Heritage Officer

Hybrid Working

Come and be part of an enthusiastic and motivated One Team in helping to create exceptional places to live and work for the residents of Broadland and South Norfolk. We take pride in protecting our rich heritage in one of England's most historic counties, whilst also promoting outstanding design and sustainable housing for the future.

We are looking to welcome a professional and experienced Heritage Officer to our planning team that covers a large area including over 5000 listed buildings and 72 conservation areas. These range from medieval churches and vernacular timber framed farmhouses to model villages and grand country houses, and from garden suburbs and historic market towns to picturesque villages and landscaped parklands.

You will be working within one of the area planning teams, providing day to day heritage expertise and advice to members of the public and planning colleagues but also responsible for your own caseload of listed building consent and householder applications from pre application discussions to final approval. You will also be working on the preparation of conservation area appraisals and assisting to remove building's from the councils' at risk registers proactively engaging with owners of buildings.

The post requires the ability to drive a car but offers a live/work balance with hybrid home and office working. Office days are located in the modern Horizon office building located just outside the historic City of Norwich, a university and cathedral city with a thriving regional arts scene and cosmopolitan culture situated in an area of exceptional natural beauty including The Broads and the Norfolk Coast. The city has the facilities of a regional capital and great transport links. The offices are served directly by city centre bus connections and has its own Beryl bike docking station as well as plentiful cycle parking.

You will be joining a fantastic, progressive organisation with benefits that include flexible working hours for most office-based roles, free onsite car parking, employee discounts, a competitive holiday allowance, wellbeing initiatives and the opportunity to sign up to the contributory Local Government Pension Scheme.

To hear why our employees think that working for us is so special, please visit our website.

For further information about the role or our organisation, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the recruiting manager, or the HR team as follows:

Tracy Lincoln / Development Manager

Chris Bennett / Senior Heritage and Design Officer

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Closing Date: 27th April 2025 23:45

Interview Date: TBC no earlier than wc 5th April

How to apply

If you are an external applicant, please apply via our website.

For internal applicants, please apply via the internal website found through the job portal on Connect.

The Councils reserve the right to close any and all vacancies at any time if there is judged to be a sufficient number of applications received.