Technical Manager (Marine Data Exchange) Heritage Accelerator)

Historic England; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in the UK is seeking a Technical Manager (Marine Data Exchange) to lead an innovative project aimed at enhancing the Crown Estate's marine data heritage. The role involves managing a project that delivers insights for offshore clean energy decision-making. Candidates should have extensive experience in marine or heritage data, project management, and knowledge of seabed survey systems. This full-time position offers a flexible working environment and values diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience of working with marine or heritage data in a professional context, including large datasets.
• Demonstrable experience of managing major multi-year quality-driven projects with complex technical and methodological challenges.
• Detailed knowledge of seabed survey systems commonly used in UK marine heritage, including their resulting data and its processing and interpretation.
• Detailed knowledge of UK frameworks, standards and lexicons used in processing, interpreting, and recording marine data, heritage assets, interventions, and sources.
• Entrepreneurial and flexible – able to creatively problem solve.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and day-to-day management of the MDE heritage information project.
• Enhance the National Marine Heritage Record to enable better decision-making.
• Manage technical and methodological challenges related to the project's objectives.

Skills

Marine data expertise

Project leadership

Seabed survey systems knowledge

UK data standards

Creative problem solving

Education

Experience in marine/heritage data projects

Job description

Technical Manager (Marine Data Exchange) Heritage Accelerator

Join to apply for the Technical Manager (Marine Data Exchange) Heritage Accelerator role at Historic England.

This is a Full Time, Fixed-Term Contract until March 2027.

This range is provided by Historic England. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Overview

Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Technical Manager (MDE Heritage Accelerator).

Responsibilities

As our Technical Manager you will provide technical leadership and day-to-day management of a new, innovative project to enrich the Crown Estate’s Marine Data Exchange (MDE) heritage information generated by marine development. The MDE Heritage Accelerator project will simultaneously enhance the National Marine Heritage Record (NMHR) to enable better and faster decision-making in delivering clean energy offshore. The project is funded through the Crown Estate’s Offshore Wind Evidence & Change (OWEC) programme.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience of working with marine or heritage data in a professional context, including large datasets
• Demonstrable experience of managing major multi-year quality-driven projects with complex technical and methodological challenges
• Detailed knowledge of seabed survey systems commonly used in UK marine heritage, including their resulting data and its processing and interpretation
• Detailed knowledge of UK frameworks, standards and lexicons used in processing, interpreting, and recording marine data, heritage assets, interventions, and sources
• Entrepreneurial and flexible – able to creatively problem solve

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: virtual - w/c 22nd September 2025

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

https://historicengland.org.uk/media/ykmaeed3/technical-manager-mde-heritage-accelerator.odt

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Research

Industries

• Government Administration