Membership Development Officer

The CBA is seeking to appoint a Membership Development Officer to take lead responsibility within the CBA secretariat for promoting and servicing institutional and individual memberships relating to both the CBA and YAC.

Gross salary £23-26,000 pro rata.

Deadline for applications: 6pm on 20th February 2012.

All job applicants will be required to fill in an Equal Opportunities Monitoring form, in accordance with the CBA’s Equal Opportunities Policy.

The CBA has policies on diversifying participation in archaeology (PDF 160KB), recruitment of ex-offenders (PDF 175KB) and the handling and storage of disclosures (PDF 180KB).

About the CBA

The CBA is a UK-wide, non-profit making charity, nationally influential for over 65 years as a champion of public interest in archaeology.

We have a national role in England and Wales as an amenity society fostering active stewardship of the archaeological heritage
We promote understanding of the past, involvement in archaeology and care for the historic environment through formal and informal learning
We facilitate and support research with unrivalled access to a network of expertise across the historic and natural environment sectors
We are a growing membership organisation serving people of all ages and organisations who provide links with a wide range of communities and networks

Background

The Council for British Archaeology (CBA) was established in 1944 in recognition of the need to promote the requirements of archaeology in the aftermath of the Second World War. The original Council defined one of its objectives as the “safeguarding of all kinds of archaeological material and the strengthening of existing measures for the care of ancient and historic buildings, monuments and antiquities”. The importance of gaining public support for and understanding of archaeology was also a key early issue for the CBA.

Over the second half of the twentieth century the CBA strengthened its role and diversified, working in partnership with an increasing range of organisations across the historic environment sector. The CBA was itself responsible for setting up a number of independent bodies to represent specific areas of the archaeological discipline, such as the national period societies, the Institute for Archaeologists, and the Society for Church Archaeology. The move to more collaborative working across the heritage sector has led the CBA now to work under several umbrella bodies, such as The Archaeology Forum, The Heritage Alliance and the Joint Committee of National Amenity Societies, and also to link across to the natural environment sector through active membership of Wildlife and Countryside Link.

The CBA continues to be innovative in its approach to archaeology which has led to the initiation of whole new areas of archaeological research over the last 65 years, for example in the field of industrial archaeology, in promoting building archaeology, the study of twentieth-century military remains and the application of new information technology. The inclusive approach to heritage protection which has been adopted in recent public policy reflects the CBA’s long-established practice in valuing all aspects of the historic environment. This inclusive philosophy will be fundamental to the work of the post.