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Join the External Affairs team at the National Trust and play a key advocacy role in communicating to a range of audiences for up to 22.5 hours a week for up to 6 months. You will help to deliver our external influencing agenda by focusing …

Skills required: Accountancy, Audit and Risk, Business / Commercial, Communication / Media / Marketing, Legal / Judicial, Regulation Remuneration: The posts are not remunerated but reasonable and properly documented expenses will be repaid. Time Requirements: There are 4 Board meetings each year and certain Trustees …

The Heritage Advisory Group is one of several national advisory groups that provide the Canal & River Trust management with specialist advice and guidance. The group meets three times a year. Matters to be considered are jointly agreed by the group members and the national …

Salary: pro rata £24k This is a great opportunity to set up and deliver a Heritage Lottery Fund project in East London. Discovering Stratford Village 1890 – 1990: Working lives, working communities is a two year project that will facilitate volunteer involvement in researching, interpreting …

Salary: £20,000-£23,000 plus 7% pension contribution Location: Chesham, Buckinghamshire [NB Home working might be an option if the successful applicant has the right experience and waterways knowledge] We are looking for someone who is passionate about effectively engaging, involving and supporting our members and volunteers …

The Ragged School Museum, a landmark of Victorian philanthropy, is about to embark on a major Heritage Lottery Fund capital project, ‘From Warehouse to Schoolhouse’. We are looking for a focused, experienced, and self-motivated Project Coordinator who will play a vital role in ensuring the …

The Diocese of Southwark, in conjunction with Historic England, are recruiting for the newly-created post of Historic Churches Support Officer. This role provides the opportunity to help those historic churches considered to be at risk, and develop approaches that will help them secure a sustainable …

Highways England’s proposed solution is to build a 1.8 mile (2.9 kilometre) tunnel under the World Heritage Site (WHS), a bypass for Winterbourne Stoke and improve the existing junctions between the A303 and the intersecting A345 and A360. A consultation on the plans closes 5 …

The Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster is likely to be one of the largest major restorations in the history of the public sector estate. The Committee invites written evidence and views on the options as set out in the consultants’ report and …

The European Commission is consulting on VAT reform and seeks stakeholders views’ on the following aspects: The need for EU action in the field of VAT rates; The proper balance between harmonisation and Member States autonomy in setting VAT rates; The problems and risks linked …

The Government announced over £1 billion of investment in the Autumn Statement 2016 to boost the UK’s digital infrastructure. To develop these proposals, it has published a Call for Evidence on approaches to local full fibre networks delivery. Responses to this Call for Evidence must …