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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 tell your boss or team how our targeted subsidies for adverts, outlined below, helps them too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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

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

See IHBC\u2019s events supporting member applications <\/em>HERE<\/em><\/a>

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IHBC Director Sean O\u2019Reilly said: \u2018Our IHBC NewsBlog<\/em> posts regularly review the diverse career opportunities in heritage, conservation and related areas, all taken from our IHBC Jobs etc<\/em><\/a> service.  This round once again  demonstrates the variety of roles that employers are looking to us to for help to fill.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018As regular readers of these NewsBlogs know, career opportunities on IHBC<\/em> Jobs<\/em> etc.<\/em><\/a> service typically range widely across sectors, skills, employers, locations and roles.  However all reflect a common objective and strategy: in order to secure the person they need, employers target IHBC members, their skills and our wide-ranging networks.  This reflects the role the IHBC\u2019s model of conservation skills and competence \u2013 our Conservation Cycle \u2013 plays in assessing the competences, and the potential, of candidates.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018With the current round of posts also marking the ongoing strength in opportunities across networks, I am highlighting again our direct financial support for conservation and related posts on our service, and our particular focus on charity employers.  That\u2019s a user group to which we offer our most generous subsidies, from c.25%.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scotland dominates the charity employers this round, representing a group that could access the 25% advertising fee subsidies with Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust (PKHT) seeking a Chief Executive Officer and a Senior Historic Buildings Officer, while the Fife Historic Buildings Trust is calling for Project Officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As regards value for money, for any charity  our Jobs etc<\/em> costs for advertising are easily justified, even before the reductions!  Most Trustees understand that our service addresses priorities around transparent and credible appointment processes, cost-effectively securing those critical risk management controls that charities must recognise as they seek the right person for the job!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Church bodies advertising directly with us also can access the 25% charity-linked reductions. Those qualifying this round include the Diocese of Gloucester\u2019s Church Buildings Officer, Salisbury Cathedral\u2019s Archaeologist role and St Cuthbert\u2019s, Darlington\u2019s Project Manager (client side).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IHBC\u2019s subsidised support for conservation doesn\u2019t end with charities and church bodies though.  Subject to job titles, job descriptions and skills requirements, we also offer subsidies of up to 10% for \u2018jobs specifying conservation roles and accreditations\u2019.  These reductions can be accessed by both public and private sector employers.  So this round the Conservation Officer posts from Chesterfield\u2019s, Hart and Somerset all qualify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Variations to tiles that include conservation within the role title also qualify for the reduction, which means Islington\u2019s Design & Conservation Officer, and the Principal Conservation Officer roles at Greater Cambridge Shared Planning and the East Riding of Yorkshire: Principal Conservation Officer also qualify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly both public sector bodies \u2013 such as Brecon Beacons National Park Authority post of a Senior Heritage Officer (Building Conservation) \u2013 and private \u2013 such as John Coward Architects Ltd: Conservation Architect or Architect – could also secure the reduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, with the right specification of conservation accreditation roles and skills, jobs with a more general heritage focus also can qualify for some reductions, typically 5%.  In the public sector there could be opportunities for 5% reductions in advertising costs for Historic England in their Inspector of Historic Buildings and Areas (2 posts), should the post reflect a need for conservation skills, while in the private sector would ne open to reductions for posts such as Place Services\u2019 Senior Built Heritage Consultant, Purcell\u2019s Heritage Consultants and Edgars Heritage Associate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember also too that IHBC\u2019s HESPR<\/a> scheme, offers members one Jobs etc<\/em> post free each year, and it\u2019s transferable!   So why not check out our HESPR scheme to see if it suits you.  As a sole trader, for example, you can transfer the benefit, worth hundreds, to a deserving body or a future project partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This round of posts offers sound evidence on how IHBC\u2019s Jobs etc<\/em> service \u2013 and the subsidies it offers \u2013 helps make a real impact on conservation-related matters, regardless of sector, disciple or level. At the same time, 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

\u2018And 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

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