Interpretation Consultant

West Midlands Historic Buildings Trust (WMHBT) is a Building Preservation Trust within the West Midlands Heritage group and is seeking to appoint a consultant to support the interpretation of the ‘St Michael’s Place – A Homely Future’ project through its delivery phase.

An interpretation specialist is sought to lead on the interpretation of St Michael’s Place and to reflect the development of the site and surrounding area over time. As the buildings will be inhabited by residents after completion, the interpretation will provide a valuable legacy to the project, allowing people to see ‘inside’ the buildings via interpretation online and around the site.

We expect that the successful candidate will:

• Formalise an interpretation plan based on our Activity Statement to include target audiences.
• Oversee the delivery of all interpretation for the project in the Activity Statement.
• Promote and support community involvement in the development of the project interpretation (in particular the Physic Garden and co-design approach to designing the railings along the Saltisford pavement).
• Support the training of project volunteers so that they are informed.
• Take part in engagements days, such as Heritage Open Days, to be agreed with the project team.
• Agree the format of final interpretation outputs with the project team.
• Work with our appointed digital interpretation consultants, videographer, landscape architect, project architect and others to ensure that the outputs of the project form accurate and cohesive interpretation.
• Lead and advise on the tone and key themes for interpretation, whilst working within the approved purposes of the grant and Activity Statement.
• Support the project architect to obtain statutory consents for physical interpretation to be installed on site, including pre-application discussions, writing applications and responding to clarification requests during the assessment.

External consultants will be expected to work with WMHBT trustees, consultants, Warwick District Council officers, local organisations and volunteers in capturing and collating the data and digital assets, including sound recording, videos, and research notes, required for the project. A Heritage Engagement Co-ordinator is arranging and delivering the project Activity Statement, supported by a Heritage Community Assistant and a Heritage Assistant; so, it will be essential that a close working relationship is developed to enable all of the proposed activities to be monitored and evaluated.