Head of Technical Education and Training

Thank you for your interest in the post of Head of Technical Education & Training with Historic Environment Scotland, based at The Engine Shed. This is a permanent and pensionable appointment.

As Head of Technical Education & Training, you will be the lead for HES on skills & training relating to the conservation, repair and maintenance of the historic built environment, across craft, technical and professional roles. You will be responsible for the Engine Shed, Scotland’s Building Conservation Centre and our other skills training facilities and programmes.

Technical Education and Training (TET) is a multidisciplinary team that delivers across 4 areas of operation: Vocational Training Programmes, Academic Training Programmes, Training & Qualification Development and Engine Shed Programme & Quality Assurance.

TET provides leadership in the sector in championing knowledge, skills & materials as being key to sustaining Scotland’s cultural heritage assets. We expand our collective knowledge and expertise through research & applied projects that set standards & provide learning outcomes. We are innovative in outlook & approach, and embrace the opportunities provided by digital technology, whilst using our traditions to provide innovative solutions to today’s problems. We enable better stewardship through sharing our knowledge, skills & expertise through training, education, outreach & engagement, and through learning with and from others.

As Head of TET, you will be the lead for HES on skills & training relating to the conservation, repair and maintenance of the historic built environment, across craft, technical and professional roles. You will work with a wide range of stakeholders at a senior level to develop and influence best practice around training and skills delivery and its implementation by HES and others across the heritage, education, and construction sectors in Scotland, as well as represent HES at a national & international level. You will be responsible for the Engine Shed, Scotland’s Building Conservation Centre and our other skills training facilities and programmes. You will be responsible to the Director for ensuring the TET Work Programme is delivered & carried out in accordance with HES policies & procedures, ensuring the health & wellbeing of the TET team.

For further information regarding the key responsibilities, duties and objectives for this role, please see the job description.

Essential requirements:

• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of historic environment sector and its skills and training needs.
• Demonstrable understanding of the principles of sustainable development how historic environment can contribute to it.
• Demonstrable experience of developing and managing multi-disciplinary projects and teams, including infrastructure, financial and human resources
• Demonstrable knowledge of technical conservation skills at craft, technical and professional levels and the relevant educational processes, practices and frameworks that apply to them.
• Ability to understand our sectors, identify and act on opportunities and to both lead and enable development of interdisciplinary projects and programmes, internally and externally.
• Understanding of Climate Change impacts and the relevance of traditional skills in their mitigation, and ability to develop and deliver relevant project that demonstrate this.
• Proven track record of forming effective and long-lasting operational and strategic relationships with credibility and expertise, with both individuals and organisations.
• Proven ability to develop, implement and manage complex systems and interpret, analyse and solve complex competing priorities, whilst managing risk appropriately.
• Understanding of strategic drivers and foresight of key emerging concepts and topics.
• Appreciation of the importance of Quality Assurance within the educational and skills training sector.
• Awareness of relevant Health & Safety regulations and other relevant legislation and regulations such as CDM, Safeguarding and Accessibility.
• Proven ability to lead, develop and maintain a cohesive team spirit within a multi-disciplinary team operating in a fast-paced and challenging operational environment.
• Demonstrate ability to see synergies, opportunities, and challenge thinking, to foster innovation.

Desirable requirements:

• Ability to maintain and develop existing and new partnerships with cultural heritage colleagues across Scotland, UK and further afield.
• Ability to operate both strategically and operationally with a range of partners of different types.
• Ability to negotiate, develop project structures & partnership models.
• Understanding of related subject areas – science and cultural heritage asset management.
• Ability to network at a senior level and use it effectively to the benefit of the organisation.

• We welcome applications from all nationalities, assuming that they have the right to work in the UK: applying for a job with us could open the door to a unique work environment. It will give you job satisfaction and excellent development opportunities, plus a competitive salary, 25 days paid holidays (rising to 30 days after 3 years’ service) and 11.5 public holidays a year – pro rata for part time staff.

   

  In addition, we offer a great benefits package to our employees which includes:

   

  • flexible working hours (where appropriate)
  • special leave
  • maternity/paternity leave
  • adoption leave
  • reimbursement for relevant professional subscriptions
  • support for further education and personal development
  • study leave for work related courses
  • access to a learning resource centre

   

  Health and welfare

   

  We offer you access to:

   

  • our Employee Assistance Programme – for confidential advice and counselling
  • an occupational sick pay scheme
  • discounts at some local authority leisure facilities
  • access to a free Headspace membership
  • interest free loans for bicycles and annual travel passes (see ‘season ticket’ below)
  • reasonable adjustments when needed, as part of our Equalities policy

   

  Staff discounts

   

  You will receive:

   

  • free entry to all of our properties (with up to three guests)
  • free entry to English Heritage, Manx and Cadw properties
  • 20% off purchases in our retail outlets

   

  Season tickets

   

  You can receive an advance to help with the cost of buying an annual season ticket for travel between home and work. The advance is then repaid from your salary over the life of the season ticket. Available to all permanent and fixed-term staff.

  
  

Job contact :

• Name : Colin Tennant
• Email : colin.tennant@hes.scot

Recruitment team

• Email : recruit@hes.scot