10 Community Archaeology Training Placements now available!

Submitted by Phil Pollard on Mon, 2011-12-19 15:37
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Do you want to develop your career in archaeology?
Are you interested in working directly with a wide range of communities?

The CBA is offering 10 twelve month paid bursary places with different host organisations across the UK, aimed at training individuals who already have a good working knowledge of archaeological theory and practice in the skills needed to run and support effective community archaeology projects.

The bursaries are funded through the Heritage Lottery Fund’s Skills for the Future programme, with support from English Heritage, Cadw and Historic Scotland.

Placements will start in April 2012 and successful candidates will receive a salaried bursary of approx £16,450 (see individual job descriptions for further details).

The host organisations and locations for this year of CATPs are:

  • Cadw (Cardiff)
  • Canterbury Archaeological Trust (Canterbury)
  • Dyfed Archaeological Trust (Llandeilo)
  • Glamorgan Gwent Archaeological Trust (Swansea)
  • Gwynedd Archaeological Trust (Bangor)
  • Norfolk Historic Environment Service (Gressenhall)
  • Oxford University Department of Continuing Education (Oxford),
  • Royal Commission for the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (Edinburgh)
  • Royal Commission for the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (Aberystwyth)
  • Wessex Archaeology (Salisbury)

For full details of the posts please visit our Community Archaeology Bursaries Project website where you can download application packs for each post (includes full job descriptions, person specifications and interview dates)

Closing date for all CATP applications: Friday 20th January 2012