ALB-Historic England-Sustainable Workforce Research Model (360G-cabinetoffice-GA-168985)

The Institute of Conservation and Chartered Institute for Archaeologists are delighted to be partnering on a Historic England funded project to develop a sustainable toolkit for collecting, analysing and presenting labour market intelligence (LMI) on the heritage workforce. The toolkit will comprise an accessible methodology and survey template that can be used by all professional bodies and organisations wishing to survey the heritage workforce. This will encourage a common approach to undertaking research and result in consistent and comparable results on different subsectors of heritage, facilitating a broader overview of developments.The project will enable the ongoing collection, analysis and presentation of data on workforce size, composition, skills and trends in employment and education. Such research is needed to inform measures to ensure the workforce is equipped with the right skills and experience to investigate, manage and maintain the nations heritage and so that the workforce fully reflects the society that it aims to benefit.