Inspector of Ancient Monuments, HISTORIC ENGLAND

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Summary

Historic England have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as an Inspector of Ancient Monuments in our East of England Region.

Summary

Historic England have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as an Inspector of Ancient Monuments in our East of England Region.

With a remit to advise on the most important and diverse collection of archaeological sites in the region including prehistoric sites, extensive monastic ruins, garden archaeology, coastal and 20th century military sites. You’ll be working within our knowledgeable and enthusiastic multidisciplinary Development Advice team alongside two other Inspectors of Ancient Monuments.

This is a great chance to develop your career in the historic environment in an exciting role with Historic England. The public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.

There are 2 Full Time, Permanent positions based in Cambridge with hybrid working.

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

The East of England Development Advice Team provide Historic England’s statutory and non-statutory advice engaging where we add most value to decision-making through our distinctive contribution as national experts.

As part of East of England Development Advice Team, you will take delegated responsibility for the delivery of Historic England’s advice on proposals for change to scheduled monuments, archaeology and in relation to historic environment planning. Your core duties will be advising on scheduled monument consent, planning applications and National Strategic Infrastructure Projects. You will be giving advice to owners, local authorities, applicants and their teams and others proactively working towards the sustainable management of archaeology and the historic environment.

The Development Advice Teams also work closely with other teams to support communities in looking after historic places in line with Historic England’s objectives and contribute to specific projects where their expertise would add value, for example as part of Historic England's grant programme.

Who We Are Looking For

• A thorough knowledge of archaeology and archaeological landscapes in England, scheduled monuments and their management and the techniques of their study
• A good working knowledge of planning archaeology
• A good understanding of Government policy, guidance and statutory procedures for the historic environment in the planning system, including Scheduled Monument Consent and Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project planning
• Good negotiating and influencing skills
• The ability to think creatively with good problem solving skills
• Ability to deal with pressure and challenge
• A methodical and analytical approach to understanding proposals for change and assessing their impact
  
  
  

• The role requires regular travel to sites not serviced by public transport
• The role requires visiting/inspecting sites which is likely to require climbing scaffolding and negotiating confined spaces
• The role may require occasional attendance at community or planning meetings which can be held at evenings or weekends
  
  
  

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