Assistant Built Heritage Consultant

  • Closing Date: 01 December 2026
  • Location: Chelmsford, Essex
  • Contract: Permanent - Full-time
  • Salary: £27,894 to £32,816 per annum

This is a hybrid-working role contractually based in Chelmsford. You will work from the Chelmsford office at least one day a week and across our operational area on other days, depending on business need.

The growth of our service means we are seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic and versatile historic buildings specialist to join us our Historic Environment team.

The key responsibility of this role is to support the effective technical delivery of our built heritage specialism. We offer a unique post which is one of the most diverse in the sector, providing a range of experience across a broad geographic area. You will form part of a team operating out of Chelmsford as well as our office at Cressing Temple Barns. We are conservation advisers to local planning authorities in Essex, London, Hertfordshire, Surrey, Kent, West Sussex, Derbyshire and Northamptonshire. As well as assisting in the provision of conservation advice to local planning authorities, you will contribute to a wide variety of project work.

Typical aspects of this role include: 

  • Assisting in the provision of conservation advice to local authorities (role of an assistant conservation officer), with the aspiration of developing into the role yourself.
  • Input into Built Heritage Statements and Heritage Impact Assessments.
  • Input to Conservation Area Appraisals and other project work.
  • Desk based and archival research.
  • Field survey and recording.
  • Cross working with our archaeological specialists, and
  • Joint working with our Natural and Built Environment teams within Place Services.

We offer you the opportunity to develop your career as part of a performance-driven, multi-disciplinary team of dedicated professionals, in an area with a rich and varied heritage of historic buildings and places. We invest in and are fully committed to the training and development of our staff, including access to our annual programme of Traditional Building Skills, Conservation courses and lectures.

For an informal discussion please contact the Historic Environment Manager, Tim Murphy via tim.murphy@essex.gov.uk / 0333 032 0847.

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