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 have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our FM Team Manager.
This is a Full Time, Fixed Term Contract for 6 months, based onsite at one of our locations.
You will be based in one of our following offices - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland), and Cambridge.
We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 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
As our FM Team Manager, you will contribute to the provision of a consistent Facilities Management service across all offices by coordinating the team in delivering compliant, accessible, comfortable and attractive workplaces showing initiative and taking ownership of actions without being asked.
You will gather, actively monitor and report on site data to establish performance against team objectives. You will provide administrative support to the Facilities Management Director and National Facilities Manager including meeting support, diary management, support reviewing and processing expenses, resource and department planning.
This role will actively involve leading in practical, hands-on facilities tasks, contributing directly to the upkeep and smooth running of the office environment.
Who we are looking for
* Demonstrable administrative experience in a Facilities role or similar field
* Experience or qualification in Facilities management
* Experience or qualification in Health & safety
* Strong IT skills, particularly with MS Office
* The ability to influence others
Additional considerations
Due to the nature of this role a flexible approach to working hours, days and location is required
Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria.
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 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 if you have any recruitment queries.
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.
Provisional interview dates: 22nd September 2025, via Microsoft Teams
Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Pay: £32,616.00-£33,855.00 per year
Benefits:
* Additional leave
* Company events
* Cycle to work scheme
* Employee discount
* Employee mentoring programme
* Enhanced maternity leave
* Enhanced paternity leave
* Flexitime
* Health & wellbeing programme
* Sabbatical
Work Location: In person