{"id":42294,"date":"2025-02-28T17:26:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T17:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=42294"},"modified":"2025-02-28T17:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T17:26:09","slug":"career-conscious-in-conservation-ihbcs-jobs-etc-service-helps-all-disciplines-levels-and-sectors-and-with-a-charity-focus-this-round-remember-the-ihbc-subsidises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=42294","title":{"rendered":"Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC\u2019s \u2018Jobs etc.\u2019 service helps all disciplines, levels and sectors, and with a charity focus this round, remember the IHBC subsidises charity posts by c.25%"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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To connect employers\u2019 needs and practitioners\u2019 skills, the IHBC updates NewsBlog readers on the wide-ranging opportunities on our \u2018IHBC<\/em> Jobs<\/em> etc.<\/em><\/a>\u2019<\/em> service, so sign up for free alerts<\/a>, and telling your boss about our targeted subsidies for adverts, outlined below, helps your prospects too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Sign up for the IHBC Jobs etc email alert<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ADVERTISE YOUR JOBS WITH THE IHBC: SEE SUBSIDIES AND MORE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See IHBC Member events applications<\/em> <\/em>HERE<\/em><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IHBC Director Sean O\u2019Reilly said: \u2018Our IHBC NewsBlog<\/em> posts regularly review the diverse career opportunities in heritage, conservation and related areas as 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 for help to fill, and takes a special focus on charity jobs where we offer targeted subsidies from c.25%, and that\u2019s only to start!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Career opportunities on IHBC<\/em> Jobs<\/em> etc.<\/em><\/a> typically range widely across sectors, skills, employers, locations and roles.  But all reflect a common objective and strategy: in order to secure the person they need they target IHBC members, their skills and our wide-ranging networks.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018In this second Jobs etc.<\/em> NewsBlog<\/em> for 2025, we see the same variety of roles regularly coming to us to be filled, all reflecting too the role the IHBC\u2019s Conservation Cycle model of skills and competence can play in assessing the potential of candidates.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018And with the current round of posts being slower, I am delighted to highlight alongside current job opportunities in the charity sector, the support we offer to conservation practice and HR standards to charities such as ourselves.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018While the charity sector \u2013 like government services \u2013 is a key part of our membership profile, we don\u2019t often highlight the special support we offer there, including subsidising fees for posts on charity sector jobs by c.25%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most employers this round are well known to IHBC members, while but one that, because it\u2019s less familiar, deserves special mention is the Flint House Police Rehabilitation, based in Oxford.  It is a registered Charity offering rehabilitation services to ill and injured serving and retired police officers suffering from a wide variety of physical and mental health conditions. The charity seeks a Head of Estates and Gardens, with a salary \u2018up to \u00a360 000 with great benefits\u2019, while thanks to our support, as a charity, its post to members on our service could access a 25% reduction. And that\u2019s the minimum possible, as noted below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not a free-for-all though, as subsidies cost us, so charities can access our reduced rates only when advertising direct through the IHBC \u2013 not via agencies, as we don\u2019t see sector benefits in subsidising them.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Other bodies in this round that could access these subsides include the National Trust, which seeks a Senior Building Surveyor, The Landmark Trust, looking for a Senior Projects Surveyor\/Architect (North), the Canal & River Trust, which seeks a Heritage Advisor, and The Georgian Group, which is looking for a Conservation Adviser for South West England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The IHBC\u2019s subsidised support for conservation doesn\u2019t end with charities, nor with the public or private sectors, as we also offer subsidies of up to 10% for \u2018jobs specifying conservation and heritage accreditations\u2019.\u00a0 So, subject to that, such subsidies are available to both of those sectors as well, and with the right specifications, could include The Historic Building Advisory Service\u2019s call for a Heritage Building Surveyor\/Architect as well as Turley\u2019s call for a Consultant\/Senior Consultant in Heritage and Townscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A broad spread of disciplines and roles is evident across the above posts.  In contrast to those and to our usual public service offerings, local government posts this round present a more traditional focus on headline skills in \u2018Conservation\u2019, a very welcome sight indeed!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018So this round we are delighted to highlight Leicester, which seeks a Building Conservation Officer, Bedford, a Conservation Officer, and Dacorum a Conservation Officer \/ Lead Conservation Officer.  Indicating more nuance in the role, Newark & Sherwood seeks a Planner (Conservation) \u2013 Development Management.  And, again, all and any could access subsided posts subject to the terms noted in our guidance.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This round of posts offers sound evidence on how our service \u2013 and the subsidies it offers – helps make a real impact on conservation-related matters, regardless of sector, disciple or level. And despite 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 anyone smart enough to take advantage.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Our great value is a special strength in a sector that is invariably populated by price-sensitive employers, so please make sure your boss knows to use the IHBC\u2019s<\/em> Jobs etc<\/em> service, and how to get the best value from it.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Just as the roles here re-affirm the core public interest priorities that underpin this IHBC service, they also capture the broad spectrum of roles encompassed by the IHBC\u2019s accreditation model, the IHBC\u2019s Conservation Cycle, 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