{"id":36888,"date":"2023-06-30T18:25:20","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T17:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36888"},"modified":"2023-06-30T19:09:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T18:09:54","slug":"serious-about-your-career-sign-up-for-ihbcs-jobs-etc-for-posts-across-diverse-disciplines-specialisms-and-levels-oxford-university-he-4-councils-10-churches-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36888","title":{"rendered":"Serious about your career? Sign up for IHBC\u2019s \u2018Jobs etc.\u2019, for posts across diverse disciplines, specialisms and levels: Oxford University, HE (4), Councils (10), Churches (6) and many more"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"To help connect employers\u2019 needs and practitioners\u2019 skills, the IHBC regularly updates NewsBlog readers on the wide-ranging opportunities on our \u2018IHBC Jobs etc.<\/em><\/a>\u2019<\/em> service, so be sure to sign up for free alerts<\/a> and \u2018stay ahead\u2019 with the our unique career service!<\/h3>\n

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Sign up for the Jobs etc. email alert<\/a><\/h2>\n

IHBC Director Sean O\u2019Reilly said: \u2018Our NewsBlog updates on career opportunities posted on the \u2018IHBC Jobs etc.<\/em><\/a>\u2019 service demonstrate the huge variety of roles that employers are looking to us to help fill.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Any NewsBlog Jobs etc.<\/em> update ranges widely across sectors, skills, employers, locations and roles, but all have one special consideration in common: they target IHBC members, their skills and our networks to secure the right profile they need, of skills, knowledge and experience in conservation and related discipline and roles.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018The current round of postings highlights the need both for strategic advisory roles and on-the-ground practice and support-focussed skills in building and area conservation. Headline roles range from The University of Oxford\u2019s call for a Heritage & Buildings Surveying Manager and West Midlands Historic Buildings Trust\u2019s Heritage Development Officer role, while Historic England is looking to fill four roles: Team Leader \u2013 Development Advice as well as Inspector roles in Yorkshire, with two in the North West.<\/p>\n

At the same time Local Authority appointments remain substantial, though the sheer scale may reflect as much on the challenge of securing and keeping staff as much as any natural evolution.\u00a0 There St Albans and Doncaster seek a \u2018Design and Conservation\u2019 Officer; Dorset and Norwich both \u2018Conservation and Design Officer\u2019 roles; Fife a Built Heritage Officer; Wyre Forest a Conservation Officer and Surrey an Historic Buildings Officer. North Yorkshire Council is looking for a Principal Conservation Officer while York itself is looking to appoint both a Conservation Architect \u2013 today a sadly uncommon role in local authorities – and a Conservation Officer.<\/p>\n

All opportunities demonstrate how a strategic posting of roles can add further value to the already cost-effective service offered by the IHBC\u2019s Jobs etc<\/em> \u00a0service\u2019.\u00a0 Clearly no other heritage and conservation career planning platform offers such a diverse yet relevant options for conservation and heritage practitioners and advisors at all levels seeking career change and progress.\u2019<\/p>\n

Similarly, public bodies are naturally especially well aware of the public benefit and interest embodied in the IHBC\u2019s practice and ethical standards, as represented by our regular features on calls from Councils as noted above.<\/p>\n

That same level of public commitment is also demonstrated by the scale of church-linked roles advertised on the service this round.\u00a0 The National Church Institutions (NCIs) is looking for a National Church Buildings Training and Support Officer, while the National Churches Trust seeks a Church Support Officer and Church Support Administrator.\u00a0 At the Diocesan level, Sheffield seeks a Church Buildings Officer; Salisbury a Church Buildings Officer and an Assistant Building Surveyor and Worcester an Assistant Church Buildings Officer (DAC & casework).<\/p>\n

\u2018Again the diversity of all these conservation-linked roles highlights the many pressures on places and their building stock, their care and significance.\u00a0 The use of the IHBC\u2019s service also confirms wider recognition of the complex role of historic fabric and its care in securing our collective futures, from supporting communities to managing carbon.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018The private sector is of course responsible for the care and curation of the vast majority of our heritage resources. So it is as ever both gratifying and heartening to see our networks\u2019 regard for our standards from more commercially-focussed operations.\u00a0 For this round Place Services seeks a Principal Built Heritage Consultant, RPS a Director\/Senior Director \u2013 Built Heritage and Burrell Foley Fischer offering a welcome on the IHBC\u2019s platform for a Conservation Architect.<\/p>\n

All that said, the scale of posts on our \u2018<\/em>Jobs etc<\/em><\/a>\u2019<\/em> \u00a0service<\/em> just now is less dramatic than in more recent years, reflecting as it does the wider economic downturn.\u00a0 However these posts still capture the exceptionally wide spectrum of relevant roles encompassed by the IHBC\u2019s accreditation model, the IHBC Areas of Competence<\/a>, and the skills represented there.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018To find out more on such matters, our MATE<\/a>\u00a0 and related sessions support accreditation, while they also delve into the IHBC\u2019s Competences and Conservation Cycle.\u00a0 As such they help applicants\u2019 align their skills to the principles we use to assess interdisciplinary competence, all in line with national and international conservation practice standards<\/a>.\u2019<\/p>\n

Current and recent posts (some now closed) on IHBC Jobs etc.<\/em><\/a> include:<\/p>\n