Portable Antiquities Scheme

Administrator; ICT Adviser; Finds Adviser and
Finds Liaison Officers (five posts)

Applications are invited for eight posts (all three-year contracts),
funded in partnership with
the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Department for Culture, Media and
Sport, as part of the
Portable Antiquities Scheme. The main aim of the Scheme is to advance
our knowledge of
the history and archaeology of England and Wales by establishing a
system for the voluntary
recording of finds of archaeological objects made by members of the
public, including metal
detector users' and to increase opportunities for active public
involvement in archaeology.
The data is published on www.finds.org.uk and is made available to the
relevant Sites and
Monuments Record. A further 21 posts will be filled in two further
batches in March and
July 2003, joining the 14 staff already in post. All post-holders will
work closely with the
Head and Deputy Head of Portable Antiquities.

Administrator
You will contribute towards effective administration of the Portable
Antiquities Scheme. The
post holder will check and collate grant claims based on figures
provided by the offices of
the Finds Liaison Officers; arrange meetings and training courses for
Finds Liaison Officers;
answer enquiries from the public; assist with the editing and
distribution of the Annual
Report, newsletters and other publications. Resource, based at the
British Museum.
Salary: Resource Band D: £15,000-£21,700 (starting salary is usually at
the lowest point of
the pay band).

ICT Adviser
You will project manage the development of the Portable Antiquities
programme, train Finds
Liaison Officers in the use of it and develop guidance notes on it;
oversee the transfer of data
to Sites and Monuments Records and the transfer of data and images to
the Portable
Antiquities website (www.finds.org.uk); work with the Deputy Head to
keep the website up to
date. British Museum. Salary: BM Band 5: £17,817-£29,660 (subject to
review).

Finds Adviser (prehistoric and Roman objects)
You will check records of relevant objects recorded by the Finds Liaison
Officers for
consistency and accuracy and edit as necessary; train the Finds Liaison
Officers in the
identification of prehistoric and Roman objects and provide expert
advice on them as
required; and publish and research data, liaising with university
departments. University
College London Institute of Archaeology, Lecturer A, £24,325-£27,585.

Finds Liaison Officers (five posts)
You will make contact with members of the public including
metal-detector users; attend
club meetings; explain the aims of the Scheme and the Treasure Act
through giving talks and
record finds on the Scheme database.
Buckinghamshire: Buckinghamshire County Museum Service, Aylesbury.
Salary: LG Scale 5, £16,944-£18,582
Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire: Verulamium Museum, St Albans.
Salary: LG Scale 5, £16,944-£18,582 + £477 London weighting
Lincolnshire: Lincolnshire County Council, Lincoln.
Salary: LG Scale 5, £16,944-£18,582
Staffordshire and West Midlands: Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery
and the
Potteries Museum, Stoke on Trent.
Salary: LG Scale 5, £16,944-£18,582
Surrey (half-time post): Surrey County Council, Kingston upon Thames.
Salary: LG Scale 5, £16,944-£18,582 (pro rata)

For further details and application forms for each of these posts please
contact the following
address:
Administrator: Deborah Wadlow, Personnel Officer, Resource, 16 Queen
Anne's Gate,
London, SW1H 9AA, Tel. 0207 273 1455, quoting reference PA73.
ICT Adviser: Department of Human Resources, The British Museum, Great
Russell Street,
London, WC1B 3DG, or visit www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/jobs.
Finds Adviser, prehistoric and Roman objects: Barbara Brown, Financial
Administrator,
Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PY.
For informal discussion about any of the three posts above contact Roger
Bland or
Michael Lewis on 0207 323 8611.
Finds Liaison Officer, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire: St Albans
District Council (Human
Resources), PO Box 2, Civic Centre, St Peters St, St Albans,
Hertfordshire, AL1 3JE.
For an informal discussion, please contact Chris Green on 01727 751812.
Finds Liaison Officer, Buckinghamshire: Recruitment Team, County Hall,
Walton Street,
Aylesbury, HP20 1XA, Tel. 01296 383366, or Email.
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no CS LB406. For an informal discussion, please contact Sarah Gray on
01296 678120.
Finds Liaison Officer, Lincolnshire: Application forms are available by
telephoning (01522)
836933 (24 hour answerphone) and should be returned to Lincolnshire
County Council
Human Resources, PO Box 523, Lincoln LN1 1GH. Please quote LCC/FLO. For
an
informal discussion please contact Steve Catney on (01522) 553075.
Finds Liaison Officer, Staffordshire and West Midlands: Phil Watson,
Principal Curator,
Department of Human History, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham B3 3DH,
Tel. 0121-303-4633, or Email. [log in to unmask]
Finds Liaison Officer, Surrey: For an information pack and application
form please call our
Contact Centre on 08456 009 009 (8.00am to 8.00pm Monday to Thursday and
8.00am to
6.00pm Friday) quoting post no 140/02. For more information or an
informal discussion,
please contact David Bird on 020 8541 8991 or Gary Jackson on 020 8541
9325.

Closing date for applications: 22 January 2003