Planning Archaeologist

About this role:

Southampton has nationally significant remains such as the Roman settlement of Clausentum; the Middle Saxon town of Hamwic and the late Saxon/ medieval town and villages that laid the basis for our modern city and suburbs, including ancient walls and buildings that survive above ground.  It also has a wealth of archaeological remains from Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic and Later Prehistoric periods. This complex picture is constantly being amended by new fieldwork and research.

This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate to experience working as curator of Southampton’s deeply stratified nationally significant archaeology, protecting those remains and contributing towards enhancing archaeological knowledge.

As the sole Planning Archaeologist within a busy Development Management team you will have a varied and challenging caseload which will involve detailed and specialist discussion of archaeological matters throughout the planning process, liaising internally with Case Officers and particularly with the Historic Environment Records Officer, the Historic Environment Officer (who carries out the conservation officer role), the Ancient Monuments Officer (who is responsible for the city’s standing ancient monuments), and externally with developers, Historic England and monitoring the work of contracting archaeologists on site. You will also work with other council departments on projects that impact archaeological remains.

About you:

You will be expected to meet targets and deadlines. You will be responsible for organising your own workload and your work will involve a wide range of planning archaeology issues across all areas of the city.  You will have the necessary skills and experience to manage a range of challenging tasks and will be competent in dealing with planning archaeology issues.

Applicants must be educated to degree level in a relevant subject, have urban field archaeology experience, an ability to rapidly assimilate and distil large amounts of complex information into concise responses, with excellent IT skills including Microsoft Office and GIS applications

Full Membership (MCIfA) of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists is desirable

For further information about this opportunity please view the job description.

If you feel you have the necessary background, experience and skills to undertake this role, then we would like to hear from you.

Contact details for informal discussion:

For further information and details regarding the position please contact Darren Shorter on [phone removed] or [email removed] or Steve Harrison on [phone removed] or [email removed]

What we can offer you:

Here at SCC we have a range of different benefits, a few examples can be found below.

• Excellent local government pension with 15.2% employer contribution
• Death in service benefit of x3 salary, and optional salary sacrifice shared cost AVC (additional voluntary contribution)
• Generous holiday 25–31 days, based on role and service
• Flexible working options (role-dependent)
• Family-friendly policies - Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Shared/Unpaid Parental Leave, Time off for Dependents
• Training and development, including coaching and mentoring
• Health and wellbeing support - Employee Assistance Programme, Menopause Pledge, Mental Health First Aiders and access to a variety of staff networks
• Veteran-friendly employer with the Armed Forces Covenant
• Retail discounts and savings through the Southampton City Council benefits platform
• Discounted memberships at local sports and fitness centres
• Sustainable travel benefits - low emission car scheme, cycle to work, season ticket loans
• Employee volunteering scheme with 2 paid days leave to volunteer

For further information on our benefits package please visit:  Employee benefits (southampton.gov.uk)

Recruitment contact details:

Email: [email removed]  
[phone removed]

For more information about SCC please visit Southampton City Council
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• Planning Archaeologist - Job Description.pdf