National Projects Coordinator

Historic England; West of England, Portsmouth, Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Holiday

Discounts

Site access

Development

Job summary

Historic England is offering a full-time, permanent role as National Projects Coordinator. You will be based in one of our offices across the UK or from home, with a hybrid working pattern.

You will contribute to Portfolio Development and Delivery, supporting major portfolios, programmes and projects of organisational significance, and work with Project and Programme Managers to provide AI-assisted coordination.

Qualifications

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work across multiple offices and teams.
• Comfort with AI-assisted project coordination.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the running of Portfolio Development and Delivery, managing major portfolios, programmes and projects of organisational significance.
• Support Portfolio in Corporate Services to ensure adaptability, sustainability and funded activities for heritage.
• Work with Project/Programme Managers to provide AI-assisted coordination of projects and support programmes.
• Help promote equality, inclusion and flexible working arrangements across Historic England.

Job description

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 National Projects Coordinator

This is a full time, permanent position.

The location of this role is national, inclusive with hybrid working. You will be based in one of our following offices and/or from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) or Cambridge.

• competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions
• 28 days holiday
• corporate discounts
• free entry into English Heritage sites across the country
• 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:

To contribute to the running of Portfolio Development and Delivery (Portfolio), which has responsibility for Historic England’s Unified Portfolio and Delivery Pipeline and for managing major portfolios, programmes and projects of organisational significance.

Portfolio sits in the Corporate Services Group, ensuring Historic England is an adaptable, fundable and sustainable organisation that delivers for heritage by facilitating joined up working, inspiring, challenging and equipping people, nurturing innovation and productivity, managing grant spend and growing income.

This role involves working closely with Project and Programme Managers at all levels within Historic England to provide AI-assisted coordination of projects and support for programmes across the portfolio.

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.

Provisional interview dates: 12th November 2026

Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –

https://historicengland.org.uk/media/01vdo55r/zw-national-projects-coordinator-jd-oct-2026.odt

Historic England only accepts applications through our authorised recruitment platform, Applied. We will never ask applicants to pay any fee or provide payment details during the recruitment process. Please only apply using the application link provided within this advert.

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National Projects Coordinator

Company: Historic England Salary: from £26,919 a year Hours: Full-time Location: Bristol · Cambridge · Portsmouth · Swindon · Manchester · Birmingham · York · Newcastle, SN2 2EH Working pattern: Hybrid - 2 days remote Job type: Permanent Posting date: 20 Oct 2026 Closing date: 1 Nov 2026