Field Monument Warden

Welsh Government

Wales, UK

On-Site

Environmental

Part time

£30,754 - £34,997 per year

Job summary

Cadw means 'to keep' or 'to protect' and is the Welsh Government's Historic Environment service, playing a pivotal role in conserving and protecting the historic environment of Wales.

Cadw Field Monument Wardens undertake a wide range of statutory duties relating to conserving, sustaining, protecting and understanding the historic environment of Wales. The focus will be on undertaking routine site visits to scheduled monuments to monitor and report on their condition and meet with owners, occupiers and managers to provide management advice. Field Monument Wardens also respond to reports of heritage crime at scheduled monuments, record their findings and write damage assessment reports, which may be used in enforcement and prosecution proceedings.

Job description

Cadw means 'to keep' or 'to protect' and is the Welsh Government's Historic Environment service, playing a pivotal role in conserving and protecting the historic environment of Wales.

Scheduled monuments are archaeological and historical sites of national importance designated under the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023. The post holder will join a team of six regionally based Field Monument Wardens and will have primary responsibility for monuments located in South-West Wales.

Field Monument Wardens are lone workers, and this job involves visiting scheduled monuments of all types and periods from prehistoric to twentieth century to record their condition and provide management advice. Most monuments are on farmland or in open countryside; many are in remote and upland locations only accessible by foot.

The postholder will need to hold a full driving licence to be able to drive to farms and to monuments within the region; the rural, sometimes remote, nature of many sites means that public transport is not usually viable. Health and safety equipment and training for accessing remote sites will be provided.

Person specification

To undertake visits to and report on the physical condition of scheduled monuments in South-west Wales as part of Cadw’s Monuments at Risk condition monitoring programme.
To act as first point of contact between Cadw and owners/occupiers/managers of scheduled monuments, providing best practice monument management advice and guidance.
To produce illustrated reports relating to the management of scheduled monuments and monitoring the delivery of heritage management agreements.
To undertake visits to scheduled monuments in response to reports of heritage crime incidents to prepare damage reports detailing factual observation, and if required, to appear in court to give evidence against the report.
To undertake monitoring visits as required for scheduled monument consent, monument grants and agricultural cross-compliance or heritage crime cases and undertake associated reporting.
To provide professional advice for simplified scheduled monument consent applications.
To create, edit and update Historic Asset Database records relating to scheduled monuments and upload photographic and other data to Welsh Government’s records systems.
To undertake archaeological monitoring and recording, minor excavations or survey recording exercises on scheduled monuments as required.
To identify and propose minor revisions to scheduled monuments as required.
To undertake other projects relating to the protection, conservation and promotion of the historic environment as required.
Any other duties appropriate to the grade as directed by the line manager.

Licences

A full valid UK driving licence.

Qualifications

Academic qualifications to degree level or higher in archaeology, heritage management or another relevant historic environment subject.
Practical experience working on archaeological, heritage management and/or conservation projects operating at a level equivalent to Practitioner level of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIFA), or demonstrable progress toward achieving it or an equivalent membership of a similar professional organisation.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Making Effective Decisions
Delivering at Pace
Managing a Quality Service

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Good knowledge of archaeology and history of Wales and familiarity with archaeological sites of all types and period. Demonstrates up-to-date understanding of best practice conservation and management of scheduled monuments and archaeological sites.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £30,754, Welsh Government contributes £8,909 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Learning and development tailored to your role
An environment with flexible working options
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
Number of Stages:2 stage processStage 1Application FormStage 2Interview

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : cadw.hr@gov.wales
Email : cadw.hr@gov.wales

Recruitment team

Email : SharedServiceHelpdesk@gov.wales

Salary range

£30,754 - £34,997 per year