Grants Manager; Regional Grants

Location:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK York, UK Manchester, UK Birmingham, UK Swindon, UK Bristol, UK Portsmouth, UK Cambridge, UK

Job Type:
Permanent, Full-time

Role:
Grants Manager (Regional Grants)

Location:

Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth, or Cambridge with hybrid working

Responsibilities:
Central administration and delivery of Places and People & Research grant schemes, advising regional teams, and managing Heritage at Risk Capital and Places of Worship Renewal Fund

Qualifications:

Experience in historic environment, heritage financial management, line management, grant application assessment, and persuasive communication

Work Environment:
Equal opportunity employer, disability confident leader, flexible working options

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 Grants Manager (Regional Grants).
This is a full time, permanent position. 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.

To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here.
What you will be doing This post forms part of the Grants Team, which brings together management of our Places and People & Research grant schemes, as well as support for time-limited Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) funded grant programmes, which currently includes the Heritage at Risk Capital (HARCF) and Places of Worship Renewal Fund (PWRF) from 2026 to 2030.

As our Grants Manager (Regional Grants), working with Grants Team colleagues, regional teams and other Groups, you will make a major contribution to the successful delivery of the Historic England Strategic Plan 2026-31. You will take a proactive role in the central administration and delivery of the grants delivered by Historic England’s regional teams, specifically the Places grants and regional People grants, and advise and support the central and regional teams delivering the HARCF and PWRF.

Experience in the historic environment, heritage or a heritage related field

Experience and a proven track record of grant and/or other major financial management

Experience of line management and/or effective management skills exercised in a high-pressure environment

Experience in prioritising and assessing grant applications and designs especially in terms of value for money and outcomes

Ability to communicate persuasively and diplomatically with staff at all levels, and with colleagues and a diversity of external partners, both verbally and in writing, in a manner which instils and inspires confidence

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 recruitment if you have any recruitment queries.

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