Participation Director, HISTORIC ENGLAND

About the role

We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them. This role is for a full-time permanent position as the Participation Director.

Responsibilities

• Develop and embed strategies and programs to help people across England discover and connect with their heritage, increasing engagement with Historic England (HE) and the historic environment through our Archive collections and engagement programs.
• Lead teams to unlock the power of heritage for people and places, embedding inclusive practice and centring social impact.
• Shape the direction of Historic England’s engagement and participation activity, ensuring our vision and mission are well understood and supported in society, and by key stakeholders.
• Work with a range of internal and external senior stakeholders and community partners.

Requirements

Experience of leading multi-disciplinary teams in a participatory engagement discipline, creating and delivering integrated engagement activity in an arts, culture, or heritage setting, initiating and leading projects within a strategic framework, excellent leadership and management skills, strategic thinking skills.

Qualifications

Not specified.

Skills

Experience of project delivery including community led approaches, and co-creation with communities, strategic thinking skills, cultural change skills.

Benefits

Wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme, 28.97% employer contributions, 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country, development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.

Pay

Competitive salary.

Schedule

Hybrid working, you will be based in one of our offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) London and Cambridge.

Benefits Package

Includes 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.

Application Process

The application process involves providing a CV and cover letter (maximum two pages, outlining your relevant experience for the role).

Who We Are Looking For

Experience of leading multi-disciplinary teams in a participatory engagement discipline, creating and delivering integrated engagement activity in an arts, culture, or heritage setting, initiating and leading projects within a strategic framework, excellent leadership and management skills, strategic thinking skills.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.

Flexible Working Options

We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working.