Skills Projects Coordinator

Be Applied Ltd; Swindon, Bristol, Cambridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, York; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Skills Projects Coordinator to enhance skills development in the heritage sector. This part-time role offers a hybrid working environment, allowing you to work from various locations while making a significant impact on the Future Talent Programme. You will coordinate projects aimed at increasing diversity within the workforce, ensuring that underrepresented groups are supported. With a generous benefits package, including a competitive pension scheme and wellness programs, this role is perfect for those passionate about heritage and community engagement. Join a team committed to inclusivity and making a real difference.

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

Team social events

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating people-centred projects is essential.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate skills development programmes for the heritage sector.
• Work closely with various coordinators to manage placements.

Skills

Project Coordination

Attention to Detail

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Employment Type Part time Fixed Term Contract until August 2026

Location Hybrid ·United Kingdom(multiple locations) Cambridgeshire · Swindon · Bristol, City of · York · Newcastle · Manchester · Birmingham hybrid working or remote working

Team Policy and Evidence - Sector Resilience and Skills

Seniority Junior

• Closing:11:59pm, 22nd May 2025 BST

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

7.97 (7929)

Job Description

Summary

We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.

Historic England have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Skills Projects Coordinator.

This is a Fixed Term Contract until August 2026. Part Time, working 3 days per week to include Thursday and Friday (0.6 FTE).

The location of this role is National where we offer hybrid working, you will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Swindon, Bristol, Cambridge, Newcastle, York, Manchester or Birmingham. We will consider remote working.

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 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

The Skills Projects Coordinator’s principal responsibility will be coordinating and administering skills development programmes for the heritage sector managed by Historic England. Working closely with the Skills and Training Placements Coordinator in Sector Resilience and Skills, and the Early Careers and Resourcing Coordinator in HR, you will have a particular focus on our Future Talent Programme, which provides tiered placements both inside and outside of Historic England, targeted at people from demographic groups currently under-represented in the heritage sector workforce.

Travel: whilst the majority of work will be desk-based, it is expected some travel across England will be required in this role.

Who we are looking for

Experience coordinating and administering people-centred projects

Excellent attention to detail and accuracy

Demonstrable ability to prioritise and deliver to deadlines

Good problem-solving skills and flexibility to respond to changing situations

Good written and verbal communication skills

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

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 just won the Gold Award from MIND, 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 want 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.

To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted.

Provisional interview dates: 19th May 2025

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