Listing Adviser - North

Summary

Historic England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone.

Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Part Time Listing Adviser - North.

This is a part time (18 hours per week), permanent contract.

The location of this role is either Manchester, Newcastle or York, inclusive with hybrid working.

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

In this role, you will provide specialist support to the Listing Team Leader in the delivery of a Listing service in the North and contribute to the delivery of a designation service to corporate, group and departmental priorities.

You will assess candidates for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE) across the full spectrum of the historic environment. You will provide accurate and timely specialist advice to agreed standards, formats and deadlines, including for Enhanced Advisory Services cases.

Who we are looking for

• Experience of working in the historic environment sector, and, preferably, experience of the legislative regimes for protecting the historic environment.

• Experience of, and expertise in, specialist assessment of the built historic environment, and the links between specialisms.

• An ability to recognise, analyse and assess the significance of components of the built historic environment, including engagement with linked specialisms.

• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.

• A clean, full driving licence

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 won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, 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 wants 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.

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.

At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration—not as direct input.

Provisional interview dates: 9th September 2026

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

https://historicengland.org.uk/media/ngllvmsv/listing-adviser.odt

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