About the role

This role will help LUC to build the strength, resilience and reputation of our Historic Environment Team, as well as actively support the strategy for the team and LUC as a whole.

Based in, and supported by, our existing Historic Environment Team, the successful candidate will play a key role in delivering our wide-ranging portfolio across the UK – from wind farms and grid infrastructure to complex development and regeneration schemes in sensitive historic places, policy, research and everything in between. The role will involve working with colleagues across the practice, providing expert input to work across key services.

The role includes the opportunity to share and participate actively in the management and ownership of the business through the Employee Ownership Trust, which places full ownership of the company with the employees.

The role can be based in any LUC’s offices in Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, London or Sheffield . We work in a hybrid model with people being in the office a minimum of two days per week. There will also be travel required to visit sites, client offices and other office locations.

A full-time role is based on 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday). However, LUC has a strong track record in flexible working, and we have been recognised for our flexible working culture, so we are happy to discuss a range of flexible working options for this role including part time hours (minimum 30 hours per week) if desired.

Salary: £32,500 - £38,500 FTE (depending on experience) including London allowance of £4,000 if applicable

This is a great time to be joining LUC. Since its creation nearly 60 years ago, LUC has been driven by the belief that planning has a critical role to play in shaping the world around us for the better. This work has never been more critical or urgent.

Experience and qualifications

The successful candidate will complement our existing dedicated Historic Environment team, and will be supported by colleagues in our GIS and landscape teams.

Essential

• Educated to degree level, or equivalent work experience, in an appropriate historic environment-related discipline. (E.g. Archaeology; Architectural History; Historic Building Conservation; Landscape Archaeology)

• A sound understanding and working knowledge of the fundamentals of British archaeology.
• A strong understanding of historic environment legislation, policy and practice across the UK, and the interface with the planning system.
• Substantive experience of contributing to cultural heritage inputs to EIA for energy infrastructure, including contributing to planning and delivering appropriate programmes of survey and investigation to support assessments and planning requirements.
• A proportionate, methodical, analytical and consistent approach to the assessment of significance and impacts upon the historic environment and heritage assets.
• Full UK driving licence.
  

Desirable

• Post-graduate qualification in a relevant subject.
• Strong understanding and practical appreciation of the EIA regulations and their application.
• Experience of archaeological / historic environment field survey in rural and particularly upland environments.
• Understanding of and training in landscape archaeology.
• Understanding of land management and agricultural practices, including environmental stewardship schemes.
• GIS skills (QGIS and/or ESRI preferred).
• Understanding of the interactions of LUC’s key areas of business with the historic environment.
• Membership of the Institute for Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) or Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA), or willingness to work towards the same.
• Off-road driving certification, and comfort in driving a range of vehicle types (cars, vans, 4x4 vehicles, manual and automatic gearboxes)

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

Please apply by uploading your CV and covering letter via the above link

LUC is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and we actively encourage applications from under-represented groups. We value the differences, needs and contributions a diverse workforce represents, and we strive to embed equality, diversity and inclusion in all our people related activities.