Senior Heritage Consultant

Wardell Armstrong; Bolton; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits an ambitious Senior Heritage Consultant to join a leading environmental consultancy. In this role, you will work within a national archaeology and heritage team, contributing to transformative projects across the UK. Your responsibilities will include producing archaeological assessments, engaging with clients, and managing fieldwork operations. This position offers flexible working arrangements, including hybrid and remote options, allowing you to balance your professional and personal life effectively. Join a supportive environment that values career progression and offers tailored training programs to help you achieve your professional ambitions.

Benefits

Group Personal Pension Plan

Payment of professional subscription

24 days annual leave

Private Health Care Scheme

Critical Illness Cover

Life Assurance Policy

Mobile Phone

Flexi-Time Working Schedule

Cycle to Work Scheme

Travel Loans

Qualifications

• Degree in relevant discipline, ideally with a Post-Graduate qualification.
• Membership of Professional Institute (CIfA) is required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver archaeological assessments and manage fieldwork projects.
• Engage with stakeholders and seek business opportunities.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Technical report writing

Client liaison

GIS utilization

Project management

Business development

Communication skills

Education

Degree in archaeology or related discipline

Post-Graduate qualification in archaeology or building conservation

Tools

GIS software

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 3,500 people, delivering client-focused solutions across Europe, North America, Pacific Asia and Africa. Throughout this time SLR has strived to grow both organically and through welcoming other like-minded 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 Armstrong’s 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 on-site archaeological fieldwork at pre- and post-determination 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 desk-based 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 Armstrong’s archaeology and heritage team, through mentoring staff and maintaining quality.

You:

• Degree in relevant discipline ideally Post-Graduate 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
• Driver's license and own vehicle

We offer:

• 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. 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.