Project Manager, Program ​/ Project Manager, Operations Manager

Job Profile:
Project Manager

Vacancy Type:
Fixed Term / Full Time. Salary: £41,065 to £47,096 (R4).

Location:

Any of the Heritage Fund’s Offices in Birmingham, Cambridge, Nottingham, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Cardiff (Hybrid Working). Final date to receive applications:
Sunday, February 1, 2026.

The National Lottery Heritage Fund is the largest funder for the UK’s heritage. Our vision is for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future. We believe in the power of heritage to ignite the imagination, offer joy and inspiration, and to build pride in place and connection to the past. Our mission is to use our expertise to support and champion the UK’s heritage and demonstrate the transformative potential of National Lottery funding through delivering our new strategy Heritage 2033.

We ensure that money from The National Lottery makes a decisive difference for people, places and communities.

• Customer care and support, user‑focused investment management systems including developing a new digital service design approach to improving business processes, new ways of grant management, project management, compliance, and post‑completion monitoring. Supports the country and area teams across the UK with the resources to provide a consistent and high‑quality service to applicants and grantees through development of the knowledge hub, the How to Guide, Register of Support Services, and bespoke training and skills development.
• Inspiring, leading and resourcing the heritage across the UK through sharing best practice, lessons learned, and knowledge across the sector and in liaison with other grant‑giving trusts, foundations, and agencies. Working across departments to develop the Fund’s capability and capacity to develop its grant‑making services to other bodies, including development and oversight of grant‑in‑aid programmes.
• Work with the Head of Projects to oversee the management of internal projects related to the delivery of our strategic ambitions. Work with staff across the organisation to develop processes, application materials and project management tools and ensure compliance.
• Support the team to ensure projects are delivered on time, achieve the specified objectives and provide updates for internal and external stakeholders on progress. At times, the role will focus exclusively on one project but this may change depending on the lifecycle of each project.

• Applications close on Sunday, 1 February 2026.
• Interviews are expected to take place on Friday, 13 February 2026.

• Inclusive of all aspects of heritage, people and communities
• Ambitious for our people, communities and heritage
• Collaborative by working and learning together
• Trusted for our integrity, expertise and judgement

The National Lottery Heritage Fund has offices all over the UK and we champion a flexible approach to working where this supports our business needs. We have formally adopted a hybrid working approach. This means that most employees will work from their contracted Heritage Fund office twice a week e spent on site visits to projects or other meetings based at another Heritage Fund or external office are counted as part of those two days.

The other days in the week employees may work from home.

We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for every vacancy. We always endeavour to make reasonable adjustments and special requirements can be discussed and arranged before an interview.

The National Lottery Heritage Fund pledges to provide an inclusive working and learning environment for our people which prioritises fairness, equality, diversity and inclusion as well as dignity and respect for all. We will create a workspace where intimidation, discrimination, harassment, bullying and victimisation are not tolerated and actively prevented and opposed.