Team Leader - Finds

Permanent Contract | 37 hours per week | £32,909 to £34,723 per annum (Grade I) | Norwich

Norfolk is a large, rural county with a varied landscape including the famous Broads, the dry sandy Breckland, the crumbling cliffs of the north and east – and some of the most fertile soils in Britain. For most of its history, Norfolk was one of the wealthiest and most densely populated counties of England, and so its archaeology is outstandingly rich.

Norfolk’s Finds Identification and Recording Service is a partnership between the British Museum’s Portable Antiquities Scheme and the Historic Environment Service of Norfolk County Council. The service records over 5,000 objects per year on the PAS’s database, making it the busiest office in the PAS by quite some distance; it also works closely with the Historic Environment Record and Norwich Castle Museum. It is based in the Castle Museum Study Centre in the heart of Norwich.

This is a rare opportunity to join the Finds Identification and Recording Service in a senior role in the recording of Norfolk’s wide and varied archaeological resource. Norfolk is one of the biggest offices in the PAS partnership and the team includes individuals specialising in numismatics, photography and illustration. It also has a good track record in training early-career staff and supporting research projects, and furthering knowledge understanding and appreciation of Norfolk’s historic environment.

As Team Leader, you will take the lead on managing staff and their workloads, and supervise and develop less experienced colleagues. You will represent Norfolk’s archaeological finds recording interests at appropriate levels, including partnerships with the British Museum, the Norfolk Historic Environment Record, Norfolk Museums Service, and amateur groups including metal-detector clubs.

We are looking for an experienced individual with an in-depth understanding of the Portable Antiquities Scheme and ideally an Exegesis-based Historic Environment Record. You must have experience in recording large, complex and varied assemblages, and be a confident communicator.

Weekend and Evening work will be required.

Travel throughout Norfolk and to other location such as British Museum will be required.

For further information or an informal discussion of the role please contact:

Martin Horlock (Environment Manager – Specialist Advice) on martin.horlock@norfolk.gov.uk

We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.

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Before you apply please see the full job description and person specification in the below link – this will help you to shape your application to demonstrate how you meet the criteria for the role.

Job description and person specification

You can also find out about the rewards and benefits we offer as well as our other terms and conditions.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement with the ability to buy and sell leave
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:
  • ‘ Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
  • A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
  • Relocation expenses paid upfront (where applicable)
  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions .
  • A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job.
  • Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension, new bikes and electric cars.
    

Closing date: 21 July 2023