Historic Towns Forum

A unique opportunity to contribute your skills and experience of the heritage sector to help take forward this influential national organisation.

Based at the UWE, Bristol and working throughout the UK and Ireland, you will lead a well established team and others passionate about the historic environment to promote good practice in all aspects of the management of historic towns and contribute to policy decision making.

Background

The Historic Towns Forum (HTF) is a national organisation, set up (as the English Historic Towns Forum) in 1987, to share and promote good practice between Local Authorities with responsibility for the management of historic towns and cities, and between these authorities and other public, private and voluntary sector agencies.  The HTF exists to promote the prosperity and sustainability of historic towns and cities throughout the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.  This it does by: 

• Promoting an integrated approach to the planning and management of historic towns and cities
• Facilitating a network for practitioners in local government and other public, private and voluntary sector agencies
• Developing, promoting and disseminating good practice through organising events, conferences and seminars; publishing guidance documents and developing web-based information exchange; and promoting European links
• Influencing government and other policy making bodies on issues affecting HTF Members through the statutory consultation processes and by undertaking projects on key issues
• Developing partnerships in order to achieve these aims and objectives.

The Post

The Director works closely with the Chair and Executive Committee of HTF and runs the organisation on their behalf and is responsible for all operational activities of the organisation, for supporting the development of its policy and strategy, and for the delivery of these through services to its Members.

Through an understanding of the heritage sector and the public, private and voluntary sectors across the various disciplines within the sector, the Director delivers a programme of projects, events and other activities to meet their needs and the strategic aims of HTF.

HTF has an enduring partnership with the University of the West of England which hosts the secretariat and provides employment, IT and other services. The Director and administrators are employed by UWE, with all the benefits that brings, but work exclusively for HTF.

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