Business Officers - Externally Funded Projects (London and South East) - 2 Positions

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 two fantastic opportunities for you to join us as our Business Officers - Externally Funded Projects. This is a full time, Fixed-Term Contract until March 2030. The location of this role is London, 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 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 Historic Places Regeneration Team colleagues in the delivery of externally funded grant projects and corporate targets. You will manage individual grants, including assisting with negotiations and complying with procurement and financial administration procedures. They will support the local Leadership team in responding to external and internal requests for information and briefings. Who we are looking for Organisational skills Teamwork Customer Service Interpreting and presenting data Numeracy and analytical skills 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 open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. 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.