Summary
Historic England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone.
Location & Contract
Location available in York, Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham, Cambridge, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth or London, inclusive of hybrid working. The role is available as one full‑time or one part‑time fixed‑term contract.
Benefits
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.
What you will be doing
As our Marine Data Analyst (MDE Heritage Accelerator), you will transform detailed heritage data generated by marine development into consistent, accessible spatial information within the Marine Data Exchange (MDE) and the Marine Historic Environment Record (MHER). You will help deliver the objectives of the MDE Heritage Accelerator project, a major innovative project funded through The Crown Estate’s Offshore Wind Evidence & Change (OWEC) programme, by processing, recording, enhancing and analysing geospatial information derived from seabed surveys to create accessible heritage information.
Who we are looking for
- Demonstrable experience of working with marine or heritage data in a professional context, including large datasets
- Advanced skills in using databases, spreadsheets and GIS
- Good working knowledge of coding languages, such as R or Python
- Familiarity with Feature Manipulation Engine software (FME)
- Good working knowledge of seabed survey systems commonly used in UK marine heritage, including their resulting data and its processing and interpretation
- Clear familiarity with UK frameworks, standards and lexicons used in processing, interpreting and recording marine data, heritage assets, interventions and sources
- Diligent attention to detail and accuracy
Equal Opportunity Statement
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.
Encouragement of Diverse Applications
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.
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