We are seeking to employ Project Officers, Senior Archaeologists, and Archaeologists on Permanent, full-time contracts as well as Casual/Self Employed Archaeologists, to support an increasingly busy schedule of excavation work.

For a flavour, here are some of our current projects:

• Quarry Site in Essex - Open Area Investigation revealing peripheral domestic Romano-British settlement and associated industrial activity.  Our team will be on site for several weeks, with the potential to move westward into the neighbouring field. 
• Berwick – Ongoing excavation of an exceptionally rich Iron Age or Roman stone-built settlement. Beautiful location beside the sea.
• Dundee – Ongoing excavation of prehistoric structural remains, and a possible Roman fort in a rich archaeological landscape surrounded by several scheduled monuments

Our Archaeology and Heritage services team is based across 6 of Wardell Armstrong’s 14 offices; Bolton, Birmingham, Bury St Edmunds, Carlisle, London and Stoke. Our post-ex hubs in Bury St Edmunds and Carlisle are home to our purpose-built facilities, which provide finds analysis, palaeoenvironmental processing and analysis, post-excavation analysis, publication, and outreach. We are passionate and ambitious. We can offer excellent experience, project ownership and a genuine chance to thrive and develop professionally.

Self-employed archaeologists are welcome to apply for these vacancies and shall be engaged on a sub-contracted basis, requiring appropriate insurance.

Archaeologist

£20,400 increasing to c.£22,000 dependent upon experience.

Permanent positions based in, Birmingham, Bury St Edmunds or Carlisle.

(Casual opportunities are available on a project-specific basis please enquire)

The work will include working on evaluation, excavation, and geophysics. You should understand field recording systems, paper-based is essential but experience with digital recording systems is desirable.

You will have an opportunity to develop your skills, and we encourage involvement for all our staff in collating data for reporting, starting your report writing journey. Occasionally you may be required to support our post-excavation processing of palaeoenvironmental samples, or finds within our purpose-built facility, under the supervision of specialists in their field.

You will be passionate, hardworking, and ready to communicate with your supervisors and project managers, who will value your input.

Ideally you have:

• Practical experience on site (6months).
• A degree in archaeology (combined honours is acceptable) or equivalent experience.
• White CSCS card (either AQP or PQP)
• Driving license.

Desirable:

• CIfA membership at PCIfA level.

We use LinkedIn Talent Hub to process applications, to apply please click the relevant job link below, register or login and submit your CV.

Closing date 31^st July 2021. Please email careers@wardell-armstrong.com with any problems, requests for further information or covering letters.

https://www.wardell-armstrong.com/careers/

Senior Archaeologist (Supervisor)

£22,000-c.£24,000 dependent upon experience and qualifications.

Permanent positions based in, Birmingham, Bury St Edmunds or Carlisle.

(Casual opportunities are available on a project-specific basis please enquire)

This vacancy is for a field archaeologist specifically. Our Senior Archaeologists undertake fieldwork on projects of all scales, either working independently on smaller jobs (e.g. Watching Brief) or leading a small team (e.g. for a small-scale trial-trenching job), reporting directly to the Project Manager. You may also support larger scale works leading a smaller team within wider delivery, reporting to the Project Lead and taking direction from them. Our ideal candidate would have experience of work at this level.

Our Senior Archaeologists support us with writing up smaller scale reports (with support from our wider team), and making significant contribution to larger scale reporting. To this end you should have or be willing to develop your report writing skills, working understanding of Harris Matrix software, and the ability to interpret your findings on site.

You should be an excellent communicator, able to support both new and more experienced members of our field team. You should be confident in your recording skills on site, and ideally have experience of working in both paper-based, and digital recording systems. Knowledge of GIS recording and use GPS equipment is desirable.  

Ideally you have:

• Practical experience supervising work on site (6 months).
• Comprehensive awareness of Risk Assessment and keeping your team safe on site.
• Experience delivering commercial archaeology.
• A degree in Archaeology (combined honours acceptable) or equivalent experience.
• White CSCS card (either AQP or PQP)
• Driving license.

Desirable

• CIfA Membership at PCIfA of ACIfA level.
• SSSTS Qualification

We use LinkedIn Talent Hub to process applications, to apply please click the relevant job link below, register or login and submit your CV.

Closing date 31^st July 2021. Please email careers@wardell-armstrong.com with any problems, requests for further information or covering letters.

https://www.wardell-armstrong.com/careers/

Principal Archaeologist (Project Officer)

£26,500-c.£30,000 dependent upon experience and qualifications.

Vacancy in Birmingham

Based out of our Birmingham office, the successful candidate will be an experienced Fieldwork Specialist, experienced in supervising teams of archaeologists for our medium to larger scale project delivery, and providing general technical support for our projects. You will be engaged in developing our project delivery, will have proven report-writing ability, and commensurate post-excavation co-ordination skills. Experience of conducting both evaluation and excavation is essential from all angles, including plant direction, staff support and technical delivery on site. Experience of working on large scale infrastructure projects is desirable.

You will need:

• Degree level qualification in Archaeology or a complementary subject. 
• Driving license.
• White CSCS card (either AQP or PQP).
• Demonstrable grey literature writing experience.
• Appropriate awareness of post-excavation processes, and willingness to engage with our in- house post-ex team.

Desirable:

• CIfA membership at ACIfA or MCIfA level.
• SSSTS/SMSTS qualification

Our ideal candidate is a strong communicator, providing excellent service. They will also be inspired by a diverse range of archaeological projects and enjoy sharing their skills and experience with the wider team.

We use LinkedIn Talent Hub to process applications, to apply please click the relevant job link below, register or login and submit your CV.

Closing date 31^st July 2021. Please email careers@wardell-armstrong.com with any problems, requests for further information or covering letters.

https://www.wardell-armstrong.com/careers/