult to access.
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 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.
Why work for Historic England
We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 26% 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.
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 recruitmentteam@historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries.
To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted.
For a full copy of the JD please follow the link below;
https://historicengland.org.uk/media/xg0p55mz/zw-assistant-listing-adviser-lse-jd-jan-2024-1.odt
Provisional interview date - 29th February and 5th March

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