Heritage Consultant - Melbourne
	Niche

Use your experience to make a positive impact
 
Niche is a leading consultancy specialising in natural capital and offsetting, terrestrial and aquatic ecology, heritage management, and spatial services.
 
Our purpose is to empower people to create a sustainable future.
 
We’re looking for a Heritage Consultant to join our diverse community of talented, innovative technical experts and strategic advisors. Our people are proud to do work that matters, to make an impact working on some of the most consequential, challenging, and inspiring projects in their industry.

Find your Niche – a place you can thrive 
 
From the start of our business in 2009, we have trusted our people with the flexibility they need to structure work around their lives and the autonomy to deliver their projects from end to end. On any given day our people will be working from home, in the field, or from one of our offices located across the east coast of Australia.
 
We value your expertise and ensure you have the systems, support, and tools to do what you do best. Whatever your role with Niche, you can take advantage of:
 
Time for your wellbeing, personal development, and family

• Additional paid leave to support your health, wellbeing, development, and personal fulfilment
• Spend time with family or friends, volunteer in your community, or work on a personal project
• Competitive parental leave policy to support parents and carers

Recognition for your time and effort

• Competitive in-field TIL policy, and incentives/allowances to recognise your time in the field​
• Competitive total rewards package and allowances

 Support to master your craft

• A network of peers, mentors, leaders, senior specialists, and experts accessible through our buddy and mentoring programs
• Flexible career pathways to progress in both technical and people leadership streams
• Financial assistance and leave to support your continuing professional development.

About the role 
We are looking for an early career professional to work in collaboration with our Heritage team which operates across Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. The role will involve supporting our work in Victoria, and with opportunities to work on interstate projects. In this role you will work directly with client from a diverse range of industries, Aboriginal representatives, and communities. You will have the opportunity to mentor and support your teammates and take on direct management of projects.
 
This position is ideal for individuals who are seeking a company that is focused on sustainable future growth and a role that further develops their technical skill set in cultural heritage management.

What will make us a great match 

• This role will best suit an early career professional who is looking to further develop their skill set in cultural heritage management through:
• Exposure to complex cultural heritage projects
• Opportunities to designing and undertake fieldwork
• Preparation of Cultural Heritage Management Plans, Preliminary Aboriginal Heritage Tests and Due Diligence Assessments
• Providing detailed technical and statutory advice on Aboriginal cultural heritage and historic heritage matters

Specifically, we are looking for a highly motivated early career candidate with:

• A Tertiary qualification in Archaeology is essential with an Honours Degree with a focus on Australian Aboriginal archaeology
• One to two years industry experience, especially in Victoria
• Current Drivers License and capacity to work outdoors essential

You should be prepared to work flexible hours, including during field work, and be willing to travel to field mainly in Victoria, but occasionally interstate

Other non-technical skills required include a passion for heritage, excellent communication skills, computer literacy, and ability to work autonomously as well as part of a specialist team.

About Niche and the team 

 At Niche, we look to the future and ask how we can empower people to make a positive difference and to solve clients’ problems in a way that balances a need for development with respect for heritage and reliance upon our environment.

Heritage management

Niche provides specialist cultural heritage services to a wide range of industry sectors and to clients of various scale. Our experienced archaeologists and heritage professionals work closely with project proponents, landholders, local communities and traditional owners to provide site assessments, management plans, archival recording and analysis and conservation advice.
 
With over 20 years industry experience Justin Shiner is a highly knowledgeable cultural heritage professional. Over this period, he has overseen a wide range of Indigenous  and historical cultural heritage projects throughout most Australian jurisdictions and have international experience in cultural heritage management in Mongolia, Namibia and Peru. He has recently undertaken an international review of cultural heritage practice at Glencore’s global sites and currently advises Glencore on a greenfields mine development on Cape York Peninsula.

How to apply 
 
If this sounds like a great fit, submit your CV and cover letter addressing the key requirements to careers@niche-eh.com.
 
Niche is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage qualified candidates of all differences to apply. Our recruitment process includes behavioural and medical testing.

We also recognise the same recruitment process doesn’t fit all, so if you require any accommodations or adjustments, simply let us know at the time you apply.