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Historic England: Inspector of Historic Buildings and Areas (2 posts)
Posted on 02/10/2025 by IHBC
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£39,590 pa, plus generous benefits
Full Time, permanent
Location: Hybrid/Bristol
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 have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Inspector of Historic Buildings and Areas.
* This is a Full Time, Permanent post based in Bristol with hybrid working.
* We offer hybrid working where you are based in the office and from home.
* We have two posts available
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 Doing
The Development Advice Teams provide Historic England's statutory and non?statutory advice to our customers, engaging where we add most value to decision-making through our distinctive contribution as national experts. They will also work closely with other teams to support communities in looking after historic places and in the advancement of Historic England's objectives.
As part of the Development Advice Teams, you will take delegated responsibility for the delivery of Historic England's advice on proposals for change in the historic environment that fall within their area of competence. Applying the ethos of 'constructive conservation' and making effective use of Conservation Principles in all their advisory work, you will provide advice to owners, local authorities and others, to proactively work towards the sustainable management of the historic environment. You will also contribute to specific projects where their expertise would add value, for example as part of the Historic England Places strategy.
Please Note That The Role
* requires regular travel to sites not serviced by public transport.
* requires visiting/inspecting sites which is likely to require climbing scaffolding and negotiating confined spaces (e.g. church roofs).
* may require occasional attendance at community or planning meetings which are usually held at evenings or weekends.
Who We Are Looking For
* Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant subject
* Broad and extensive experience of managing change to historic buildings and areas, including detailed knowledge of the planning system
* Thorough knowledge of secular and ecclesiastical architectural history and the morphology of historic places in England
* Thorough knowledge of legislation and planning policy in England, relating to secular and ecclesiastical buildings, historic places and infrastructure
* Skills, including written, oral & communication
* Adept at negotiation and influencing
Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria.
At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role.
To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted.
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Closing:
11:59pm, 19th October 2025
Provisional interview dates: 5th and 6th November 2025
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