Senior Director/Director - Built Heritage

RPS; Abingdon; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Director/Director to lead their Built Heritage Team. This role offers a unique opportunity to work on significant heritage projects across the UK, collaborating with renowned organizations and innovative architects. The successful candidate will direct an experienced team, mentor junior staff, and engage in business development while ensuring high-quality service delivery. With a commitment to flexible working and employee wellbeing, this role promises a stimulating and rewarding environment for those passionate about heritage conservation.

Benefits

Private Healthcare

25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

Company Pension Scheme

Group Disability Scheme

Share Incentive Scheme

Life Assurance

Cycle to Work Scheme

Health Screening

Employee Assistance Programme

Subsidised Gym Membership

Qualifications

• Experienced heritage professional with management and business development skills.
• Track record of providing heritage advice on major projects.

Responsibilities

• Directing a heritage team on complex projects across the UK.
• Preparing Heritage Statements and Environmental Statements.
• Mentoring junior staff and influencing business development.

Skills

Heritage Management

Business Development

Expert Witness Experience

Financial Management

Communication Skills

Education

Degree in Conservation of Historic Buildings

Master's Degree in Related Field

Job description

Senior Director/Director - Built Heritage

RPS Abingdon-On-Thames, England, United Kingdom

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RPS, a TetraTech company, is looking for a Director/Senior Director to join our Built Heritage Team who work on many of the biggest and most complicated heritage projects in the UK. The position will be nominally based in our London office but, following our adoption of agile working practices, we will consider candidates who could instead work from our Southampton or Abingdon offices. The successful candidate is likely to need to attend the office at least one day per week.

About The Opportunity

You will be directing an experienced heritage team working on many of the biggest and most complicated heritage projects in the country. We offer an unrivalled range of project experience, working with English Heritage and Historic Royal Palaces, major developers and regeneration leaders, and individual property owners. We offer the opportunity to work as part of major interdisciplinary teams and innovating architects to provide outstanding new developments.

What You Will Be Doing

As one of the directors within the team, you will collaborate closely with our experienced Directors and mentor our junior staff to deliver a high-quality service to our stakeholders and, influencing business development. Your work will include:

• Preparation of Heritage Statements, Feasibility Statements and Environmental Statements
• Expert Witness work, including attendance at Public Inquiries
• Line management and mentoring of junior staff
• Business development, including developing the RPS customer base and cross-selling other disciplines
• Liaison with customers, local planning authorities and relevant stakeholders
• Financial management of projects, to ensure they advance on time and to budget
  
  

Who We Are Looking For

• With experience within this sector, you will already be familiar with what we are looking for.
• An experienced heritage professional, with experience of management and business development
• A track record of providing heritage advice on major projects
• Outstanding verbal and written communication techniques
• Experience as an Expert Witness
• A relevant degree or master's degree in the conservation of historic buildings and places
• Associate or Full Membership of the IHBC
• Strong knowledge and interest in historic buildings and places
• Exceptional knowledge of the English planning system
  
  

What is in it for you?

Our staff are rewarded with competitive salaries, opportunities to invest and many other benefits including: Private healthcare, 25 days holiday + bank holidays with the option to purchase up to 5 extra days per year, Company pension scheme, Group Disability Scheme, Share Incentive Scheme, Life Assurance, Cycle to Work Scheme, Health Screening, Employee Assistance Programme (including numerous wellbeing initiatives and mental health support), Dental Cover, subsidised gym membership, Professional Memberships and access to BenefitHub offering discounts, cash back offers and rewards.

We are proud to be an accredited ILM training provider, internationally recognised and providing robust fully accredited professional training programmes - to master’s degree level professional qualifications in leadership & management and executive coaching & mentoring, we provide learning and development for everyone.

We encourage and value different ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. We need a mix of experiences and techniques to develop the ideas. We respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. You’ll be joining a diverse community and a company that puts its people first and prioritises their wellbeing.

We identify the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we’re happy to communicate about flexible working. This is a workplace that works for you.

What happens next?

The Talent Acquisition Team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application. If your application is progressed, you will have the opportunity to speak informally with Duncan Hawkins, Simon Mortimer or Richard Smalley to answer any queries in advance of a more formal interview.

All applications will be considered.

About RPS

We are RPS, our projects are all around you. We define, design, and take care of projects that create shared value to a composite, urbanising and resource-scarce world. Our people are our success. We are looking for people who can find a solution to the problems that matter. Our flat structure creates greater collaboration and speed of communication, enabling us to work with some of the brightest minds in the industry. Here you will find work that is stimulating and rewarding.

Recruitment Agencies We have a Preferred Supplier List of trusted partners to assist us when required and do not acknowledge any speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions from agencies not on this list and any submitted will be taken as a gift. Please refer to the careers page on our website if you require any further information.

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