Manager, Business

Job Description

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 Performance Manager.

This is a full time, permanent contract position.

The location of this role is national, inclusive with hybrid working. You will be based in one of our following offices and from home – Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge.

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.

• Provide leadership of Historic England’s corporate performance framework, ensuring that performance is clearly defined, robustly monitored and effectively communicated.
• Lead the development of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and the Balanced Scorecard, providing insight and challenge to senior stakeholders.
• Produce high quality performance reporting to the Executive Team, Historic England Commission, Business and Finance Committee and the sponsoring department, the DCMS, strengthening data‑led decision making.
• Curate insight, not just data, and contribute directly to strategic discussions.

• Experience leading corporate performance frameworks or performance reporting functions.
• Demonstrable experience developing and managing KPIs.
• Analytical and data interpretation skills.
• Ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders.
• Experience producing strategic reports and communicating complex information clearly.
• Experience driving improvement, innovation or best practice.

• 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

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. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented at this level.