{"id":29594,"date":"2021-04-02T18:15:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T17:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=29594"},"modified":"2021-04-02T18:19:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T17:19:35","slug":"serious-about-your-staffing-plans-or-career-direction-stay-ahead-with-ihbc-jobs-etc-roles-like-hes-designation-head-call-for-conservation-related-skills-across-uks-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=29594","title":{"rendered":"Serious about your staffing plans or career direction? Stay ahead with \u2018IHBC Jobs etc.\u2019: Roles like HES Designation Head call for conservation-related skills across UK\u2019s public, private and third sectors!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>To help employers and practitioners the IHBC regularly updates NewsBlog readers on the diverse career opportunities advertised on our \u2018IHBC Jobs etc.<\/em><\/a>\u2019 service, and recent posts include a rich variety of roles from Scotland\u2019s HES Head of Designation to a flurry of conservation-specific roles, so sign up for free alerts<\/a> and \u2018stay ahead\u2019 with the IHBC\u2019s \u2018Jobs etc.<\/em><\/a>\u2019 service!<\/h3>\n

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\u00a0\u2026 diverse career opportunities\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

IHBC Director Sean O\u2019Reilly said: \u2018Our recent \u2018<\/em>Jobs etc<\/em><\/a>\u2019<\/em> service posts again capture a familiarly wide spectrum of roles that range across all the skills areas encompassed in the IHBC Areas of Competence<\/a> and the Conservation Cycle<\/a>.\u00a0 These areas are detailed in our MATE<\/a> application support sessions and guidance, and reflect the integrated model we use to assess interdisciplinary competence in line with international conservation practice standards.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2026 integrated model we use to assess interdisciplinary competence\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

\u2018As well as the substantial and critical post of Head of Designations at HES to replace the IHBC member (and membership application assessor) Elizabeth McCrone, we can especially welcome a flurry of conservation-specific roles.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2026 specific skills sets needed to secure conservation with confidence\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

The striking titular focus on posts citing \u2018conservation\u2019 duties in this round is a useful re-affirmation and recognition of the specific skills sets needed to secure conservation with confidence.\u00a0 It is also a welcome balance to some more generic titles that can distract from the specific skills that actually underpin so many roles tied to sustainable outcomes.<\/p>\n

Specific references to conservation in posts of course centre on the title of \u2018Conservation Officer\u2019 (CO), as sought by Basingstoke and Deane, but also \u2018Principal\u2019 CO for South Kesteven and \u2018Lead\u2019 CO for Croydon.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018The wide spread of conservation skills across practice areas is also usefully captured in post titles such as the Heritage and Conservation Officer at Growth Lancashire; the Planning Officer \u2013 Conservation at Oldham; Dorset\u2019s call for a Conservation and Design Officer, and Guildford\u2019s less familiar use of it as a qualifier to a more mainstream planning post: \u2018Policy Officer \u2013 Conservation\u2019.<\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly these jobs are from the public sector, and continue to show that the classic interdisciplinary Conservation Officer-style roles loom as large as ever, and so continue the demand for skills reaching right across the IHBC Areas of Competence<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2026 project-linked roles also remain important\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

As we see so regularly these days too, project-linked roles also remain important \u2013 understandably in a time of restricted finance and a pandemic-heightened focus on outcomes supported by more interventionist approaches.\u00a0 Such, for example, are the Heritage Action Zone (HAZ) Project Officers sought for Lancaster City and at \u2018King\u2019s Lynn & West Norfolk.<\/p>\n

Softer connections to core conservation skills sets \u2013 and no less important in securing sustainable conservation outcomes \u2013 can be appreciated in the RPS call for an \u2018Associate Director \u2013 Heritage Planning\u2019, at Swansea Council\u2019s \u2018Senior Placemaking and Heritage Officer\u2019, and Liverpool\u2019s call for an Urban Design Officer.\u00a0 This last is a promotion that is not common on our Jobs<\/em> etc<\/em>. service, but clearly its presence there acknowledge the unique multidisciplinary practice principles that tie the two areas so closely together, as well as the great value and reach it offers.<\/p>\n

Two other posts deserve mention for the way they build on this same recognition of our combination of reach and value. Covent Garden Area Trust\u2019s call for a part-time Planning & Heritage Consultant, which represents well both the flexibility needed in such roles (especially in our heritage thread of the construction sector that is so consistently under-valued and irregularly populated.\u00a0 Kay Pilsbury Thomas Architects\u2019 call for an Architect or Architectural Technologist\/Technician also recognises the potential reach of the service across practice levels and areas.<\/p>\n

And three other posts deserve special mention for the way they build on this same recognition of our combination of reach and value. The building inspector role in Stirling City Heritage Trust; Covent Garden Area Trust\u2019s call for a part-time Planning & Heritage Consultant, and\u00a0Kay Pilsbury Thomas Architects\u2019 search for a suitably skilled Architect or Architectural Technologist\/Technician all represent well\u00a0the role our jobs service plays in the mainstream construction sector.<\/p>\n

\u2026 very interesting early career opportunity\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

Posts seeking more general roles in ecclesiastical contexts are also continuing, and include the call for a Diocesan Churches Inspector at the Diocese of St David\u2019s, and the Baptist Union of Great Britain (BUGB) which seeks an \u2018Assistant Support Officer \u2013 Church Historic Buildings\u2019, a very interesting early career opportunity, and the only one at this level in this round of advertisements.<\/p>\n

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