Heritage Project Officer - Regeneration Programmes

We are St Helens Borough Council

Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a modernising Council which is passionate and ambitious for the children and families we support, our communities and our workforce. As part of our transformation journey, we continue to build on our progress and put children firmly at the centre of our care. We can only do this because of our highly valued, skilled, and supported workforce.

Do you want to work in an award-winning team, delivering at pace? Are you looking for a career defining role where you can REALLY make a difference, and contribute to accelerating the delivery of the borough’s significant inclusive growth plans?

Situated at the heart of the North West and part of the Liverpool City Region, St Helens is a borough that is delivering on its ambitious plans for substantial regeneration and growth. With proposals for delivery of over 9,000 new homes by 2035, transformational town centre regeneration, a cutting-edge programme of active travel and public transport infrastructure and a growing focus on the role that high quality place-making can make in addressing the impacts of climate change, there has never been a more exciting time to join our ambitious, friendly and welcoming team.

Make a difference as a Heritage Project Officer in the Place Services Directorate.

As well as our once in a generation town centre regeneration plans, the team have been successful in securing Levelling Up Funding for Earlestown, Town Deal (St Helens), and Long-term Plan for Towns status (Newton-le-Willows). We are now looking to recruit a Heritage Project Officer to work on our exciting regeneration and growth programmes across the borough. Experienced, enthusiastic and committed applicants are encouraged to apply for the following post:

If you are motivated by the opportunity to help us deliver our ambitious programme, you will have the opportunity to work with multiple stakeholders, including our colleagues in the joint venture, wider Liverpool City Region, central government, partner organisations, the community and business to further develop, monitor and ultimately deliver the programme of work. You will work closely with colleagues internally, communicating the collaborative action necessary to deliver our programmes.

You will be based within the Growth Delivering Prosperity (GDP) Team supporting the wider Council’s Regeneration, Growth and Infrastructure Programme. This innovative, multidisciplinary team comprises of:

- Programme Management Leads
- Project Officers
- Transport and Infrastructure Officers
- Planning / Development Control Officers
- Water and Flood Management
- Graduate Officers
- Town Centre and Markets Management Officers

The successful candidate will join the Council at a transformational point, making a major contribution to the borough’s growth and regeneration plans. The successful candidates will be experienced in delivering measurable outcomes aligned to our Borough Strategy and our Inclusive Growth Strategy. You will be resilient, motivated, determined and efficient. Able to demonstrate the skills and attributes to support the project management of our programmes, you will manage performance, and be able to demonstrate a commitment to partnership working and collaboration for a common goal. In return, we offer unrivalled opportunities for growth and development in a team that cares about you and your success.

Candidates must have excellent written and verbal communication skills with relevant transferable skills and experience. You will have excellent project management skills, be computer literate with a good working knowledge of Microsoft packages, self-motivated with a flexible approach to work, able to represent the service/council to a variety of internal and external audiences. Finally, you will be a brilliant team player with a positive can-do attitude.

Interested to Find Out More?

You can review our full job description details, and person specification information here.

If you want to be part of our success story, delivering some of the most exciting growth programmes in the North West, please get in contact for an informal chat:
Mark Bingley 07517 830062 or Mary Jefferson: 07517 830060

Thank you for your interest in working for us. If you are experiencing issues with applying online, you can contact a member of the team at Recruitment@sthelens.gov.uk and a form will be sent to you to complete.

Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications and encourage you to apply early, to avoid disappointment.