Historic Environment

2 weeks ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom Montagu Evans Full time

COMPANY, TEAM & ROLE OVERVIEW:
**THE FIRM**
Montagu Evans is an independent, market leading property consultancy. Headquartered in London with offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Manchester. Our work encompasses planning and development, property management, specialist valuations and transactions across the United Kingdom.

We’re a group of people that are excellent individually and exceptional together. We care about people, not just bricks and mortar. We care about our legacy, we create spaces that people use to live, work, communicate and connect.

We’re a partnership and the people who run the business are empowered to create their own teams to exceed our client’s requests. This highly flexible and collaborative approach, tailoring the talent to the complexity of the work, has enabled us to develop an exceptional business that has spanned more than a century.

We give everyone the opportunity to be the best version of themselves. We trust and support each other. We recognise that our people are the heart of our success and only by identifying, supporting and promoting them will we be able to provide continued outstanding client service.

Together we are Montagu Evans.

**THE TEAM**
The Planning Dept comprises around 85 people across our 4 offices.

The Scottish Planning and Heritage team advises owners, developers and occupiers of sites and properties across Scotland and the north of England. Recent projects include: Various PBSA developments; Redevelopment of former BHS & Debenhams stores on Princes Street; The Royal Edinburgh Hospital Master Plan; University of St Andrews; Former Royal High School, Edinburgh; Fort Kinnaird & Glasgow Fort development sites and The Haymarket, Edinburgh.

The team works collaboratively to deliver results across different land uses and with its market leading Heritage specialism (25 people) can provide a fully integrated planning and heritage client service across the UK.

**ROLE OVERVIEW**
We are looking for a talented, ambitious, and personable Heritage Planner to join our planning and development team in Scotland.

In return, we can offer a competitive remuneration package, experience in a position offering considerable responsibility with a strong client focus, and excellent career prospects which are only limited by your ambition.

MAIN DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, ACCOUNTABILITIES:
**MAIN DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, ACCOUNTABILITIES**
- Support for Heritage Partner and integrated working with the Planning Team
- Assembling baseline heritage information for projects, primarily in Scotland, but occasionally in other parts of the UK;
- Site visits and photography
- Primary and secondary research online and in archives/libraries for historic buildings and areas to include:
Planning history;
Designations (listed buildings, conservation areas, designated gardens and designed landscapes, scheduled monuments etc.);
Historical research (building and area plans, maps, images etc.).
- Analysis of heritage assets and their settings.
- Identification of potential development impacts.
- Drafting of documents using Adobe’s InDesign software including: heritage assessments and statements; statements of significance; Certificate Of Intention Not To List (COINTL) reports; Heritage and Townscape Visual Impact Assessments (HTVIAs); conservation area appraisals and management plans; planning and listed building consent appeal statements; heritage inputs into large-scale multi-disciplinary projects.
- Creation of custom mapping;

DESIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATION:
**DESIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATION**
- Degree level minimum, higher qualification, apprenticeship qualifications or equivalent experience in architectural history, historic built environment conservation or other relevant disciplines;
- A team player;
- Strong background in historic buildings and the historic environment in Scotland and knowledge of research resources;
- Good working knowledge of the planning system in Scotland and fully conversant with the relevant heritage legislation, policies and guidance;
- Robust knowledge of Scottish and wider UK history, particularly architectural history;
- Excellent research, report writing and communication skills;
- Strong administration skills and financial awareness;
- Ability to work under pressure and meet critical deadlines;
- Full clean driving licence.



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