Discover your next job or training opportunities with CIfA’s Jobs, Training and Volunteer bulletin.
Our weekly bulletin is the most comprehensive source for the latest job, training and volunteer opportunities in archaeology and related fields. Each edition features
- job listings: comprehensive listings of archaeological job openings.
- academic opportunities: information on academic positions and research opportunities.
- CPD training courses: details on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses, , including our CIfA Approved training courses.
- volunteer opportunities: information on the latest volunteering opportunities across CIfA’s group committees
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- stay informed: get the latest job and training opportunities delivered directly to your inbox every Monday. We’ve done the hard work in collating this for you
- exclusive content: be the first to know about new job openings, academic positions, and training courses.
Subscribe today and never miss an opportunity. The bulletin is free to CIfA members. Non-members and Institutions can subscribe for a fee (see more details below).
You can view paid for adverts on our online jobs board. This does not include the wider weekly information on academic, museum, training and volunteering opportunities.
Advertise
Advertisements (up to a maximum A4 page) can be placed in JIST and online for a fee:
- £150 for a standard advert (maximum A4 page)
- £75 for a single paragraph (maximum of 60 words)
- CIfA Registered Organisations can advertise for free (up to a maximum A4 page)
Adverts will appear in the circulated Jobs bulletin once and remain online until the closing date has passed.
Advertisers are asked to provide the information requested in the following guidance:
- Please email final copy as a Word document (.docx) and a logo (.jpg) to Michael Sharp at admin@archaeologists.net by 5pm on a Wednesday for your advert to go into the next Monday's bulletin. If you have not received a reply within 48 hours, please get in touch to check we have received your advert.
- Advertising a training role? Please refer to the CIfA policies document on the use of training posts, Section 2.4 pp11-12. Further guidance and links to example training plans can be found here.
- Advertising an invitation to tender? We expect organisations to ensure their tender invitations comply with the Code of conduct and relevant CIfA Standards when calculating the tender value. We don't regularly monitor individual tenders but will ask for further information if our members raise concerns about specific adverts.
Please note, firm quotes can only be provided on receipt of full advert text and there may be an extra charge for any revisions. It is the advertiser's responsibility to provide all relevant details in their advert, including web links, salary and a closing date.
While we do not control advertisements that appear in the bulletin, if any adverts appear to raise issues of employment practice, we will contact the advertising organisation to address these issues. This includes compliance with the UK National Minimum Wage.
CIfA’s salary benchmarking for 2024 was carried out using data from a selection of jobs advertised in JIST and on BAJR between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024 and highlights minimum, maximum and average salaries for roles requiring Practitioner (PCIfA), Associate (ACIfA) and Member (MCIfA) level competence. You can see the results here
Subscribe - Institutions and non-members
- Institutions can receive the regular JIST bulletin for an annual fee of £175 which includes four free advertisements, please email admin@archaeologists.net.
- JIST is also available to non-members for an annual fee of £70, please select and pay below.
Alternatively non-members may wish to consider joining CIfA as the subscription fee for some levels is cheaper than the cost of subscribing to JIST. Not only would you receive the JIST for free, but you would also have access to all CIfA bulletins and publications at no extra cost, plus many other benefits.
An alternative job service, providing on-line details of jobs placed by paying advertisers, is provided by the British Archaeological Jobs Resource. CIfA's jobs bulletin and BAJR are not competitors, but offer different and complementary services for those seeking archaeological staff or employment.