Summary We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them. Historic England have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Marine Data Analyst (MDE Heritage Accelerator) within the Policy Development team. This is a Full Time, Fixed Term position for 18 months, based in London or Swindon, with hybrid working. Salary National £32,616 pro-rata Cambridge £36,078 pro-rata Inner London £37,822 pro-rata We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here. What You Will Be Doing The purpose of this job is to transform detailed heritage data generated by marine development into consistent, accessible spatial information within the Marine Data Exchange (MDE) and the National Marine Heritage Record (NMHR). You will help deliver the objectives of the MDE Heritage Accelerator project, which is a major innovative project funded through the Crown Estate’s Offshore Wind Evidence & Change (OWEC) programme. The job encompasses processing, recording, enhancing and analysing geospatial information derived from seabed surveys to create accessible heritage information. Who We Are Looking For • Level 6/7 academic or professional qualification with direct relevance to marine survey, seabed mapping or heritage, or equivalent relevant experience • Demonstrable experience of working with marine or heritage data in a professional context, including large datasets • Good numeracy, logical, analytical and problem-solving skills • Advanced skills in using databases, spreadsheets and GIS • Good working knowledge of seabed survey systems commonly used in UK marine heritage, including their resulting data and its processing and interpretation • Clear familiarity with UK frameworks, standards and lexicons used in processing, interpreting and recording marine data, heritage assets, interventions and sources Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria. We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having just won the Gold Award from MIND, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England want all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted. Provisional interview dates: 25th September 2025 Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description – https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/bigkmkpt/zw-marine-data-analyst-mdeha-jd-mar-2025.odt