Listing Co-ordinator (Midlands)

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 Listing Co-ordinator (Midlands).

This is a full time, permanent position.

The location of this role is Birmingham, inclusive with hybrid working.

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

The Business Team provides support across the regional teams’ work and takes a proactive role in service delivery through managing the delivery of our services and dealing directly with our customers. 

As part of this team, you will assist colleagues in Midlands Listing Team thorough co-ordinating and administering listing casework, and contribute to the delivery of a listing service in the region to achieve corporate and group priorities. You will support the Local Leadership team in responding to external and internal requests for information and briefings. 

• This will be achieved by: 
• Implementing the designation system through casework to nationally agreed principles of selection and procedures. 
• Ensuring that all listing casework is delivered efficiently, transparently and accountably. 
• Explaining the listing process, and any changes to it, to owners and other stakeholders. 
• Explaining Enhanced Advisory Services (EAS) to customers 
• Who we are looking for
• Previous experience of working in a team environment
• Experience of working directly with members of the public
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure and use own initiative

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: week commencing 14th September 2026
• Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –
• https://historicengland.org.uk/media/smgjwwvg/listing-coordinator.odt