Senior Heritage Officer

Senior Heritage Officer

Permanent - Full time (37 hours per week, withAgile working)

£45,091 - £49,282 per annum

Shape the Future of Two Remarkable Districts

Wychavon and Malvern Hills are home to some of the West Midlands’ most distinctive historic towns, villages and landscapes.From medieval timber framed buildings to Georgian townhouses and nationally important conservation areas, this is a role with real scope and impact.

Based in Pershore with travel across the Wychavon & Malvern Hills districts, we’re looking for a talented, forward thinking Senior Heritage Officer to help lead our heritage function, guide the work of our Heritage Officers and provide expert advice on the most complex and sensitive cases.

If you’re ready to influence development quality, drive service improvement and champion great heritage outcomes, we want to hear from you.

In this role you will:

• Lead complex casework — take responsibility for the most challenging, high profile or sensitive heritage proposals.
• Shape place quality — advise on major developments, regeneration projects and strategic heritage-led initiatives.
• Guide and develop the team — support, mentor and supervise Heritage Officers, helping them to deliver confident, high-quality advice.
• Drive service improvement — help modernise processes, systems and customer experience across the Heritage service.
• Protect and enhance heritage assets — oversee Conservation Area work, heritage guidance, and Buildings at Risk activity.

This is your opportunity to influence both strategic direction and day to day decision making at the heart of a proactive, multidisciplinary planning service.

You’ll bring:

• Significant built heritage or conservation experience, ideally within a local authority.
• Confidence in leading complex heritage casework, writing clear, robust reports and presenting at Committee or appeals.
• A collaborative, solution-focused approach with excellent judgement and communication skills.
• Experience supporting or supervising staff, and an interest in developing others.
• A degree in a relevant discipline (e.g.Historic Building Conservation, Planning, Architectural History) and professional membership or eligibility for IHBC, RTPI or RIBA.
• A full UK driving licence and the ability to travel across both districts.

What we can offer

Our staff are at the heart of what we do and are key to ensuring we deliver Our Council Plan our We are Wychavon District Council plan (attached) to make a positive difference to our communities, our economy and our environment. We are always looking to recruit, develop and retain the very best talent we can find. So, as well as a rewarding career, we offer a range of attractive benefits, such as:

• Excellent pension scheme with employer contributions
• Agile working
• Generous annual leave entitlement with options to purchase additional annual leave
• Committed training programme and development opportunities
• Onsite nursery with 20% staff discount
• Discounted Gym and swim membership
• Health and Wellbeing support and a Free Employee Assistance scheme including access to counselling services
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee Discounts with a range of companies including EE and the Kaarp discount scheme.

We are an employer that values face to face communication, collaboration and connection, therefore all our roles have an office-based requirement with some agile working as part of the role.

Interested?

To discuss the role or ask any questions, contact Rebecca Lee Hart, Head of Natural, Built & Historic Environment:rebeccalee.hart@wychavon.gov.uk, +44 (0)1386 565384

Closing date:Sunday 12 April 2026

Interview dates:Thursday 23 & Friday 24 April 2026

Please note: Malvern Hills Wychavon District Council does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the Right to Work in the UK.

If we experience a high intake of applications, we may close the role and interview for the position sooner than advertised.