Head of Scientific Dating

Overview

• Bolstered to preserve and celebrate England's rich and diverse historical legacy, the entity plays a crucial role in protecting the nation's heritage.
• It aids in the conservation and upkeep of historical structures, landscapes, and sites nationwide, ensuring the past remains significant for future generations.
• With extensive expertise in cultural heritage, architectural preservation, and archaeology, it supports both public and private sectors in managing historical assets.
• The organization offers grants, advice, manages listed building classifications, and maintains records of historical sites, contributing to the preservation of the nation's identity.
• Its projects frequently involve the rehabilitation of ancient monuments, the revitalization of historical cityscapes, and the protection of culturally significant locations.
• The entity also engages in innovative projects that integrate modern development with heritage preservation, promoting sustainable expansion while maintaining historical integrity.
• Through its efforts, major landmarks such as Stonehenge and the Tower of London have undergone significant restoration.
• An emphasized aspect of its strategy is public participation, providing resources and guidance for individuals, communities, and local authorities to contribute to heritage preservation.

Culture + Values

• Passionate: Showing enthusiasm; Using evidence to establish credibility; Explaining why what you are talking about matters, to inspire action; Delivering high standards and taking pride in the quality of your work; Encouraging others to share what they care about; Celebrating success; Using Historic England’s vision, purpose, values and corporate plan as the context for your work; Being generous and supporting people who take the initiative; Making criticism constructive
• Curious: Taking responsibility for keeping your skills and knowledge up to date; Enabling others to learn and support them through cascading opportunities, constructive feedback, mentoring and coaching; Finding out about the wider context for your work, other parts of Historic England and seeking out others’ knowledge and experience; Being confident about your own skills and knowledge, and being willing to share them with others; Seeking feedback on your strengths and weaknesses, and learning from your mistakes; Reviewing and reflecting on successes and failures and sharing your insights; Being open to making changes and doing things differently; Understanding and addressing your unconscious bias
• Collaborative: Agreeing common objectives and being willing to amend your own priorities; Being clear about the benefits of collaboration and keeping processes proportionate; Involving the right people at the right time; Understanding when to delegate and when to escalate; Doing what you say you will do to time, budget and agreed standards; Communicating progress, challenges and changes to stakeholders; Making timely decisions; Supporting decisions agreed collectively; Recognising the efforts of others and saying thank you; Being aware of the impact you have on other people
• Open: Seeking, using and responding to feedback; Admitting mistakes and changing things if they don’t work; Being honest when you need help and being supportive if someone asks you for help; Listening to and understanding your audience, and finding out what they want and need; Engaging new audiences e.g. by enabling image descriptions; Actively seeking new perspectives, being respectful and making an effort to understand others’ motivations and practices; Being open to new ideas and ways of working e.g. digital collaboration tools; Understanding your audience: communicating creatively and accessibly, and adapting your style where needed; Explaining your decisions; Using plain English
• Responsible: Putting our stakeholders at the centre of what we do and being polite and helpful; Maintaining respect and appreciation for others at all times, no matter what their role, specialism, age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, nationality, disability, educational or religious background is; Being fair and consistent; Leading by example and role modelling good practice; Challenging poor behaviour and supporting others to do so; Complying with the law and our own rules – know it, apply it, monitor it; Providing value for money for the tax payer – spending every £ as if it was your own; Taking courageous decisions and supporting others to do the same; Using the public value framework to increase the impact of your work; Being an ambassador for the whole of Historic England; Keeping your diary up to date, making it available to others and turning up on time; Maintaining a good work life balance, and looking after your own and others’ wellbeing

Environment + Sustainability

Inclusion & Diversity

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