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Early Careers and Recruitment Manager | Talent Acquisition Expert

Summary

We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.

Historic England have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Business Officer in our North West Region Group.

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.

This is a Full Time, Permanent position based in Manchester with hybrid working.

To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here.

What you will be doing

The Business Management Team provides support across the local teams’ work and will take a proactive role in service delivery through managing the delivery of grant-aid and advisory services and dealing directly with our customers.

As part of this team, you will assist colleagues in Development Advice and Partnerships teams in the delivery of Group and corporate targets. You will facilitate the efficient provision of statutory and other advice and will manage individual grants, including assisting with negotiations and complying with procurement and financial administration procedures. You will support the Local Leadership team in responding to external and internal requests for information and briefings.

What we are looking for

• Experience of interpreting and analysing information and using it to inform your judgment
• Ability to work under pressure and use own initiative
• Experience of working directly with members of the public
• Financial aptitude with a high level of attention to detail
• Ability to interpret maps and architectural plans/elevations

Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria.

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 recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk 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: 12th August 2025.

Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description – https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/rfdjzwve/business-officer-job-description.odt

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Administrative

• Industries

  Government Administration

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