National Projects Manager; Digital

Employment Type

Full time Fixed Term Contract until 30th September 2028

Location Hybrid
· United Kingdom(multiple locations) Newcastle
· York
· Birmingham
· Manchester
· Swindon
· Bristol
· Portsmouth
· Cambridge Inclusive with hybrid working where you are based between the office and home

Seniority Mid-level

• Work from home option
• Wellness programs
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Additional parental leave
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Paid emergency leave
• Sabbatical Opportunities
• Mentoring/coaching
• Payroll giving
• Salary sacrifice
• Team social events
• Team lunches
• Extracurricular clubs
• Cycle to work scheme

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Summary

Historic England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone.

Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our National Projects Manager (Digital).

This is a Full Time, Fixed Term Contract until the 30th September 2028.

The salary for the role is:

The location of this role is either Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) or Cambridge, inclusive with hybrid working.

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.

What you will be doing

Portfolio Development & Delivery (Portfolio) sits within Corporate Services, providing high-quality, cost-effective support services that enable Historic England to care for England’s historic environment effectively. At the heart of the organisation, Corporate Services brings together planning, people, resources and estates to translate strategy into delivery, helping to bring new life to heritage for every place and everyone.

The Digital Team plays a key role in delivering Historic England’s Digital Services Portfolio, the strategic framework for governing, prioritising and delivering investment in digital systems, data and services. The portfolio encompasses a wide range of digital initiatives, including programmes, projects, business-as-usual activities and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, ensuring digital investment aligns with organisational priorities and delivers public value.

As a key member of the Portfolio Development & Delivery team, you will lead the successful delivery of digital projects that support the Digital Services Portfolio vision and objectives. Working closely with Information Management and Technology (IMT) colleagues and business stakeholders, you will drive continuous improvement, deliver user-focused digital solutions, and ensure systems and processes are fully documented, operationally ready and capable of delivering lasting organisational benefits.

• Experience of managing digital or technology projects
• Experience of agile or hybrid delivery approaches
• Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to manage conflicting priorities
• Able to present project progress to stakeholders - including making recommendations to support decision making.

Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria.

Historic England is a Disability Confident Leader and normally offers guaranteed interviews to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role, where it is practical and appropriate to do so. We want all candidates to shine in the recruitment process, so please tell us what we can do to help you show us your very best self. For more information, please visit our Everyone is Welcome page , or contact us at recruit men if you have any recruitment queries.

We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance.

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