Head of Research Policy (Places of Worship)

You will take the lead role within English Heritage in continuing the development of the research policy and strategy for Places of Worship, and for defining English Heritage’s role in, and contribution to, research on the subject at a national level. This will include providing effective support for key English Heritage initiatives (Inspired!, Heritage at Risk, and Heritage Protection Reform) to ensure, wherever practicable, that these are underpinned by the relevant advice and research related to Places of Worship.

You will co-ordinate the ‘Taking Stock’ programme and the development of a sustainable toolkit/template, which will support dioceses in developing strategies to care for their historic environment and work to extend the methodology to other denominations. You will liaise externally with the Places of Worship sector and build strong working relationships across English Heritage, to ensure that our research strategy and agenda for Places of Worship responds to sector and corporate needs.

You will need to have good knowledge and wide experience in the historic environment sector, a strong understanding of the policies and issues effecting Places of Worship, and a substantial track record/or research and publication in Places of Worship subjects. Excellent skills in collecting, analysing and organising information and in writing, as well as the ability to work with multi-disciplinary groups to deliver results on time, are also essential.

Contract Type: Two year contract/secondment

Closing Date: Friday, 20 February 2009

For further information and to apply for this role, please visit www.english-heritage.org.uk/jobs Tel: 020 7973 3861