Senior Heritage Consultant
Senior Heritage Consultant
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Job Description
Following its recent acquisition by SLR Wardell Armstrong forms part of a leading global environmental and sustainability consultancy working on projects across the world from over 100 offices. Starting as a UK business in 1994 SLR now operates as a global company with more than 3500 people delivering clientfocused solutions across Europe North America Pacific Asia and Africa. Throughout this time SLR has strived to grow both organically and through welcoming other likeminded businesses such as Wardell Armstrong into its One Team of talented consultants. In doing so its core objective is to assist clients and colleagues alike in Making Sustainability Happen.
The Opportunity
Due to our continued success and increase in workload we have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious Senior Heritage Consultant to join one of our UK offices e.g. Glasgow Edinburgh Carlisle Stoke Leeds Newcastle Bolton Birmingham Cardiff Bristol London Bury St Edmunds.
We offer flexible/hybrid working and could also consider a remote position with occasional office visits for the right person.
The role will involve working within Wardell Armstrongs national archaeology and heritage team to help deliver exciting and transformative projects across the UK ranging from advising our clients at the outset of project development to helping the archaeological fieldwork managers successfully deliver onsite archaeological fieldwork at pre and postdetermination stage.
In this role you will be required to undertake a wide range of projects and be responsible for stakeholder engagement and liaison. Projects would include the production of archaeological deskbased assessments Heritage Statements preparing written schemes of investigation for a variety of archaeological evaluation / mitigation works historic building recording and contribution to EIAs including scoping reports ES Chapter and technical assessment. You will also be required to seek business opportunities either through the formal tender process or through developing business opportunities within your professional network. You will be expected to contribute to the overall development of Wardell Armstrongs archaeology and heritage team through mentoring staff and maintaining quality.
You:
- Degree in relevant discipline ideally PostGraduate qualification in archaeology or building conservation or a related discipline
- Membership of Professional Institute (CIfA)
- Comprehensive understanding of the historic environment in the planning process
- Good understanding of planning legislation and policy across the UK
- Experienced in technical report writing
- Good communication and written skills;
- Experience in client liaison;
- Ability to utilise GIS to review HER data and create fieldwork strategies;
- Project Management experience
- Technical specialism in appropriate area of expertise
- Ability to undertake effective business development
- Drivers license and own vehicle
We offer:
- Membership of the Firms Group Personal Pension Plan with Employers contribution of up to 5.
- Payment of a relevant professional subscription.
- 24 days annual leave per year.
- Membership to the Firms Private Health Care Scheme.
- Inclusion in the Firms Critical Illness Cover Policy.
- Inclusion in the Firms Life Assurance Policy insuring you 3 times your annual salary.
- Mobile Phone with inclusive tariff including personal usage.
- Hybrid working.
- FlexiTime Working Schedule
- Long service awards.
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Travel Loans.
- Recruitment Bounty Scheme.
- Financial reward for Chartership
Career Progression
We are committed to helping our people achieve their ambitions and rewarding them on how they help develop grow and shape the business and how they interact with and support colleagues clients partners regulators and the public and we offer excellent career prospects in a supportive working environment with no restrictions on how far you can progress. We encourage all of our employees to contribute to their professional institution and offer a financial award for chartership.
Amongst other benefits WA also provide a bespoke training and mentoring programme for all grades tailored to suit an individuals needs. Training is provided internally as well as from external sources where needed.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
