Head of External Affairs

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 Head of External Affairs.

We are open to secondment applications from other organisations.

The location of this role is National where we offer hybrid working, you will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, London, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge.

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 28% 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 Head of External Affairs, you will be responsible for Historic England's strategy for stakeholder engagement and parliamentary work across the organisation.

Reporting to the Communications Director, you will help shape the direction of Historic England's external affairs so that stakeholders support the role of heritage in economic growth and tackling key government priorities like housing, achieving Net Zero and inclusive opportunities.

Working closely with our media team, public engagement managers, and colleagues in other Groups, you will build support from partners and parliamentarians for our vision and mission.

You will ensure that our brand continues to grow and gain positive recognition among stakeholders, and that we are in a two-way conversation with influential audiences about the value of heritage so that everyone can play their part in championing and protecting the historic environment to improve people's lives.

Who we are looking for

• Experience of parliamentary affairs and external affairs at a senior level
  
• Experience of delivering influencing strategies
  
• Experience of developing audience insight and using results to inform and shape activities
  
• Experience of influencing and collaborating with a wide range of partners
  
• Experience of managing others
  

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 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.

Provisional interview dates: 1st and 02nd October 2024 - Virtual

Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description -

https://historicengland.org.uk/media/jyqevila/head-of-external-affairs.odt