Marine Historic Environment Record (HER) Officer

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 Marine Historic Environment Record (HER) Officer.

This is a Full Time, Permanent post.

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, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth and Cambridge. 

You will be required to come to Swindon on a regular basis for meetings.

Salary

£24,730 -National (Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth):

£25,861 - 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.

What you will be doing

Training and progression opportunities will be offered as part of this role

• As our Marine Historic Environment Record (HER) Officer, you will help maintain the National Marine Heritage Record (NMHR) and will provide information to support research and the preparation of policies and proposals for the management of sustainable change in the marine historic environment. You will work to ensure that Historic England (HE), its partners and members of the public have access to accurate and reliable information about the marine historic environment.
• You will also assist the Marine HER Manager in the analysis and interpretation of data relating to the marine historic environment, as well as other relevant datasets, and will help provide a specialist customer service for internal and external users of the NMHR.

Who we are looking for

• A relevant higher education qualification
• Experience of using databases and spreadsheets to capture and organise data
• A demonstrable interest in marine archaeology
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills, including attention to detail
• Good customer care skills
• An aptitude for collaborative working with both internal and external partners

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.