Heritage AND SENIOR Heritage Consultants; Landscape and Conservation Management

About us

Cotswold Archaeology is one of the leading providers of professional archaeological and heritage services in the UK. We offer a complete archaeological service including fieldwork, post‑excavation, heritage consultancy and outreach, and are committed to the maintenance and development of the highest professional standards. We believe engagement with heritage benefits individual wellbeing and are committed to increasing public awareness, appreciation and enjoyment of the past.

If you share these values and believe you have something to contribute, we would like to hear from you.

We are seeking experienced Heritage and Senior Heritage Consultants to join our team and contribute to understanding, conserving and managing our historic environment. The role is an exciting opportunity to work on a diverse portfolio of Conservation Management Plans and monument protection, ranging from individual scheduled prehistoric barrows and hillforts to industrial and modern military sites. Interpreting and recording landscapes is also a key part of the role, particularly working on landscape rewilding projects.

You will work at the cutting edge of new thinking in archaeology, heritage and conservation practice, directly contributing to improved management, access and presentation of our historic environment. You will regularly work as part of teams of landscape architects, ecologists and arboriculturists to ensure the successful implementation of plans to dovetail and safeguard the historic and natural environments. You will need excellent project management skills with proven experience of stakeholder engagement with statutory bodies, clients, sub‑contractors and the public to ensure the successful delivery of our plans.

• Ensure the successful completion of conservation and landscape projects, including large complex projects involving regular client liaison and the production of reports, to a very high standard.
• Desk‑based collation and interpretation of Lidar data to enable the identification and interpretation of historic assets in landscape survey (ground truthing).
• Understand, interpret and record historic landscapes using GIS (Fieldmaps), and undertake assessments of visible monuments and buildings during site visits, as appropriate.
• Produce Conservation Management Plans including assessment of the condition of historic assets, management plans and options for their conservation and repair.
• Personally undertake archaeological research, desk studies, etc. for consultancy projects, and report on them, including the collection of data from depositaries such as HERs and Record Offices.
• Monitor project progress with regard to budgetary, technical, logistical, staff and health and safety issues, providing regular reports to Senior Heritage Consultants and Principal Heritage Consultants, and maintaining appropriate liaison with clients, Local Authority Advisors, and contractors.
• Prepare Written Schemes of Investigation.
• Contribute to tenders to be issued by a Senior Heritage Consultant or Principal Heritage Consultant by providing estimates of times and costs, and drafting letters.
• Liaison with specialist sub‑contractors to ensure the safe and successful completion of sub‑contracted elements of works, and to review specialist reports in conjunction with a Senior Heritage Consultant or Principal Heritage Consultant.
• Ensure illustrations are prepared or requisitioned, as relevant, within project timescales and to corporate standards.
• Ensure accurate maintenance of appropriate administrative records, including project digital filing, invoices and expenses, and digital timesheet entries.
• Manage personal workload effectively, ensuring all project administration, such as the completion of data searches and booking of visits to repositories and sites, is timely.
• Monitor and provide regular reports to Senior Heritage Consultants and Principal Heritage Consultants on project progress (budgetary and archaeological), logistical, staff and health and safety issues.
• Ensure that all projects are carried out in accordance with the CA Health and Safety policy, preparing risk assessments…