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.

We are seeking a Levelling Up Places Advice Manager to join the Levelling Up Places Service.

National salary range: GBP37,000 - GBP42,000 pro-rata. Greater London + salary range: GBP39,800 - GBP45,000 pro-rata. Inner London salary range: GBP41,100 - 46,500 pro-rata. From April 2023 to March 2025, seven Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) cultural agencies are joining forces to provide support to councils and communities delivering culture led regeneration projects throughout England. Using new funding from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, additional posts are being created to support Levelling Up through investment in culture.

This brings together the support of Arts Council England, Historic England, Sport England, The National Lottery Heritage Fund, The National Lottery Community Fund, Visit England and the British Film Institute through five regional liaison committees. A team of co-ordinators and advisors will work with funded councils and organisations to signpost existing guidance, to develop packages of practical guidance and to offer advice on the alignment of future cultural investment with other funding opportunities.

What you will be doing

As our Levelling Up Places Advice Manager you will manage and develop a team of Levelling Up Places Advisors to support Levelling Up client authorities successfully deliver their schemes.

You will help your team manage their workloads, as well as coaching and mentoring them in working with their Levelling Up clients, communities, stakeholders, Arm's Length Bodies, Cities and Local Growth Unit colleagues and the wider Levelling Up Places Programme team.

Over the remainder of the 18-month programme you will guide your team in developing the focus of their work from advising on delivery of Levelling Up funded capital projects to supporting delivery of the emerging UK Shared Prosperity Fund interventions and the wider levelling up work of the Arm's Length Bodies and our partner organisations. You will liaise with the five Area Towns Groups (drawing together the advice and services of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Arm's Length Bodies) to direct the work of your team to where it is most needed and effective, as well as drawing in the support of the Arm's Length Bodies.

What we are looking for:

Experience of leading a team, delivering advice and other professional services to multiple clients Experience of monitoring and evaluating professional service delivery and reporting to senior managers. Knowledge of developing area-based strategies (e.g. master-planning, action planning, place making and strategic thinking) and the delivery of large capital funding schemes. Negotiation, influencing and problem-solving skills. Experience of building and maintaining collaborative partnerships and networks with stakeholders. Personable and open communicative style, able to deal with all levels of enquiry. 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 offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 26% 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.

We are dedicated 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 .

Provisional interview dates - week commencing 8th January 2024

To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted.

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