The Historic Environment Forum is seeking a consultant to monitor and evaluate HEF activities and operations, as well as implementation and impact of actions of the Heritage Sector Resilience Plan which will be delivered by the HEF team over the course of the years 2025-28. 

The evaluation will cover two lines of enquiry:  

• External impact assessment, to measure success and impact of the HSRP2 actions delivered by the Forum; and evaluate the HEF team’s effectiveness in enabling outcomes defined by Historic England.  

• Internal process review, to: Evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the HEF team, employed by the Heritage Alliance; Monitor and assess other forms of support provided by the Heritage Alliance to HEF, as agreed between Historic England and the Heritage Alliance; Evaluate effectiveness of Task Groups set up to deliver HSRP activities; Identify opportunities for innovation and improvement.  

As part of this work, the consultant is expected to:  

• Develop an evaluation framework for the two lines of enquiry. The consultant is expected to run a workshop to gather HEF members’ intelligence on sector resilience at HEF Foresight Day (in person in London on 10th June 2025).  

• Liaise regularly with the HEF team. 

• Produce quarterly ‘snapshots’/dashboard with key data, to be shared with the HEF Steering Group, the wider HEF and Historic England.  

• Produce two short annual interim reports, at the end of 2025/26 and 2026/27.  

• Produce one end-of-project report (in March 2028).  

Full details can be found here: Evaluation Consultant Brief.docx.  

The budget available for this work is £20,000 (including VAT and expenses).  

The deadline for applications is 6th May 2025. Questions and applications can be submitted to Francesca Benetti, Task Group Manager: heftask2@historicenvironmentforum.org.uk.