Historic England

Love Charity Jobs; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Holiday allowance

Corporate discounts

Free entry to English Heritage sites

Development opportunities

Job summary

Historic England invites applications for an Economic Analyst to join our analytical team. The post involves developing economic measurement of the historic environment, conducting research and supporting advocacy-focused outputs such as Heritage Counts.

You will collaborate with the Senior Economist and stakeholders nationwide. Based in the UK with hybrid working, you will use econometric skills to influence policy and funding discussions, ensuring your evidence informs decision-makers across

Qualifications

• This role requires a degree or significant experience in economics or a related field.
• Understanding of economic research methods and econometrics is essential.
• Strong ability to summarise and communicate data clearly.

Responsibilities

• This is a specialist analytical role working with the Senior Economist to provide economic analysis and conduct research for Historic England and the heritage sector.
• You will develop economic measurement approaches for the historic environment, referencing Green Book and Magenta Book.
• You will communicate evidence effectively to audiences from HM Treasury to local stakeholders.

Skills

Economic research methods

Econometrics

Data summarisation

Administrative skills

Education

Relevant degree or significant experience

Job description

Location: Bristol York Birmingham Manchester Swindon Cambridge Portsmouth Newcastle upon Tyne

Job Type: Fixed Term, Full-time

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 a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Economic Analyst.

This is a Full Time, 2 Year Fixed-Term Contract.

The location of this role is either Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) or Cambridge, inclusive with hybrid working.

Salary

National: £33,594 - £34,150 pro-rata

Cambridge: £37,826 - £40,000 pro-rata

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.

• 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
• development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals

What you will be doing

This is a specialist analytical role working formally with the Senior Economist to provide economic analysis and to conduct and manage economic research on behalf of Historic England and the wider heritage sector.

You will use your economic and econometric skills to contribute to developing our approach to economic measurement of the historic environment, particular in relation to the Culture and Heritage Capital approach and impact evaluation. Your research and insight will be strongly guided by current government guidelines such as the Green Book and Magenta Book.

The role combines technical and analytical rigour with strong communication and project delivery skills. You will help to make the case for the historic environment through published advocacy-focused research, Heritage Counts and other appropriate routes. You will help to ensure that economic evidence is influential across key audiences from HM Treasury and DCMS to local stakeholders, and ensure evidence is communicated clearly, efficiently and accessibly.

Who we are looking for

• Completion of relevant degree or significant relevant experience.
• An understanding of economic research methods and techniques
• Econometric knowledge
• Good administrative skills
• Ability to summarise and communicate data

Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria.

Historic England is a Disability Confident Leader and normally offers guaranteed interviews to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role, where it is practical and appropriate to do so. We want all candidates to shine in the recruitment process, so please tell us what we can do to help you show us your very best self. For more information, please visit our Everyone is Welcome page, or contact us at [e-mail] if you have any recruitment queries.

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: w/c 23rd November 2026