The Client:
They are the largest conservation practice in the world, with studios across England, Australia and Hong Kong. They are an award-winning architectural and heritage consultancy practice with a strong commitment to quality. They have staff of approximately 250 talented architects, designers, heritage consultants and surveyors across 14 offices. They work on some of the finest buildings from meticulous heritage and conservation schemes to bold contemporary design.
They provide hybrid work (3 days in office, 2 WFH), flexible working with core hours of 10am - 4pm, a bonus scheme and many more benefits, including bike2work scheme. Their benefits include a strong culture of growth and training and development opportunities.
Summary of Role:
- Shaping the direction of heritage consultancy in the region
- Managing change to significant places and developing their business and heritage team.
- Inspiring creativity and confidence among clients, consultants and colleagues alike, delivering excellent advice, promoting them and conservation, and pursuing new business opportunities.
- Acting as project leader on a variety of projects in your region, making decisions, providing heritage advice, advocacy and guidance and preparing fee proposals and tender submissions for heritage projects.
- Providing bespoke and high-quality advice, with outputs including conservation management plans, significance and capacity analysis, and heritage impact assessments.
- Growing their client base in your region
- Management of other team members in the region, managing resource, reviewing work, building a pipeline of work for the team and growing the team’s skills
Requirements:
- At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in building conservation, buildings archaeology, heritage planning or other fields
- Excellent skills and demonstrable experience of archival and desk-based research, on-site built fabric analysis and producing well-written reports.
- Proven track record in providing advice as heritage lead.
- Experience of preparing fee proposals and bids.
- Working knowledge of current English heritage legislation, policy and guidance.
- Membership(s) of professional institutions, such as the IHBC. or CIFA
- Experience of working with architects, engineers and statutory stakeholders including conservation officers and Historic England.
- A UK driving licence
