{"id":41808,"date":"2024-12-30T17:59:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T17:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41808"},"modified":"2024-12-30T17:59:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T17:59:29","slug":"ihbc-looks-ahead-to-2025-no-1-career-conscious-in-conservation-ihbcs-free-jobs-etc-serves-diverse-disciplines-specialisms-levels-from-charity-directors-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41808","title":{"rendered":"IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.1: Career conscious, & in conservation? IHBC\u2019s free \u2018Jobs etc.\u2019 serves diverse disciplines, specialisms & levels, from charity directors & government regulators to sustainability, estates, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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To help connect employers\u2019 needs and practitioners\u2019 skills, the IHBC regularly updates NewsBlog readers on the wide-ranging opportunities on our \u2018IHBC<\/em> Jobs<\/em> 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 support service!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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IHBC Director Sean O\u2019Reilly said: \u2018Our IHBC NewsBlog<\/em> updates regularly review the diverse career opportunities in heritage, conservation and related areas posted on the IHBC Jobs etc<\/em><\/a> service.  This round continues to demonstrate the huge variety of roles that employers are looking to us to help fill.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018IHBC<\/em> Jobs<\/em> etc.<\/em><\/a> summaries here typically range widely across sectors, skills, employers, locations and roles, while highlighting their common objective: to secure the person they need, they target IHBC members and their skills, as well as our wide-ranging networks.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Here, our last Jobs etc.<\/em> NewsBlog<\/em> for 2024, again demonstrates the huge range of roles coming to us to be filled, as well as the role the IHBC\u2019s Conservation Cycle model of skills plays in assessing potential\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the current round of posts, the more senior roles highlight the scope of skills sought: from London Historic Buildings Trust (Director) and Historic England\u2019s Senior Building Conservation Advisor and Architect\/Surveyor (South West),to the senior posts in local government listed further below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New specialisms are becoming increasingly familiar in these reviews too, such as the Historic Royal Palaces call for a Senior Project Manager with a \u2018Decarbonisation\u2019 focus, and St Albans Cathedral\u2019s call for a \u2018Sustainability Projects Officer\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other employers\u2019 posts register the different ends of the more usual IHBC-accredited practitioners\u2019 roles, including Nottingham Historic Building Trust – with its more general post of a Heritage Development Officer – and The Dulwich Estate, which is calling for a \u2018Scheme of Management Architect\u2019, a role both distinctive and critical in conservation practice and outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This suite of roles offers sound insight into how our service helps make a real impact on conservation-related matters.  Happily, we are also still seeing strong presence by the core users of our service, not least around local public service calls for conservation roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Our linked employment and accreditation services successfully underpin to the credibility of our quality assurance for Councils, even with their increasingly diverse, even stretched demands for skills and roles.  This round is notable for a good number of \u2018Senior\u2019 conservation and\/or design roles, including at  Dorset Council (Senior Conservation and Design Officer); Guildford and Kirklees (Senior Conservation Officers) as well as West Berkshire (Principal Conservation and Design Officer).\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018At the same time Teignbridge, East Riding of Yorkshire and Hart all seek Conservation Officers, while Cheshire East is looking at succession planning by calling for both a Heritage and Conservation Officer & a Heritage Assistant.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The private sector is quiet however, presumably reflecting the reduced investment in heritage-related development in recent months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Despite the lower numbers of opportunities than past rounds, all these postings confirm just how cost-effective the IHBC\u2019s Jobs etc<\/em> service actually is for a sector that is invariably populated by price-sensitive employers.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018As noted above, this suite of postings re-affirms the public interest priorities that include the complex role of historic fabric and its care in securing our collective futures, from supporting communities to managing carbon.  Individually too, they capture the exceptionally wide spectrum of roles encompassed by the IHBC\u2019s accreditation model, the IHBC\u2019s Conservation Cycle and our IHBC Areas of Competence<\/a>, and the skills represented there.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018To find out more on our accreditation matters, our MATE<\/a>  and related sessions help career-focussed, conservation-conscious practitioners secure IHBC accreditation at minimal cost.  These guide members and networks on how to align their skills, knowledge and experience with the IHBC\u2019s own interdisciplinary assessment of conservation competence, a system aligned with national and international conservation practice standards<\/a>.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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