Learning Manager North West

Employment Type

Full time 2 Year Fixed-Term Contract

Location Remote
· United Kingdom(multiple locations) Manchester
· York
· Newcastle
· Bristol
· Swindon
· Birmingham
· Portsmouth Based remotely from home in a national area with occasional travel or hybrid in a national office

Team Communications and Public Engagement - Participation Programmes Team

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 Learning Manager North West.

This is a Full Time, 2 Year Fixed-Term Contract. We require the successful candidate to start by end of January 2027.

The location of this role is remote from home in a national area or hybrid in a national office either York, Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol or Portsmouth. Occasional travel is required.

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 our Learning Manager, you will lead delivery of the Heritage Schools programme across an agreed region, helping schools, particularly those serving pupils who face barriers to participation, to embed local heritage in teaching and learning.

You will build the capability of teachers and partners, use evidence to improve impact and lead a national specialism that strengthens inclusive practice across the programme.

Who we are looking for

Recent classroom experience gained in a UK state primary or secondary school and Qualified Teacher Status

A strong understanding of curriculum and pedagogy and evidence of using local heritage or the historic environment to create engaging learning.

Experience of designing and delivering engaging, inclusive and accessible training or professional development that builds the confidence and capability of teachers, trainee teachers or education partners.

Strong partnership-building, facilitation and influencing skills, with evidence of working effectively across organisations or sectors to achieve shared outcomes.

Experience of managing projects or programmes, budgets and funded partnerships, using strong organisational skills, monitoring and evaluation to manage competing priorities and deliver agreed outcomes.

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.

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…