Department of Place

Planning, Transportation and Highways

WORLD HERITAGE SITE OFFICER

Band 8/PO1:  £23,111 - £32,233 pa

Established

1 x 37 hours per week

Based at Britannia House, Hall Ings, Bradford BD1 1HX

The Code of Practice on the English language requirement for public sector workers Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 requires that Councils ensure that all candidates applying for customer facing posts must be assessed in order to establish their fluency in English.

The criteria under special knowledge and experience on the job profile shown in this advert outlines what level of fluency you will be expected to demonstrate.  Therefore it is essential that you provide examples in your application.

This is a great opportunity to work in a thriving City with award winning shopping, parks, nature reserves, historic architecture, museums, galleries and first class leisure facilities, Bradford Metropolitan District has it all. Bradford also is proud of its two UNESCO designations: Creative City of Film and Saltaire World Heritage Site. The role of the World Heritage Site Officer is to maximise the value of Saltaire World Heritage Site and ensure it is properly protected for future generations.

The city is going through an exciting period of regeneration, following the opening of the Broadway Shopping Centre and the Design and Conservation Team having recently been successful in a first round bid for Heritage Lottery Funding for the City Centre which will follow the success of a similar scheme in Keighley.

This is an exiting opportunity to join the Conservation Team and work on the following:

• Implementing the World Heritage Site Management Plan (2014) to ensure that the Plan makes the maximum contribution to the protection of Saltaire WHS and to the regeneration and sustainability of the District.
• Developing projects which use the Site to promote Bradford District as a tourism destination and to improve the tourism offer in Saltaire.
• Developing projects with communities and learning providers to use Saltaire as a ‘World Cassroom’.
• Ensuring high quality conservation advice to residents and building owners in Saltaire WHS – which has over 1000 listed buildings.
• Creating informed and realistic conservation strategies, programmes and projects for the regeneration, maintenance, protection and enhancement of the historic areas and buildings of Saltaire WHS and the Buffer Zone.

You will require:

• 2 years experience in developing and implementing heritage related projects.
• Experience of dealing with complex policy or programme matters.
• Experience of working in partnerships with a range of stakeholders to get things done.

Qualifications:

• Degree level preferably a related subject and
• Eligible for full membership of RTPI, RIBA, or IHBC or other relevant professional organisation.

For further information regarding this post please contact Saira Ali on 01274 433971 or email saira.ali@bradford.gov.uk.