Job summary
Heritage is all around us, it is valued by people, and it drives pride in place and wellbeing.
It is a key part of the Government?s place and community agenda, and a brilliant place to come and make a difference.
Our preserved heritage tells our national story - from monuments such as Stonehenge, to our industrial landscapes to local pubs.
Job description
You will lead the heritage protection team alongside your job-share partner (an existing G7 who works 3 days a week) to deliver the government?s responsibilities to protect buildings and monuments through the listing and scheduling processes.
The heritage protection team oversees the department?s statutory duties to protection the historic environment through the designation of listed buildings, scheduled monuments, and protected wreck sites.
It also manages a non-statutory review process for listing decisions, and powers for the upkeep and repair of historic buildings.
Key deliverables
- Managing a fascinating caseload across different heritage protection regimes
- Steering complex casework, with close engagement with legal colleagues, Historic England, and ministers
- Ensuring correspondence is drafted in a timely way and to a high standard
- Contributing to policy preparation for a potential heritage bill.
Person specification
The ideal candidate would have the following key skills and experience, please note that desirable skills will only be used in the event of tied candidates:
Essential requirements
- Communication: You will have a proven ability to communicate on complex issues with clarity (including to senior leaders and ministers) ? strong written skills, confident presentation skills, and ability to use data in communications.
- Analysis: You will have strong analysis skills, using evidence from a variety of sources to reach nuanced decisions, with an eye on the big picture as well as the technical detail.
- Line management: The role manages 1 SEO, 1 HEO and 2 EOs. You will be able to set a positive, supportive team culture in line with DCMS values.
- You will be an experienced line manager, capable of setting direction in your team, taking responsibility for team performance and the timely delivery of work.
- You will coach your team to develop new skills in line with priorities and support their wider learning and development.
Desirable skills
- Casework management / project delivery
- Knowledge of or an interest in the heritage sector
- Experience of working with ALBs
Behaviours: We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £56,582, Department for Culture, Media and Sport contributes £16,391 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
DCMS values its staff and offers a wide range of benefits to everyone who works here.
We?re committed to developing talent, and supporting colleagues to have great careers in our department.
Things you need to know
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience.
Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.