Kate Langley Email & Phone Number

West Midlands

• As a Heritage Advisor, I work with a diverse range of business functions including; environment, operational, asset management, engineering, estates, planning and third party works to deliver the following:
• Act as key contact in the region for heritage related matters - providing informed technical advice, guidance and support to the Trust departments, covering heritage assets and the wider historic environment to ensure.
• Perform research, site visits, assessment and recording of heritage assets, identify impacts on the historic environment and report heritage incidents.
• Negotiate heritage consents, monitor heritage works, demonstrate best conservation practice and ensure works are legally compliant, to safeguard the reputation of the Trust.
• Deliver awareness-raising training, toolbox talks and facilitate practical training for the Trust staff, contractors, volunteers and stakeholder or community groups.
• Perform heritage assessments, surveys or other reports as required for the Trust projects or works.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Fazeley, Tamworth

I work with voluntary restoration groups across England and Wales who are working towards restoring sections of waterways which are currently in a state of disrepair and are unnavigable. My job involves producing resources which help groups to persuade stakeholders that restoration adds value to an area. I have also produced an interpretation toolkit which.

Castleton, Derbyshire

I managed a team of three staff to provide excellent customer care. This involved ensuring that the site was presented to the highest standard possible. I managed the shop organising the layout and completing retail orders. I was the sub-accountant for the property managing budgets and cashing up the takings at the end of the day. Part of my role was to.

North East Offices

I worked in the North East English Heritage offices, as a research consultant. I researched the Directly Employed Labour Force. I produced the project brief, carried out desk base research and interviewed ex members of the DEL. I then compiled my findings in a report. During my time on work placement I also had the opportunity to go along on site visits.

Gibside, Tyne And Wear

Gibside is a beautiful National Trust property in the North East of England, with tranquil grounds, a ruined hall and an ornate chapel. Whilst volunteering at Gibside my main role was to welcome visitors to the chapel and to answer any questions they may have had. During my time at Gibside I wrote and carried out a survey on interpretation techniques with.

Staffordshire

I volunteered for Staffordshire Museum Service, based at Shugborough Hall. I carried out research for an exhibition on entertainment in Staffordshire in the past 200 years, using the internet, archives and libraries. This was a very interesting project as the exhibition was for the 'Museum on the Move', an ex- library bus which moves around Staffordshire.

Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

Whilst studying A Level Archaeology, I volunteered with Stoke-on-Trent Museum Service with friends from college. It was hot summer - too hot for physical exertion and we were working on the excavation at the Lawn Farm Moated Site in Staffordshire. It was interesting to gain an insight into how a dig works and how tiring it can be. Initially I was working.

Post-Graduate Diploma Conservation Of The Built Environment, Historic Preservation And Conservation, Distinction

Master Of Arts (Ma), Heritage Management, Merit

Modules: Issues and Ideas, Communication and Interpretation, Management, Heritage Management 1 (International conventions, legislation.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), History, 2:1

Third Year Modules: Reading History, Writing History, Viking Age Scandinavia Dissertation on: 'The Symbolic Importance of the Oseberg Ship.