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 Senior Economist.
This is a Full Time, Permanent position.
The location of this role is based in London, inclusive with hybrid working.
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.
To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here.
What you will be doing
Historic England is the public body that helps people care for, enjoy and celebrate England’s historic environment. The historic environment is intrinsically linked to economic activity, attracting investment, driving tourism, supporting local economies and improving quality of life.
As our Senior Economist, you will provide technical leadership in economic analysis across the organisation and the wider heritage sector. You will have a creative mind to help us innovate and develop new approaches to economic measurement. You will use your excellent economic and econometric research skills to develop robust evidence that progresses our understanding and articulation of the economic value of the historic environment.
As an excellent communicator, you will contribute to sector-wide evidence dissemination working with key stakeholders, including government departments, academics and a wide range sector stakeholders. You will play a key role in preparing for fiscal events and championing value for money across Historic England’s investments. You will ensure our evidence base is aligned with the HM Treasury’s Green Book and the DCMS Culture and Heritage Capital Framework, and other best practice guidance.
Who we are looking for
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: 17th July 2025
Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –
https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/gw1fqzjt/senior-economist.odt
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