Call for tenders: 21CAP Local Authority Archaeology Services: Building resilience by anticipating change

CIfA
Closing date: 
Monday, April 8, 2024
Contract
To start April/May 2024, subject to agreement, concluding approximately 12 months
Salary
Approx. £20,000
Location
Remote, some travel by agreement possible.

Summary

Description of contract:

CIfA is seeking a consultant, or consultants to undertake work on a Historic England funded project under the 21st Century Challenges for Archaeology work programme. The project involves working with local authority historic environment service users and providers to explore challenges and opportunities currently facing local authority archaeological services. The main focus of the project will be on gathering information from various stakeholder groups through a combination of methods including focus groups, survey, and interviews, and analysing this information in discussion with a project board, and presenting the information in a public report.

The project will require the successful tenderer to navigate a complicated stakeholder landscape and both extract views from practitioners and then develop learning outcomes and advice which is useful to inform future decision making for individual historic environment service practitioners and the wider leadership of the sector.

Full details of the brief can be found here.

Contact & closing date: Expressions of interest are welcome from organisations or individuals. Please give details of your/the proposed project team’s relevant experience, availability and chargeable rates and send to rob.lennox@archaeologists.net by 8 April 2024. Proposals will be assessed by the Project Board against the criteria outlined in the brief.

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