Dendrochronologist

Historic England
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Historic England
CIfA registered organisation
Contract
Part time 18 hours a week – Permanent (This role is a job share with an existing employee)
Salary
£39,590 - £44,961 pro-rata, plus generous benefits
Location
Hybrid · Cambridge · Portsmouth · Bristol · Swindon · Birmingham · Manchester · York · Newcastle
Deadline

Job Description

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 Dendrochronologist.

The location of this role is National where we offer hybrid working, you will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge. 

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 Scientific Dating Team provide research, support and advice to Historic England and the wider sector on the appropriate use of scientific dating techniques and the chronological modelling of archaeological sites, buildings and sediments.

You will work closely with other parts of the Investigative Science Team (Fort Cumberland Laboratories and Science Advisors), as well as Historic England’s Archaeological Investigation Team, Regions Group staff and the wider sector. Our purpose is to understand the character, date and condition of historic places, objects and materials.  We develop and promote evidence-based technical policy, standards and best practice. We also provide specialist advice and analysis to all Historic England colleagues, the English Heritage Trust (through a Shared Service agreement) and the wider heritage sector.

 

Overall purpose of the job:

  • To maintain dendrochronological expertise and standards in England, including developing and enabling the implementation of best practice in the wider sector.
  • To act as an intelligent client for Historic England, providing technical direction of the programme of dendrochronology work we fund.
  • To advise, devise, and deliver programmes of dendrochronological research in support of our corporate priorities, ensuring that the techniques applied are appropriate, cost-effective, and that the highest standard of work is maintained.
  • To provide advice and training on the use of dendrochronology in England.
  • To sustain and enhance Historic England’s status and reputation as an expert organisation internationally.

 

Who we are looking for:

  • Significant experience of the application of dendrochronology to historic buildings and/or archaeological sites.
  • Proven experience of writing reports and articles to professional standards.
  • Ability to provide advice on use of dendrochronology and suitability for complementary scientific dating techniques.
  • Rigorous attention to detail.

 

Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria.

For a full copy of the JD please follow the link below: https://historicengland.org.uk/media/ah0dygmd/zw-dendrochronologist-jd-july-2025.odt

Closing: 11:59pm, 16 September 2025

Provisional interview date – 23 September 2025

Please follow the link below for full details and how to apply: Dendrochronologist - Historic England - Applied