Curtilage Assessment and Built Heritage Officer

Herefordshire Council; Hereford; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Pension scheme

Staff discounts

Job summary

Herefordshire Council is seeking a temporary Curtilage Assessment Building Conservation Officer to join the Built Heritage team in Hereford for a six-month contract. The role focuses on assessing curtilage around listed buildings and delivering specialist guidance within planning processes.

You will work collaboratively to support multiple work streams, ensuring timely advice, robust assessments and adherence to regulations affecting historic buildings and curtilage decisions.

Qualifications

• Understanding the evolution of building form and layout in curtilage assessment.
• Strong knowledge of planning policy, regulatory issues and current legislation for curtilage listed buildings.
• Ability to work independently and in a team, meeting tight deadlines across multiple work streams.

Responsibilities

• Undertake the assessment of the extent of curtilage for listed buildings as part of a wider Council project.
• Provide specialist advice in Historic Buildings and the historic environment to internal and external customers.

Skills

Understanding curtilage assessment

Planning policy knowledge

Team collaboration

Job description

Curtilage Assessment Building Conservation Officer

Salary: HC6-HC7 £33,119 - £37,563 (Career graded)

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract: Temporary for 6 months

Location: Plough Lane Hereford/HARC (Herefordshire Archives Record Centre)

The Role

Herefordshire Council are seeking a temporary position for 6 months for a passionate and knowledgeable person to join our Built Environment Team. If you have a passion for listed buildings this is the role for you! Read the full advert to understand how you could play a key role in shaping the assessment of curtilage listed buildings within Herefordshire.

What will you be doing?

Located at the heart of the Marches, the historic border countryside where England meets Wales, Herefordshire is one of the most rural counties in England. Beautiful, unspoilt countryside, two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, historic parklands, the cathedral city of Hereford and attractive market towns provide an excellent quality of life. Herefordshire has a rich and varied architectural heritage with almost 6000 listed buildings and 64 conservation areas. The post sits within a Built Heritage team which includes a Curtilage Assessment Officer and Building Conservation working alongside a wider heritage service of Archaeologists and a Historic Environment Record Officer, and sits within the planning department.

The main duties are:

• To undertake the assessment of the extent of curtilage associated with listed buildings as part of a wider Council Project which will end early 2027.


• To provide specialist advice in Historic Buildings and the wider historic environment to both internal and external customers.

About You

As a Curtilage and Built Heritage Officer you will have:

• An understanding of the evolution of building form and layout in respect of curtilage assessment.


• Strong knowledge of planning policy, regulatory issues and current legislation in regard to the assessment of curtilage listed buildings.


• The ability to work under your own initiative as well as within a team, often to tight deadlines and on multiple work streams.

We Offer

A competitive salary, holiday entitlement, and access to our contributory pension and staff benefits scheme, which includes:

• Salary range of HC6 – HC7 £33,119 - £37,563 per annum (career graded)


• Annual Leave: 31 days’ annual leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays.


• Flexible working.


• Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 access to support and counselling


• Pick your perks – our benefits include access to a range of retail, leisure, holiday and health benefits. This includes savings, cash back and discounts.

Why Choose Us?

We're proud and excited to unveil our new recruitment video, a celebration of Herefordshire's people, places, and purpose. Set in the heart of England and filled with pride, compassion and possibility, the video brings to life what it means to work somewhere you truly belong.

At Herefordshire Council, every role matters and every person makes a real difference for our communities. We’re a team where people feel valued, supported and empowered to grow together.

Herefordshire is big hearted, welcoming and friendly. We have strong and independent communities and idyllic countryside, situated in the South West Midlands and bordering Wales. The county sits between Worcestershire and the Malvern Hills to the east, and Bannau Brycheiniog (the Brecon Beacons) in Wales to the west.

Historically Herefordshire has been the gateway to the Marches. We embrace partnership working. We are a member of the Marches Forward Partnership, which is a cross border collaboration between Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Powys and Shropshire who are collectively working to secure funding to invest in the region.

The council priorities over the next four years are set out in the Council Plan, with four main areas;

People: We will enable residents to realise their potential, to be healthy and to be part of great communities who support each other. We want all children to have the best start in life.

Place: We will protect and enhance our environment and ensure that Herefordshire is a great place to live. We will support the right housing in the right place, we will support access to green spaces and we will do everything we can to recover the health of our rivers.

Growth: We will create the conditions to deliver sustainable growth across the county; attracting inward investment, building business confidence, creating jobs, enabling housing development along with providing the right infrastructure.

Transformation: We will be an efficient council that embraces best practice, delivers innovation through technology and demonstrates value for money.

Don’t meet all parts of the job description?

Herefordshire Council is committed to strengthening a diverse and inclusive work environment which reflects the communities of Herefordshire. If you are looking at the next stage of your career and have a broad base of fieldwork experience, we can provide supportive and welcoming opportunities to help you develop your professional, management & supervisory skills.

Reasonable Adjustments

Our recruitment process runs in partnership with Hoople Resourcing. If you require any reasonable adjustments or alternative methods for the online application process, please contact the resourcing team by email: [e-mail].

Creating an inclusive workplace

We encourage our employees to feel empowered and to use their voices to help embrace diversity, promote inclusivity and shape our organisation. We have eight employee network groups, collectives of colleagues who often share identities, life experiences or cultures and offer support and community. They also play an important role in strengthening the voices of employees at Herefordshire Council. Embedded in the Council's values is a commitment to listen to people's views and needs.

For more information on our Employee Network Groups please view our dedicated recruitment website: www.spiritofherefordshire.com.

Commitments, Covenants and Statutory Obligations

The following candidates will be interviewed if they meet the essential criteria for the post they are applying for:

• Those who indicate that they have a disability. This is part of our commitment to the “Disability Confident” scheme.


• Those who indicate in their application that they are an Armed Forces Veteran or Reservist. This is part of our pledge to support the Armed Forces Covenant.


• Those who indicate in their application that they are a Herefordshire care leaver. This is part of our commitment to supporting young people leaving our care.

We take our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults seriously and expect all of our staff, visitors and volunteers to share in this commitment.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children & young people and vulnerable adults. If you are offered this position, it will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.