Heritage Architect/Surveyor – Hybrid (Part-Time)

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Birmingham

Hybrid

GBP 41,000 - 42,000

Part time

39 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

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

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Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Historic England in Birmingham offers a part-time (0.8 FTE) maternity cover opportunity for an Architect/Surveyor. Salary £40,778 - £41,400 pro-rata. Hybrid working is available with travel to sites as needed.

A strong pension, holidays and development opportunities are included to help you grow in this public-sector role. The successful candidate will assess grant-aided and Heritage at Risk projects, collaborate with owners and authorities, and provide design guidance to support conservation

Qualifications

Professional qualification in architecture or building surveying, with current ARB registration or chartered RICS membership and accreditation in building conservation (AABC, RIBA(SCA level) or working towards the above accreditations).
Extensive wide-ranging experience of the repair of historic buildings, and in project management.
Good working knowledge of English secular and ecclesiastical architecture of all periods.
Excellent knowledge of historic building construction, current conservation practice and a wide range of methods for the repair, alteration and adaption of historic buildings, monuments and design in an historic context.
Ability to approach repair problems and possible solutions in a practical and creative way.
Good working knowledge of the implications of current construction industry regulation in relation to historic buildings and monuments.
Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria.

Responsibilities

To undertake the assessment of applications for grant-aided and Heritage at Risk projects, including examining and assessing specifications and drawings, and recommending appropriate action.
To take responsibility for the Historic England input into programmes of work at Heritage at Risk sites, supporting area-based grants in conservation area, and other priority places, working creatively with partners to advise and recommend actions on repair and alteration.
To work proactively with owners, local authorities, funding bodies and building preservation trusts to promote a sustainable and viable future for historic assets on the Heritage at Risk Register and help to encourage and facilitate applications for grant-aid, liaising with professional advisers as required.
To act as intelligent client in relation to the provision of feasibility studies, options appraisals, specialist advice, cost estimates and contractual arrangements.
To monitor grant-aided or commissioned work to confirm that it meets the necessary standard, recommend grant payments, and to undertake post-grant monitoring.
In support of Historic England’s placemaking agenda, to provide architectural and urban design advice to maximise the role of the historic environment in areas of change.
To provide urban design and technical advice to members of other regional teams (Development Advice, Listing, Business Management), including advising on statutory action in relation to listed buildings, drawing on national Technical Conservation Team colleagues as necessary.
To be an effective advocate of the benefits for local places of constructive conservation and to champion the work of Historic England.