The Scottish Strategic Archaeology Committee (SSAC) is looking for new members.
The SSAC was originally formed in 2013 and led on the creation and delivery of ‘Scotland’s Archaeology Strategy’. As the first 10-year strategy draws to a close the Committee is looking for new members to help shape and deliver a new Archaeology Strategy for Scotland.
The Committee includes members who have expertise in a range of areas. We are currently looking for new members who can specifically represent the following areas:
- Early Career
- Young person (<30 years)
- Marine and Maritime
- University representative
- Commercial/development-led archaeology
The aims of the SSAC are to:
- Help create, promote and deliver Scotland’s Archaeology Strategy
- Lead on the Archaeology sector delivery of national strategy objectives (e.g. Our Past Our Future, Scotland’s Museum and Galleries Strategy)
- Represent key areas of expertise in the sector
Key areas to be supported by the Committee include:
- Development and promotion of Scotland’s Archaeology Strategy
- Development of a regularly updated implementation plan
- Oversight of delivery
- Discussion of timescales, funding and priorities for areas to be addressed
The Committee meets four times a year and there are occasional additional working-groups set up within the Committee, to deliver various aims and objectives of the Strategy. These have included: regional research frameworks; the Museums Working Group; the Archaeology and Learning Working Group; the Archaeological Skills and Training Group.
Committee meetings last for around half a day – from 11am until 3pm. All meetings are either hybrid (with meetings rotating location) or online only.
Committee members represent their areas of expertise, although representatives of the Aim lead bodies also represent those institutions. All are expected to read papers in advance of meetings in order for meetings to focus on questions on the papers in principle discussion items. Members are expected to serve four-year terms.
Further information on the SSAC, including past and current members, can be found on the Strategy website: https://archaeologystrategy.scot/committee/
If you are interested in joining the Committee and can fill one of the gaps in expertise, please email g.macgregor@archaeologyscotland.org.uk by Friday 11th December including a short paragraph on what experience you bring to the Committee and how you will represent the area of specific focus and conversely, how the Strategy will help with your experiences and networks?
Thank you for your interest.
For more info on the Strategy, please see the website