Stakeholder Engagement Adviser

Job Description

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

We have a fantastic opportunity for you to become our Stakeholder Engagement Adviser in the South West region.

National salary: £38,067 per annum

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 28% 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 post is a fixed-term contract until 4th July 2025.

You will be responsible for the building and maintaining of key stakeholder relationships at local level which increase the public value of our organisation's work. Through influence and advocacy, you will help convince local decision-makers of the value of the historic environment and its potential to deliver benefits for the community. The role supports local communities to act to shape the development of historic places and to save and re-use heritage at risk. Key audiences are local authorities, developers, the local heritage sector and community groups.

What you will be doing

Working with the Regional Director and Head of Region, you will identify and manage relationships with key local influencers and delivery agents, including those outside local authorities and the heritage sector. You will encourage them to champion our work, develop collaborative projects and inspire them to look after and invest in the historic environment.

You will identify opportunities to build new relationships with the potential to increase the public value and impact of our work, represent the organisation with a wide variety of stakeholders, and be an effective advocate for the benefits of the historic environment for local communities.

The role will provide advice and help all teams in the local office to achieve greater impact by working with local stakeholders. You will work with our national teams to gather and share compelling evidence on the value of the historic environment within the region and contribute evidence and case studies to national initiatives.

You will work with colleagues to increase the skills and knowledge of those involved in the management of the historic environment, including local historic environment professionals and local community groups, by identifying needs and delivering local workshops, training and ad hoc assistance.

What we are looking for

• Extensive and demonstrable experience of developing and leading stakeholder engagement
• Track record of building and maintaining relationships with a range of organisations
• Ability to work across teams as the role requires regional delivery as a whole
• Excellent written and oral communication
• Excellent negotiation, influencing and advocacy skills