Heritage Planner

**The opportunity**:
We have an exciting opportunity for a talented and commercially minded Heritage Planner to join our specialist Heritage team, building on our profile and success to date. The team have enjoyed continued success, establishing a heritage business that is recognised as a leading name in the industry. You will have the opportunity to work on exciting and prestigious projects, delivering high quality work to our client base. This role will be based in our central Cambridge office just a stone’s throw away from the train station and boasts a modern, open plan and collaborative environment. You will be working alongside your heritage colleagues and a wealth of other disciplines to undertake national work, predominantly in the Built Heritage space supporting colleagues through the UK business as well as an external client base.

You will be enthusiastic, eager to learn and have the capability to help grow the business and your profile in the Heritage / Historic Environment space. In return our commitment is to engage and develop that potential and reward contribution and performance. You will enjoy outstanding professional development and career opportunities in a unique role that combines a personal approach with diverse experience.

**About you**:
**To have an impact in the role you will**:

- Conduct site specific historical and policy research;
- Identify site specific heritage planning constraints;
- Undertake appraisals of heritage significance, impact assessments and appeal statements;
- Prepare fee proposals and tender submissions;
- Develop client relationships;
- Support the Heritage team as required.

**To succeed in the role, it is likely that you will**:

- Have a relevant first degree and/or post-graduate qualification in historic environment conservation, architectural history, building conservation or similar;
- Have or be eligible for full IHBC membership;
- Private Sector experience is preferable, or an ability to demonstrate an adaptability to work in the Private sector;
- Be committed to continuing their professional development with a willingness to learn and progress;
- Have sound technical knowledge of heritage planning policy, legislation and best practice guidance;
- Have experience of appraising heritage significance and undertaking impact assessments;
- Have excellent written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrable experience of report writing;
- Have an interest in business development and networking opportunities;
- Be personable and professional with high levels of motivation, ambition and drive;
- Have excellent team-working skills;
- Be commercially minded and take on personal responsibility;
- Be committed and have an eye for detail;
- Be hardworking and have a good sense of humour;
- Take a positive, enthusiastic and pro-active approach;
- Have an ability to manage own time and workload;
- Be proficient with Microsoft packages;
- Hold a full UK driving licence and are willing to travel nationally.

We believe that it is our people and their individual talents that make us special. We work within a friendly, inclusive, and supportive culture and one of high support and high challenge, where we are not afraid to take on new and greater responsibilities and are each individually encouraged to grow and flourish both personally and professionally, with genuine career opportunities based on merit. We create a working environment that offers flexibility, adopting a hybrid approach to agile working and offer a wide range of benefits including a generous pension scheme, life assurance, private health care and a flexi-benefits package allowing you to choose benefits that are truly valuable to you, including the opportunity to buy and sell holiday.

**Reasonable adjustments**

We are an inclusive employer and want to ensure all our applicants have the same opportunity for success. Please inform us of any support or reasonable adjustment you may need as a result of a disability, long term health condition, neurodiversity or other personal circumstances, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability during the recruitment process (for example extra assessment time, visual adjustment, special access request).

**About Stantec**

Stantec is a top tier global consultancy, the Stantec community unites approximately 26,000 employees working in over 400 locations across 6 continents.

We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. With around 3,000 people working in integrated regional teams across the UK & Ireland. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our client’s vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insight.

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