| THE CONSERVATION REGISTER
Development Officer
Purpose
The purpose of this post is to develop, manage
and promote the Conservation Register.
The Register Development Officer will work as part of
a small team, based in the London offices of the UK Insititute for Conservation,
and will take sole charge of the Register, its day-to-day operation, its
enhancement and promotion over a three year period. S/he will have the
administrative support of others in the office, but will be largely self-servicing
in terms of correspondence and clerical work.
Job Description
- To implement changes to the operation of the Register recommended
by the Conservation Register Advisory Board. These will include:
- Renewing the revision programme, by contacting all present registrants,
updating the information held, and applying new categories and criteria.
- Encouraging the maximum retention of registrants by helping them
to seek accreditation
- Enlisting new entrants to the Register
- Overseeing the transfer of the Register database onto a new Access
database, and its being made available on the web
- To co-ordinate work with the computer consultant and other external
professional services, e.g. designers, printers, advertising agents
- To respond to requests from the public and organisations for information
and advice and to provide guidance to users and to registrants
- To revise and/or write registration, promotional and advisory documents,
under the direction of the Advisory Board
- To carry out promotion of the Register, for instance by arranging
for editorial and advertising, liasing with journalists and broadcast
media, organising stands, etc at relevant events, and by giving presentations
on the Register
- To liase with relevant stakeholders, including member organisations
of NCCR, English Heritage, Historic Scotland, CCC
- To collaborate with the Conservation Bureau of Historic Scotland
in the operation and development of the Scottish component of the Register
- To liaise with the Building Conservation Centre and its Heritage
Information Exchange, which aims to provide parallel information for
the built heritage
- To seek funding for this project and for the future of the Register
which is not already covered by the grants from the three main funding
partners
- To ensure that financial records (maintained by UKIC bookkeeper and
accountant) are up-to-date and accurate; and to ensure that quarterly
accounts and claims are submitted to English Heritage, and as required
to Recourse and Historic Scotland
- To act as secretary to the Conservation Register Advisory Board,
convening meetings, keeping and circulating minutes, etc.
- To contribute when necessary to the other work of the office, and
carry out such other duties as may reasonably be required from time
to time.
Person Specification for the post of Conservation Register Development
Officer
| Attribute/Quality |
Essential |
Desirable |
| IT know-how |
Word processing, e.g. Word
E-mailing
Using the Web |
Access databases
Discussion lists, work groups, etc
Creating or contributing to websites |
| Conservation-restoration |
Have worked with or alongside c-r professionals
Familiar with main professional issues
Awareness of accreditation schemes in operation |
Hands-on conservation experience in commercial
or public sector workshop or studio.
Personal experience of accreditation |
| Communications |
Excellent spoken and written English
Confident, persuasive, tactful
Good listener
Presentation experience |
A second language
PowerPoint |
| Finance |
Able to work to budget |
Able to control and present budgets
Excel spreadsheet
Experience of fund-raising |
| Working style |
Quick learner
Good analyser
Hard worker
Flexible |
Authority
Puts people at ease |
| Administration |
Orderly, well organised
Good at managing own time
Versatile
Able to manage external consultants
Good note/minute taker |
Familiar with office routines, e.g. files, records, ordering
Experience of employing or overseeing consultants
Experience of committee work |
| Travelling |
Ready to travel across the UK and abroad |
Driving licence |
| Publishing |
A good eye for designAt home with preparing text for publication |
Experience of producingprinted material |
| Promotion, marketing |
Awareness of promotional techniques |
Experience of promotion and marketing services |
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Supporting Information
[Posted 1 July 2002]
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