Business Officer - two posts available

Be Applied Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work from home

Wellness programs

Employee Assistance Programme

Parental leave

Maternity/Paternity leave

Emergency leave

Sabbatical

Mentoring/Coaching

Payroll giving

Salary sacrifice

Team social events

Team lunches

Extracurricular clubs

Cycle to work

Job summary

Historic England is the public organisation that preserves heritage and promotes a better future for every place. We have two opportunities to join as Business Officers in Birmingham on a full-time, permanent basis, with hybrid working.

The role includes managing grants, providing statutory advice, and ensuring procurement and financial processes are followed. You will support regional teams, respond to information requests, and contribute to a healthy, inclusive working environment with

Qualifications

• Proven financial aptitude with a high level of attention to detail.
• Aptitude for implementing detailed business processes.
• Ability to work under pressure and use own initiative.
• Good interpersonal communication (written and verbal).
• Experience of interpreting and analysing information and using it to inform your judgement.

Responsibilities

• Assist colleagues in the regional team in the delivery of Departmental targets.
• Facilitate the efficient provision of statutory and other advice and will manage individual grants.
• Assist with negotiations and comply with procurement and financial administration procedures.
• Support the Local Leadership team in responding to external and internal requests for information and briefings.

Skills

Financial aptitude

Attention to detail

Business processes

Interpersonal communication

Judgement/analysis

Job description

Location Hybrid ·Birmingham, UK We offer hybrid working where you will be based in the office and from home

Team Regions - Midlands

Seniority Junior

• Closing:11:59pm, 18th Oct 2026 BST

Perks and benefits

Work from home option

Wellness programs

Employee Assistance Programme

Additional parental leave

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Paid emergency leave

Sabbatical Opportunities

Mentoring/coaching

Payroll giving

Salary sacrifice

Team social events

Team lunches

Extracurricular clubs

Cycle to work scheme

Candidate happiness

8.01 (12337)

Job Description

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 two fantastic opportunities for you to join us as our Business Officer.

This is a full time, permanent contract.

The location of this role is Birmingham,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

As our Business Officer, you will assist colleagues in the regional team in the delivery of Departmental targets. You will facilitate the efficient provision of statutory and other advice and will manage individual grants, including assisting with negotiations and complying with procurement and financial administration procedures. You will support the Local Leadership team in responding to external and internal requests for information and briefings.

Who we are looking for

Proven financial aptitude with a high level of attention to detail

Aptitude for implementing detailed business processes

Ability to work under pressure and use own initiative

Good interpersonal communication (written and verbal)

Experience of interpreting and analysing information and using it to inform your judgement

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 [e-mail] 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: week commencing 26th October 2026