Consultant - Built Heritage

RPS; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading firm as a Consultant in Built Heritage, where you'll work on prestigious projects including advising on a Grade I listed castle's regeneration. Collaborate with excellent interdisciplinary teams and engage with key stakeholders while contributing to sustainable heritage outcomes in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Personal development plan and transparent career pathway

Accredited ILM training provider

Qualifications

• Experience writing Conservation Area appraisals and Statements of Significance.
• Heritage sector experience looking to build their career.
• Knowledge and interest in historic buildings and places.

Responsibilities

• Assist Built Heritage Directors with ongoing projects.
• Conduct historic research and analyze historic buildings.
• Prepare Heritage Statements and Conservation Management Plans.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Technical expertise

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Education

Relevant degree or master’s degree in the conservation of historic buildings and places

Working towards Full or Associate Membership of the IHBC

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RPS is looking for experienced Heritage Consultants to join our Built Heritage Team to work on many of the biggest and most complicated heritage projects in the UK. We can offer you hybrid working arrangements based in either London, Abingdon, Gloucester or Edinburgh.

About The Opportunity

Our Heritage Team focus on projects within the UK, and we have a reputation for high quality successful work on behalf of our clients. In this role you will be part of a collaborative team who will guide you in providing positive heritage outcomes on behalf of a range of commercial and public sector clients.

We offer an unrivalled range of project experience, working with English Heritage and Historic Royal Palaces, major developers and regeneration leaders, and individual property owners. Our current project work includes advising on the regeneration of a Grade I listed Castle, providing sustainable extension to a Garden Town and providing new uses for our Cold War Heritage.

Every day encourages a new opportunity working with major interdisciplinary teams and innovating architects to provide outstanding new developments.

What You Will Be Doing

You will primarily assist the Built Heritage Directors to complete ongoing projects. Your work will include:

• Historic research
• Analysis of historic buildings and areas
• Advice on repairs and alterations to listed buildings and other heritage assets
• Preparation of Heritage Statements and input to the EIA process
• Preparation of Conservation Management Plans and Strategies
• Liaison with clients, local planning authorities and relevant stakeholders
  
  

About You

• Commercially aware - with a pragmatic attitude to finding solutions to client problems.
• Technically experienced – with experience of having written Conservation Area appraisals, Statements of Significance, applications for Listed Building Consents and input into Environmental Impact Assessments.
• Confident to engage with key stakeholders to actively assist our clients to deliver much needed residential, distribution and renewables schemes
• Heritage sector experience looking to further build their career in industry
• Outstanding verbal and written communication techniques
• A relevant degree or master’s degree in the conservation of historic buildings and places
• Working towards Full or Associate Membership of the IHBC
• Knowledge and interest in historic buildings and places
• Good knowledge of the English planning system
  
  

What is in it for you?

A personal development plan and a transparent career pathway puts you in the driving seat of your career and you’ll, be helped as far as you want to go.

We’re proud to be an accredited ILM training provider, internationally recognised and providing robust fully accredited professional training programmes - to master’s degree level professional qualifications in leadership & management and executive coaching & mentoring, we provide and development for everyone.

We encourage and value different ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. We need a mix of experiences and techniques to develop the ideas. We respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. You’ll be joining a diverse community and a company that puts its people first and prioritises their wellbeing.

We identify the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we’re happy to communicate about flexible working. This is a workplace that works for you.

What happens next?

The Talent Acquisition Team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application. If your application is progressed, you will have a conversation with one of our recruiters prior to speaking with the Team. All applications will be considered.

About RPS

We are RPS, our projects are all around you. We define, design, and take care of projects that create shared value to a composite, urbanising and resource-scarce world. Our people are our success. We are looking for people who can find a solution to the problems that matter. Our flat structure creates greater collaboration and speed of communication, enabling us to work with some of the brightest minds in the industry. Here you will find work that is stimulating and rewarding.

Recruitment Agencies We have a Preferred Supplier List of trusted partners to assist us when required and do not acknowledge any speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions from agencies not on this list and any submitted will be taken as a gift. Please refer to the careers page on our website if you require any further information.

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  Mid-Senior level

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  Full-time

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