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 Youth Engagement Officer.
This is a Full Time, 2 Year Fixed-Term Contract.
The location of this role is either Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) or Cambridge, inclusive with hybrid working.
Salary
National: £26,919 pro-rata
Cambridge: £28,752 pro-rata
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 Youth Engagement Officer, you will support the development and delivery of Historic England’s work with the youth sector, helping more young people, particularly those who face barriers to participation, to benefit from engagement with local heritage.
Working under the guidance of the Youth Engagement Manager, you will provide practical support for partnerships, projects, training, resources, communications and evaluation. You will help gather and share the perspectives of young people and support colleagues and partners to develop inclusive approaches to youth engagement.
This is an early career role offering supported experience across heritage, youth engagement and programme delivery. You will be encouraged to build your knowledge, confidence and professional networks through varied work, training and development opportunities.
Who we are looking for
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Some experience of supporting projects, events, learning, participation or engagement work; organising tasks, information or activities; meeting agreed deadlines; and using standard digital tools to support communication, meetings, documents and record keeping.
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Experience of working collaboratively, building positive relationships, and communicating clearly and respectfully with different people.
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A clear interest in youth engagement, heritage, communities or learning, together with a willingness to develop knowledge and skills in these areas.
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A clear commitment to inclusion and safeguarding, and to creating opportunities for young people who face barriers to participation.
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 recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk 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 recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk 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 dates: w/c 7th December 2026
Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –
https://historicengland.org.uk/media/lv5jvbjo/youth-engagement-officer.odt
Historic England only accepts applications through our authorised recruitment platform, Applied. We will never ask applicants to pay any fee or provide payment details during the recruitment process. Please only apply using the application link provided within this advert.