Built Heritage Consultant & Senior 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 the public sector to deliver sustainable development by conserving and enhancing the historic, built, and natural environment, and by achieving well-designed places. The growth of our service means we are looking for highly motivated, enthusiastic and versatile historic buildings specialists to join our Historic Environment team.

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

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 heritage of historic buildings and places. We invest in and are committed to the development of our people, fully funding membership of both the IHBC and CIfA, as well as providing funded training to individuals throughout the year.

Place Services are on the Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s HESPR register and we are a Registered Organisation with the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists.

A full UK Driving Licence and access to a car for regular use is essential for these roles.

Comprehensive CPD is available with the role, including access to our annual programme of Traditional Building Skills, Conservation courses and lectures: https://www.placeservices.co.uk/courses/

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

For more information and to apply please go to the following link:

Built Heritage Consultant

https://www.workingforessex.com/apply/built-heritage-consultant-7584

Senior Built Heritage Consultant 

https://www.workingforessex.com/apply/senior-built-heritage-consultant-7590

Our aim is to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications, regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, age or religion or belief. All applications will be considered solely on merit.

As part of employment with Essex County Council should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS Update Service. 

The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained.