Assistant Built Heritage Consultant

About the Role

Assistant Built Heritage Consultant
Permanent, Full Time
£26,951 to £31,706 per annum

Location:

Chelmsford
Working Style:
Anywhere worker

You will work from the Chelmsford office at least one day a week and across our operational area on other days, depending on business need.

Place Services is at the forefront of environmental consultancy in the public sector. We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and versatile historic buildings specialist to join our team.

The key responsibility of this role is to support the effective technical delivery of our built heritage specialism across a broad geographic area, including conservation advice to local planning authorities in Essex, London, Hertfordshire, Surrey, Kent, Derbyshire and Northamptonshire, and a diverse range of project work.

Reporting to the Principal Built Heritage Consultant you will assist in ensuring effective technical and commercial delivery of our built heritage specialism, delivering a varied workload that includes provision of conservation advice, heritage impact assessments, conservation area appraisals, joint work with our Natural and Built Environment teams, desk‑based and archival research, and field survey and recording.

• Assisting in the provision of conservation advice to local authorities (role of an assistant conservation officer), with the aspiration of developing into the role yourself.
• Input into Built Heritage Statements and Heritage Impact Assessments.
• Support for Conservation Area Appraisals and other project work.
• Collaborate with our Natural and Built Environment teams.
• Desk‑based and archival research.
• Field survey and recording.
• Access to comprehensive training and CPD, including access to our annual programme of Traditional Building Skills, Conservation courses and lectures:

• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
• Post‑graduate degree qualification in Building Conservation or a related field.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including report writing and presentation, confident and professional interpersonal skills.

Note:

The role requires mobility throughout an operational area; therefore, the post holder must have a driving licence and vehicle access, or an alternative means to meet these mobility requirements.

• Holiday entitlement of 26 days per annum (plus bank holidays), with the opportunity to buy additional annual leave.
• Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Life assurance of three times annual salary.
• Learning and Development Opportunities.
• Employee Wellbeing and Counselling provision.
• Employee Networks.
• Volunteering leave.
• Eye care vouchers, travel discounts, season ticket loans and additional benefits.

• Employee Rewards Scheme (Retail and restaurant discounts, cashback on purchases, private health and dental care plans).

Essex County Council is a Disability Confident Leader and commits to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum requirements. We also interview all veterans and leavers who meet the minimum requirements. We provide reasonable adjustments upon request.

Essential training in safeguarding and safeguarding (protecting children and vulnerable adults) is required for all employees. We also require DBS checks where relevant. Employees are expected to comply with our Code of Conduct and the Nolan Principles.

For an informal discussion about the position please call Historic Environment Manager Tim Murphy ) or email  For recruitment queries please email ch

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