Built Heritage Consultant

Place Services is at the forefront of environmental consultancy in the public sector, and integral to our success are our people. Our purpose is to support public sector organisations to deliver their role in sustainable development. The growth of our service means we are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and versatile historic buildings specialist to join our Historic Environment team.

The key responsibility of this role is to contribute to the effective technical delivery of our built heritage specialism. We offer a unique post which is one of the most diverse in the sector, providing a range of experience across a broad geographic area. You will form part of a team operating out of Chelmsford, which act as conservation advisers to local planning authorities in Essex, London, Hertfordshire, Surrey, Derbyshire, and Northamptonshire. As well as providing conservation advice to local planning authorities, you will undertake a diverse range of project work.

We are seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and versatile historic buildings specialist to join us. We are looking for resourceful and creative people, who will relish the opportunity to develop and share their ideas and expertise, contributing to the collective intelligence of our team, and our clients.

The consultant will work across Essex, London and the South East. We offer you the opportunity to develop your career as part of a performance-driven, multi-disciplinary team of dedicated professionals, in an area with a rich and varied heritage of historic buildings and places.

Reporting to the Principal Built Heritage Consultant you will assist in ensuring effective technical and commercial delivery of our built heritage specialism. You will help deliver a varied workload including the provision of conservation advice to local planning authorities, and a diverse range of built heritage project work.

We offer the opportunity for you to develop your expertise as part of a performance-driven team of dedicated professionals, in a region with a rich and varied historic environment. We invest in and are committed to the development of our staff, fully funding membership of both the IHBC and CIfA, as well as providing funded training to individuals throughout the year. 

For an informal discussion please contact the Historic Environment Manager, Tim Murphy via tim.murphy@essex.gov.uk  / 0333 032 0847.

To apply for this role please visit: Built Heritage Consultant, Place Services - Working for Essex