National Projects Coordinator

Summary

We are the public body that looks after England's historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.

Historic England have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as a National Projects Coordinator.

This is a full time, permanent post.

Salary

National:
£26,135 pro-rata

Greater London+ :
£27,915 pro-rata

The location of this role is National where we offer hybrid working, you will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge.

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

As our National Projects Coordinator, you will contribute to the running of the Portfolio Development and Delivery (Portfolio) Department, which has responsibility for Historic England's Unified Portfolio and Delivery Pipeline, and for managing major portfolios, programmes and projects of organisational significance. Portfolio sits in the Business Improvement Group, a dynamic part of Historic England (HE) that ensures HE is an adaptable, fundable and sustainable organisation that delivers for heritage by facilitating joined up working, inspiring, challenging and equipping people, nurturing innovation and productivity, managing grant spend and growing income. This role involves working closely with Project and Programme Managers at all levels within Historic England to provide coordination of projects and support for programmes across the portfolio.

What we are looking for

• Experience of project coordination or support within projects or programmes.

• Excellent digital skills and confidence in using Microsoft 365 and other digital productivity tools such as Power BI.

• Excellent organisational, prioritisation and time management skills.

• Ability to assimilate, interpret and utilise data to support informed decision-making and improve efficiency.

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 want 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

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 date: 15th January 2026

Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –