Regional Director - East of England

Job Description

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 Regional Director - East of England. This is a full time, permanent contract position. The salary for this role is £74,000 per annum. The location of this role is Cambridge, 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. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here.

What you will be doing The Regional Director is the senior representative of Historic England across the East of England and a powerful and public advocate for Historic England, the historic environment and the positive part heritage plays in society. In this role, you will lead HE staff based in the region to improve lives by championing and protecting the historic environment. You will support Historic England’s national work by driving the development and delivery of corporate projects and policies.

Who we are looking for Experience of influencing and collaborating with a wide range of partners Experience of leading multi-disciplinary teams Experience of initiating and leading projects within a strategic framework Good judgment in the application of policies to practice in the context of public service Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria. Historic England is a Disability Confident Leader and normally offers guaranteed interviews to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role, where it is practical and appropriate to do so. We want all candidates to shine in the recruitment process, so please tell us what we can do to help you show us your very best self. For more information, please visit our Everyone is Welcome page, or contact us at [email removed - click apply for more details] if you have any recruitment queries. 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.

To apply, please attached a copy of your CV and provide a covering letter. The covering letter should be no more than a side of A4 and should set out what you see as the key challenges and opportunities for the role over the next 12 months. 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: 14th September 2026