{"id":30369,"date":"2021-06-22T17:36:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T16:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=30369"},"modified":"2021-06-22T17:36:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T16:36:35","slug":"serious-about-your-staffing-plans-or-career-direction-manage-all-the-risks-by-staying-ahead-with-ihbc-jobs-etc-with-current-post-ranging-from-hes-deputy-to-townscape-education-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=30369","title":{"rendered":"Serious about your staffing plans or career direction? Manage all the risks by staying ahead with \u2018IHBC Jobs etc.\u2019, with current post ranging from HES Deputy, to Townscape, education and more, so sign up now!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>To help employers and practitioners the IHBC regularly updates NewsBlog readers on the diverse career opportunities advertised in our \u2018IHBC Jobs etc.<\/em><\/a>\u2019 service, while recent posts range from \u2018Consents and Advice\u2019 deputy head in Scotland to Built Heritage in Wales and a \u2018\u2026Townscape Advisor\u2019, with many more too, 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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\u2026 classic interdisciplinary Conservation Officer-styled roles loom as large\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

IHBC Director Sean O\u2019Reilly said: \u2018Our recent \u2018<\/em>Jobs etc<\/em><\/a>\u2019 <\/em>service posts <\/em>capture a familiarly wide spectrum of roles that range across all the skills areas encompassed in the<\/em> IHBC\u2019s Areas of Competence<\/em><\/a> and the Conservation Cycle<\/a>.\u00a0 These areas are best 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 standards and project management models and practices.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Listed posts from the public sector typically show that the classic interdisciplinary Conservation Officer-styled roles loom as large as ever, even with if with a wider breadth of primary disciplines.\u00a0 These are well represented by \u2018Conservation Officer-related\u2019 roles (with and without Design specifications) in Central Bedfordshire; Cotswold and Dorset, while the Listed Property Owners\u2019 Club\u2019s search for a Conservation Advisor highlights their membership\u2019s focus on managing change in listed fabric.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018In Wales, Carmarthenshire\u2019s call for a Built Heritage Officer reflects similar priorities – as well as the re-affirmed statutory focus on listing there – as does the lead post at Historic Environment Scotland: Deputy Head of Planning Consents and Advice (Historic Buildings).\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2026 posts from the Third Sector\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

\u2018More nuanced variations in the balance of skills are again evident in posts from the Third Sector \u2013 including charities, trusts and church bodies.\u00a0 The range highlights the success the IHBC has had there in highlighting the risk management benefits of using our \u2018Jobs etc.<\/em><\/a>\u2019 service. For some time we have been prompting ALL trustees to manage risk as employers by adopting more transparent recruitment and advertising processes \u2013 including especially our own targeted and cost-effective service.\u00a0 So this round it is especially gratifying to see the National Churches Trust call for a Church Support Officer and The Churches Conservation Trust\u2019s call for a Conservation Projects Manager, as well as Heritage Lincolnshire\u2019s call for Project Managers (x 2).\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2026highlighting the risk management benefits of using our \u2018Jobs etc.<\/a>..<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

\u2018A different tack from the same sector is evident in Norfolk Historic Buildings Trust tender for a \u2018Conservation Accredited Architect\/Surveyor to be Lead Professional\u2019.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Infrastructure investment has been the defining factor for the built historic environment in response to current government\u2019s (and governments\u2019) loose fiscal policy, so ostensibly driven by COVID-19.\u00a0 This means continuing representation on our employment support service by development-focussed posts such as Lancaster City\u2018s Heritage Action Zone (HAZ) \u2018Project Officer\u2019 post.\u00a0 Local listing initiatives \u2013 typically and sadly \u2013 lie a few tiers below the profile of development-led programmes, but at least now, some months later, are coming to the fore.\u00a0 Both Buckinghamshire\u2019s Local Heritage List Project Officer and Sefton\u2019s Local Heritage List Project Officer register that change, while linked to all that overarching investment too is Historic England\u2019s call for a \u2018Grants and Training Sites Project Manager\u2019.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2026 Mainstream disciplines are increasingly familiar\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

\u2018Mainstream disciplines are increasingly familiar features on our Jobs etc.<\/em> service too, from the \u2018Buildings Manager \/ Clerk of Works\u2019 for the Leconfield Estates, to Dulwich Estate\u2019s call for a Building Surveyor (\u2018Architects also considered\u2019 it notes too).\u00a0 Feilden+Mawson\u2019s call for an \u2018Architect & Technician\u2019 fits that line too, as does Historic England\u2019s call for a \u2018Historic Building Architect\/Building Surveyor\u2019, though there with a suitably current \u2018Climate Change Adaptation\u2019 remit.<\/p>\n

Private sector advisors typically seek more general planning and heritage-focussed skills sets, and these remain a core employer profile seeking our service, for example Montagu Evans\u2019 Senior Historic Environment & Townscape Advisor.\u00a0 The very welcome focus on Townscape there is perhaps an enlightening reminder for some heritage regulators too.<\/p>\n

The seniority of heritage roles with such employers \u2013 even when more titular \u2013 is also a welcome acknowledgement of the managerial as well as practice skills sought from IHBC members and networks.\u00a0 Seniority is represented well by Place Services and its call for a \u2018Senior Built Heritage Consultant\u2019 and Lanpro\u2019s call for \u2018Principal Heritage Consultants\u2019.\u00a0 Less advanced career levels of staffing are just as important however, as seen in Donald Insall Associates call for an \u2018Assistant Researcher \/ Researcher \/ Historic Buildings Advisor\u2019, and Purcell\u2019s more familiar role of \u2018Heritage Consultant\u2019.<\/p>\n

Across all these many posts, the sheer variety across skills sets and disciplines is perhaps best captured best in a comparison of Warrington\u2019s call for and \u2018Urban Design and Heritage Officer\u2019 and The Weald & Downland Museum\u2019s ongoing notice on an \u2018MSc Programme Leader & Head of Learning\u2019.<\/p>\n

In summary, recent posts include those below (all with different application dates, some closed and with external links inactive):<\/p>\n