Archaeology and Heritage Professional

Wardell Armstrong (WA) is a successful multi-disciplinary consultancy with 13 offices throughout the UK employing approximately 500 staff. We are a CIfA Registered Organisation with over 25 years of heritage and archaeology experience working within a wide variety of sectors across the UK.

We are currently looking to grow our heritage team in our Carlisle office and are offering the opportunity to join our dedicated team of archaeological and heritage professionals, both within Carlisle and across the wider company. The right individual will have around 2-5 years professional commercial experience working in the historic environment and have demonstrable experience in producing or assisting in the production of Desk Based Assessments, Heritage Impact Assessments and input into Environmental Impact Assessments. The successful candidate will also be expected to undertake site visits and archive research. Ideally, you will have experience in dealing with all heritage assets and considerations, both built and archaeological.

Dependent on experience, responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Write Desk Based Assessments and Heritage Impact Assessments.
• Conduct site walk over surveys.
• Conduct visits to archive centres for research purposes.
• Providing advice on heritage and conservation matters.
• Assist the team leads with the preparation of fee proposals.
• Be an active member of the Heritage and Archaeology team in Carlisle, working collaboratively with the wider team across the business.

The successful candidate will have:

• Degree in relevant discipline (Archaeology, Heritage, Conservation etc)
• Field Archaeology experience.
• Experience of preparing Desk-Based assessments, Heritage Impact Assessments
• Comprehensive understanding of the historic environment in the planning process.
• Good understanding of legislation and planning policy.
• Good technical report writing.

We offer: 

• Competitive salary, commensurate with experience and qualifications.
• Membership of the Firm's Group Personal Pension Plan, with Employer's contribution of up to 5%.
• Payment of a relevant professional subscription.
• 24 days annual leave per year.
• Membership to the Firm's Private Health Care Scheme.
• Inclusion in the Firm's Critical Illness Cover Policy.
• Inclusion in the Firm's Life Assurance Policy, insuring you 3 times your annual salary.
• Mobile Phone with inclusive tariff including personal usage.
• Hybrid working.
• Flexi-Time 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 individual’s needs. Training is provided internally as well as from external sources where needed.

Please apply via our website https://www.wardell-armstrong.com/careers/