{"id":18149,"date":"2018-02-16T17:45:04","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T17:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=18149"},"modified":"2018-02-16T17:45:04","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T17:45:04","slug":"new-ihbc-toolbox-research-note-on-market-intelligence-from-ihbcs-jobs-etc-service-la-conservation-jobs-update-for-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=18149","title":{"rendered":"New IHBC Toolbox Research Note on \u2018Market Intelligence\u2019 from IHBC\u2019s Jobs etc service: LA conservation jobs update for 2017!\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Toolbox-Homepage-image-e1469031601264.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10592\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Toolbox-Homepage-image-e1469031601264.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a>IHBC\u2019s first <em>Research Note<\/em> for 2018 has been posted on our online Toolbox, offering our regular update of \u2018Market Intelligence\u2019 on local authority (LA) conservation-related jobs from our \u2018<em>IHBC<\/em> <em>Jobs etc.\u2019<\/em> service.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Bob Kindred, IHBC research consultant and author of this Research Note &#8211; RN 2018\/1- writes in his executive summary:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Institute\u2019s data set now covers about 1787 posts over the 20 years since 1998.<\/li>\n<li>In 2017 there was a further slight contraction in the number of conservation posts advertised in England from a recent high in 2015 \u2013 there having previously been a growth in capacity from a very low level prior to 2012. It is not clear if the recent decline is a trend or another temporary contraction of the public sector.<\/li>\n<li>The average median salary offered for advertised posts in 2017 was \u00a331,624 a rise of 2.4% on 2016.<\/li>\n<li>It was noted with regret that during 2017 fewer local planning authorities considered IHBC membership as essential or desirable for applicants thus ending a recent rising trend. This is notwithstanding the strength of IHBC membership as a benchmark for professional status and competence. Authorities appear to be finding it more difficult to recruit suitably qualified and experienced candidates (as seen in the number of re-advertisements) and this may also be reflected in depressed starting salary levels.<\/li>\n<li>Development management advice, appeals and enforcement continue to dominate job functions but with a slightly greater diversification of workload.<\/li>\n<li>The 50th anniversary of the first designations of conservation areas did not appear to stimulate greater priority for conservation area reviews, appraisals and management plans.<\/li>\n<li>Regional variations in salaries in 2017 showed less deviation from the long-term historical differentials noted since 1998.<\/li>\n<li>Only four of the IHBC\u2019s ten English Branches had more than seven advertised vacancies, part of a general contraction of recruitment.<\/li>\n<li>Notably higher salaries continued to be paid in London, the South and the South East but salary levels for new posts were particularly depressed in the West Midlands and fell back in East Midlands while most other areas returned to being close to the national average, having fluctuated somewhat unpredictably over the last three to four years.<\/li>\n<li>More permanent full time posts (rather than part time and\/or temporary posts) were advertised in the last third of 2017 but with correspondingly lower starting salaries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>IHBC Director Se\u00e1n O\u2019Reilly said: \u2018IHBC Research Notes are produced as part of an integrated resource offering online support for conservation practitioners, the <a href=\"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/toolbox\/index.html\">IHBC\u2019s \u2018Toolbox\u2019<\/a>.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Our Toolbox has been developed to help inform, advise and guide anyone with specialist interests in built and historic environment conservation.\u00a0 Already it offers a wide range of basic resources \u2013 the \u2018tools\u2019 in the toolbox \u2013 from primary research and guidance produced by or on behalf of the IHBC, all in line with technical, academic and practice advice and standards supported or endorsed by the Institute.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This Research Note highlights trends across one of the most fundamental measures in conservation management \u2013 the state of our local authority capacity.\u00a0 By advising on known knowledge gaps in policy and practice such as this, our ToolBox fulfils the role for which it was conceived and designed\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Toolbox_icon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11125\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Toolbox_icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"58\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See all the <a href=\"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/toolbox\/index.html\">ToolBox resources<\/a>, see more Research Notes in the <a href=\"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/toolbox\/research_notes\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toolbox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For our last Note, on \u2018Alacrity\u2019, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=17439\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NewsBlog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/toolbox\/research_notes\/marketIntel18.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jobs market intelligence Note<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IHBC\u2019s first Research Note for 2018 has been posted on our online Toolbox, offering our regular update of \u2018Market Intelligence\u2019 on local authority (LA) conservation-related jobs from our \u2018IHBC Jobs etc.\u2019 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