Historic Environment Records Officer
Historic Environment Records Officer
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Job Description
The Service & Team:
The Strategic Historic Environment team is focussed on identifying recording enhancing conserving presenting and interpreting the historic environment of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We are active delivery partners of the Bord Ertach Kernow helping to drive forward Heritage at the Heart of an Evolving Cornwall: A Strategy for Cornwalls Historic Environment supporting many projects including the development of the Cornish Distinctiveness Assessment
The Role:
The Historic Environment Record (HER) Officer as a member of the Strategic Historic Environment (SHE) team brings a supportive role to the Strategic Historic Environment Senior Officer (HER). This helps ensure that the HER facilitates understanding awareness and appreciation of the significance of the historic environment by the public and within strategy. You will supervise HER enhancement projects carried out by the HER Assistants and volunteers ensuring the HER is the most uptodate resource for consultation.
You will be actively involved in outreach events and continue to develop the teams relationship with local interest community groups playing a supporting role in promoting the HER to colleagues partner organisations and the public. You will also provide a holistic and inclusive approach to the daytoday management of the HER at a local level involving both internal and external stakeholders. A knowledge of the HER database and local archaeology will also be needed to provide information and interpretations of the data in response to enquiries which you will help to manage.
Finally as a champion of the HER you will keep abreast of the policies and initiatives affecting the historic environment on a national and regional level to help support the strategic work of the Strategic Historic Environment Senior Officer (HER).
Working Pattern:
The position is full time 37 hours per week. Our main base is at Kresen Kernow in Redruth and although hybrid work arrangements can be offered the successful applicant will be required to attend our main base regularly for management of volunteers and management of the paper archive where this is housed. Flexible working hours are also welcome to be discussed if required.
The post holder will be based in Kresen Kernow Redruth for at least two days a week.
What youll need to succeed:
Degree or relevant qualification or equivalent experience in one or more of the following: heritage landscape history archaeology historic building conservation rural land management or conservation along with extensive post qualification experience
Significant experience of working in a local authority or other professional archaeology unit
Experience and understanding of the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Historic Environment Record (or comparable local authority HER)
Demonstratable knowledge of HBSMR with the ability to create edit and query datasets
Excellent knowledge of British archaeological periods and their material remains with special reference to Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
Experience of working with volunteers and community groups
Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert
What youll get in return:
Cornwall Councils ambition is to be an employer of choice a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.
Our core employee rewards and benefits include:
a competitive salary.
a defined benefit pension scheme based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
A national awardwinning employee health and wellbeing programme
Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.
Additional Information:
Please note we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role
The full role profile is attached here
We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.
For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact
Application Process
Please attach a supporting statement to your application you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstratewhy you are suitable against each of the points marked as Application on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here The application process.
Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted please contact if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
