Assistant Heritage Consultant

Founded in Sheffield over 30 years ago, Cura Terrae’s Land and Nature division, formerly Ecus, has been at the forefront of the environmental sector, evolving alongside society’s changing environmental needs. In 2022, we became an integral part of Cura Terrae, a leading UK environmental group dedicated to providing innovative consultancy, services and solutions aimed at protecting the Earth.

We have a wide range of professional and technical expertise and provide heritage consultancy, geophysics, ecology, sustainability, BNG, landscape, arboriculture archaeology, EIA and post-excavation services to a diverse and growing client base. Cura Terrae Land and Nature is a Registered Organisation of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists and operates under a Quality Management System certified to ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018.

We are recruiting for an assistant heritage consultant to join our established heritage team. The role will provide someone with the opportunity to start a career in heritage consultancy, contributing to Desk-Based Assessments, Heritage Statements and multi-disciplinary consultancy documents for a wide range of projects.

Based in our head office in Sheffield, the role offers an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to develop and their expertise within a company that values high professional standards. You will be given opportunities for training and progression, as well as a clear career path. They will be working within our dedicated heritage team who work alongside our specialist geophysics and fieldwork teams.

The successful candidate will work under the supervision of, and report to, our Principal Heritage Consultant, who will provide continual support and guidance. The post-holder will be responsible for supporting team members in producing heritage assessments, with a view to moving on to completing their own reports. Duties will include desk-based research, data analysis and collaboration with other disciplines. Candidates should expect to work in a range of different outdoor and indoor environments, including conducting site visits sometimes to remote locations.

Candidates will be expected to have knowledge of the historic environment and demonstrable skills in assessment and report writing. A knowledge of historic buildings and landscapes, as well as an understanding of heritage setting is desirable.

• Relevant degree in a heritage related subject
• Proven report writing skills
• Membership of a relevant professional body, or working towards membership
• Knowledge of national legislation and planning policy in respect to the historic environment and related professional standards and guidance
• A keenness to learn and aspirations for career progression
• Experience in the use of GIS would be advantageous
• Self-motivated with ability to multi-task and work proactively and flexibly in support of changing workloads
• Full driving licence and willingness to drive
• Ability to work away from home

• A competitive salary
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Additional days holiday per year worked (up to 5 additional days) after 2 years’ service
• Company matched pension scheme
• Employee perks scheme
• ‘Health Cash Plan’ including access to face to face counselling
• Hybrid / Flexible Working, including “flex-from-first”
• Regional and Company wide events
• Career development and progression (Professional Membership(s) paid)
• Cycle to work scheme & car salary sacrifice scheme
• Volunteer days and matched charity fundraising

We are proud of our innovative nature, customer focus and drive to continually improve. We put people at the heart of what we do and employ more than 160 individuals throughout a network of 10 regional offices.

We are framework suppliers too and have long term contracts with many of the major players in the transport infrastructure sector, residential and commercial land developers, energy providers and utilities, regulators, and Government as well as the national conservation bodies, charities, and utilities. We are also an IEMA QMark registered company and work hard to encourage the professional progression of our team to contribute to their own professional development and to developing high quality and innovative practice in environmental planning and related disciplines.

We always seek to recruit dedicated professionals who are committed to achieving positive environmental and sustainability outcomes, with a track record of delivering for clients and for their colleagues.

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