Procurement Business Partner Contract Management & Sustainability

Summary Historic England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone. Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Procurement Business Partner Contract Management & Sustainability. This is a full time, permanent contract position. The location of this role is Swindon, inclusive with hybrid working. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 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.

What you will be doing As our Procurement Business Partner Contract Management & Sustainability, you will provide expert contract management and procurement support to buyers through a strong business partnering approach. The role has two principal areas of focus: firstly, to drive and support the organisation and its suppliers in delivering the Greening Government Commitments (GGC); and secondly, to develop, embed and maintain effective contract management practices that monitor and assure delivery of GGC objectives, alongside robust contract management more broadly.

In this role, you will also support the Procurement Senior Manager and work collaboratively with Procurement Business Partners to ensure that procurement activity complies with relevant legislation, Cabinet Office, DCMS and Historic England policies, and recognised best practice. Through this, you will help maximise commercial, social and environmental value for the heritage sector.

Who we are looking for Technical procurement knowledge Understanding of public sector sustainability Contract management understanding Relevant qualifications/experience Collaboration & influencing Commercial awareness & risk 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 won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, 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 wants 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 [email removed - click apply for more details] 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.

At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration—not as direct input.

Provisional interview dates: 27th July 2026 Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description – https://historicengland.org.uk/media/aoans5gh/cs-procurement-business-partner-contracts-and-sustainability-jd-jun-2026.odt