National Projects Manager; Generation

National Projects Manager (Income Generation) Historic England

Employment Type

Part time 0.5 FTE, 2 year fixed-term contract

Seniority Mid-level

• Closing:9:00am, 8th Sep 2026 BST

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 (Income Generation).

This is a part time (0.5 FTE), 2 year fixed-term contract.

The salary for the role is £40,778 pro-rata (national), £43,903 pro-rata (Greater London)

The location of this role is either York, Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham, Cambridge, Swindon, Bristol or Portsmouth, 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

As a key member of the Portfolio Development and Delivery Team (Portfolio), you willbe responsible for managing the delivery of Historic England’sIncome Generation Portfolio, working closely with the Portfolio’s Senior Responsible Officer and Board. You will also manage projects and initiatives as part of Historic England’sIncome Generation Strategy, working closely with the Philanthropy and Income Development department,external collaborators and partners and a range of colleagues across Historic England.

This rolemay involve some line management responsibility.

Who we are looking for

A confident and highly effective project manager, supported with a relevant project management qualification (PRINCE2, MSP, MoP, Agile or equivalent) and proven experience of working with and/ or supporting governance boards.

The successful candidate will bring demonstrable project management and delivery experience, preferably in commercial and/or business development on income generation initiatives.

They will be equipped with excellent communication skills, including the ability to analyse information and present it verbally and in writing, clearly and concisely, along with the ability to build and sustain effective working relationships with colleagues and external partners and manage multi-disciplinary project teams.

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.

We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can.

We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.

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