ADAS
Operations Coordinator/ Senior Operations Coordinator
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Our Archaeology and Historic Building Business
Our Archaeology and Historic Building business comprises a highly skilled team focused on providing historic environment consultancy and fieldwork services throughout the planning process from pre-land acquisition to the discharge of planning conditions. As a result of our success in fieldwork services, we are seeking an Operations Coordinator/ Senior Operations Coordinator on a fixed-time (6 month contract) basis.
Role Overview
We are looking for a fieldwork Operations Coordinator to assist with logistics focused on deployment, geomatics, post-excavation, and archives. This is a hybrid home and office-based role and the location of the positions can be flexible, but it is expected that the successful candidates will be based out of either our Romsey, Boxworth, or Derby offices. The successful candidates will join a team of professionals who work closely with colleagues in other disciplines, such as Ecology, Planning, and Landscape. Immediate appointments will be available.
Ideal Candidate
The positions would best suit ambitious and highly motivated individuals with strong communications and time management skills who are looking to advance their career in commercial archaeology and client relationship management.
Successful candidates will work flexibly on a wide variety of archaeological, geoarchaeological, and environmental consultancy contracts in a fast-moving, client-focused commercial environment.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary
- Excellent training and personal development opportunities
- Full PPE, laptop, and work mobile as standard
- Accommodation, meals expenses, and vehicle hire provided whenever required
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Key Responsibilities
- Directing large-scale trial trench evaluations, strip, map, and record, and detailed excavations to a high standard.
- Assisting with geoarchaeological fieldwork under the supervision of our geoarchaeologist.
- Producing Written Schemes of Investigations, archaeological fieldwork reports, publication reports, and collated project archives for large-scale projects in accordance with relevant legislation, planning policy, and CIfA standards and guidance.
- To work closely and liaise effectively with ADAS staff and inter alia on-site subcontractors, Principal Contractors, Curators, other stakeholders, and members of the public in a collaborative and supportive environment, on and off-site.
- To represent ADAS Archaeology in a professional, diligent, and courteous manner at all times.
- To ensure that health, safety, and wellbeing methodologies, documentation, and policies are prepared, understood, and followed by the archaeological team to ensure a safe working environment.
- Producing Risk Assessments, Dynamic Risk Assessments, and site audits as required.
- Ensuring that work is completed to the required legislative standard, delivered on time, meets project profit targets, is delivered to the Client’s satisfaction, and of a high archaeological standard.
Person Specification
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- Previous professional experience working in commercial archaeological fieldwork - 5 years+
- ACIfA accreditation or higher grade with CIfA
- Excellent communication and motivational skills and a positive attitude
- Proven high ability in archaeological recording techniques and accurate record-keeping, including sound knowledge of DGPS surveying techniques
- Experience in preparation of Health and Safety site documentation, WSIs, and grey literature mitigation reports
- Proven ability for archaeological supervision of plant
- Ability to carry out manual work in an outdoor environment in all weathers
- Full clean UK driving licence
- Safety accreditation (e.g., CAT and Genny Training, SSSTS, off-road driving, plant marshalling, asbestos awareness, etc.)
- Right to work in the UK
- Degree level education or higher in a relevant subject
Desirable
- Experience presenting the results of archaeological investigations to both professional and lay audiences
- Experience supporting community engagement and other outreach initiatives
Salary And Benefits
- Up to £32,905 to £45,182 per annum depending on experience
- Life assurance
- A flexible benefits programme including the option to buy additional holidays, health cash plan, and discounted gym membership
RSK Group is an Equal Opportunities Employer
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