Marine Historic Environment Record Officer

Be Applied Ltd; Swindon; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

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

Salary sacrifice

Team social events

Team lunches

Extracurricular clubs

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Historic England is offering a Junior Marine Historic Environment Record Officer role on a maternity cover basis in Swindon with hybrid working. You will help maintain the Marine HER data, support research and contribute to policy development for sustainable change in the marine historic environment.

You will also assist the Marine HER Manager in analysis and interpretation of related datasets and provide specialist customer service to internal and external users, ensuring access to accurate

Qualifications

• Experience using databases and spreadsheets.
• Proficiency with GIS.
• Strong collaboration and teamwork.
• Ability to manage time and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the Marine HER data and support research.
• Assist in analysis and interpretation of marine heritage data.
• Provide specialist customer service for internal and external users.
• Support policy development for sustainable change.

Skills

Database usage

GIS

Team collaboration

Time management

Tools

GIS

Job description

Marine Historic Environment Record Officer

Historic England

Employment Type Contract Maternity cover

Location Hybrid ·Swindon, UK Inclusive with hybrid working where you are based between the office and home

Team Policy and Evidence - Analytics

Seniority Junior

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 (12465)

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 a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Marine Historic Environment Record Officer.

This is a Maternity Cover contract.

The location of this role is Swindon, 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 Marine Historic Environment Record (HER) Officer, you will help maintain the Marine Heritage Environment Record (Marine HER) and provide information to support research and the preparation of policies and proposals for the management of sustainable change in the marine historic environment.You will work to ensure that Historic England (HE), its partners and members of the public have access to accurate and reliable information about the marine historic environment.

You will also assist the Marine HER Manager in the analysis and interpretation of data relating to the marine historic environment, as well as other relevant datasets, and will help provide a specialist customer service for internal and external users of the Marine HER.

Who we are looking for

• Experience of using databases, spreadsheets and GIS
• Collaborative and team working
• Ability to time manage and work to deadline

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: 23rd November 2026

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