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English Heritage - Chair
Time Commitment
60 days a year, including chairing the Commission which meets 7 times a year.
Background
English Heritage was set up by the National Heritage Act 1983. It is an executive non-departmental body with a Commission appointed by the Secretary of State for culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). It is the Government's statutory adviser on the Historic Environment. Its role is to champion and care for the Historic Environment.
It receives around 75% of its funding from DCMS (£129 million in 2005/06) and the remainder (£34 million) is self-generated from commercial activity, grants, and fund-raising. Grants totalling £35 million are disbursed under various grant schemes. Its operations bring it into regular contact with other Government Departments, principally the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who are co-signatories to the Funding Agreement.
English Heritage manages over 400 historic sites with around 11 million visitors per year.
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Aims of the body
English Heritage's strategic aims for the next five years, set out in the organisation's five year strategy, Making the Past Part of our Future, are as follows:
Aim 1 - Help people develop their understanding of the historic environment
Aim 2 - Get the historic environment onto other people's agendas
Aim 3 - Enable and promote sustainable change to England's historic environment
Aim 4 - Help local communities to care for their historic environment
Aim 5 - Stimulate and harness enthusiasm for England's historic environment
Aim 6 - Make the most effective use of the assets in our care
Location of Meetings
Commission meetings currently comprise 5 two-day regional visits and 2 one-day meetings in London.
The Role
The Chair has particular responsibility for providing effective strategic leadership on matters such as:
- Formulating the Commission's strategy for discharging its statutory duties
- Working at the highest political levels to achieve the aims of the organisation and building relationships with partners in the Heritage sector and beyond
- Encouraging high standards of propriety
- Ensuring the Commission, in reaching decisions, takes proper account of guidance provided by the Department or Culture, Media & Sport, the DCLG and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- When the Chief Executive post becomes vacant, making a new appointment
- Representing the views of the Commission to the general public
- Providing an assessment of the performance of individual Commissioners, on request, when they are being considered for reappointment to the Commission or appointment to the board of another public body
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The Person
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a range of qualities, skills, and experience:
- Strong leadership including high level strategic thinking, and the ability to grapple with the operational challenges of large and complex organisations
- The ability to work effectively in a political environment with sufficient weight and personal authority to act as a persuasive link between English Heritage, UK Ministers and Parliament
- Experience of working in partnership with different stakeholders (for example professionals in the historic environment sector, local government, public, voluntary or private sector agencies)
- An interest in and commitment to Heritage in its widest sense allied to credibility in representing their views and those of the Heritage sector
- An ability to promote the interests of English Heritage, to maximise its national profile, and to engage active support from others
- Effective communication including verbal and written
- Sound business skills and high levels of financial acumen
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Remuneration
£30,000 per year
Term of Appointment
5 years.
Start Date
April 2007
Deadline for Applications
Monday 24 July
Interviews
Thursday 14 September
To apply
Applications forms are available from:
Mark Greenwood
Public Appointments
Dept. for Culture, Media & Sport
2/4 Cockspur Street
London
SW1Y 5DH
tel: 020 7211 2311
fax: 020 7211 2323
email: Mark.Greenwood@culture.gsi.gov.uk
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