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IHBC Director Sean O’Reilly said: ‘Our NewsBlog updates on career opportunities posted on the ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service demonstrate the huge variety of roles that employers are looking to us to help fill.’
‘Any NewsBlog Jobs etc. 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 competence, knowledge and experience in conservation and related discipline and roles.’
‘The current round of postings highlights the need both for high-level management and strategic advisory roles as well as on-the-ground practice and support-focussed skills in building and area conservation.
For example senior managements skills are sought at Haverfordwest Heritage and its Chief Executive Officer tole, and The Victorian Society for its Director (original salary revised).
At the same time property and estate management continues to loom large, with the National Trust’s call for two Regional Curators, as well as Tewkesbury Abbey’s for an Estates Manager.
Interestingly too, our service is now also reaching beyond formal employment roles with the Tender for Quantity Surveying Services from The Diocese of London, following on from a previous one (Mercure Leicester ‘Tender’.
Another interesting variant seeking access to the IHBC’s networks, services and skills is The City of London’s call for Principal Planning Officer (Design), which clearly acknowledges the high standing design takes in the suite of skills and competences needed in the IHBC’s accreditation models.
However in this round the usual national and local regulatory and advisory employers are looking to more traditional conservation roles in the posts advertised. In these, obviously, the core skills profiles map perfectly to the more familiar, diverse and interdisciplinary standards in the IHBC’s skills models.’
For examples Historic England’s posts currently include a fabric-focussed role of Senior Building Conservation Advisor, the more advisory Inspector of Historic Buildings and Areas (x2) as well as Architectural Investigator, with its more exploratory and heritage-oriented focus.
Councils too both extend and reflect that diversity of positions and skills, as Liverpool City seeks a Heritage Officer, Herefordshire a Building Conservation Officer and Wallingford a ‘Head of Parks and Estates’, also noted in a previous update here, and Greater Cambridge Shared Planning seeks a Principal Conservation Officer.
Clearly local and central government continue to look to the IHBC for the right range of skills and levels for critical management and advisory posts.
The wider NGO and non-profit sectors also see the value of the IHBC’s employment networks and services: as Hastings Commons, for community led regeneration, seeks a Heritage Strategy Manager; the SPAB seeks a Casework Officer (South and East of England) and, on behalf of Bath World Heritage Sites Advisory Board, Bath and North East Somerset seeks a Chair on for a voluntary role.
‘All these postings demonstrate just how cost-effective the IHBC’s Jobs etc service’ actually is for a very diverse spread of very cost-conscious employers. They also re-affirm 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.’
‘Of course the 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’ regard for our standards from more commercially-focussed operations. For this round Place Services is the lead employer, as it seeks a Built Heritage Consultant and Assistant Built Heritage Consultant.
The scale of posts on our ‘IHBCJobs etc’ service captures the exceptionally wide spectrum of relevant roles encompassed by the IHBC’s accreditation model, the IHBC Areas of Competence, and the skills represented there.’
‘To find out more on such matters, our MATE and related sessions support accreditation, while they also delve into the IHBC’s Competences and Conservation Cycle. As such they help applicants’ align their skills to the principles we use to assess interdisciplinary competence, all in line with national and international conservation practice standards.’
Current and recent posts (some now closed) on IHBC Jobs etc. include:
- Hastings Commons: Heritage Strategy Manager
- Greater Cambridge Shared Planning: Principal Conservation Officer
- The City of London : Principal Planning Officer (Design)
- The Diocese of London: Tender for Quantity Surveying Services
- National Trust: Regional Curator
- National Trust: Regional Curator
- Historic England: Senior Building Conservation Advisor
- Historic England: Inspector of Historic Buildings and Areas x 2
- Liverpool City Council: Heritage Officer
- Historic England: Architectural Investigator
- Tewkesbury Abbey: Estates Manager
- Haverfordwest Heritage: Chief Executive Officer
- The Victorian Society: Director
- SPAB: Casework Officer – South and East of England
- Bath and North East Somerset Council: voluntary role – Bath World Heritage Sites Advisory Board Chair
- Herefordshire Council: Building Conservation Officer
- Place Services: Built Heritage Consultant
- Place Services: Assistant Built Heritage Consultant
- Wallingford Town Council: Head of Parks and Estates
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