Cluster Manager - Mount Grace Priory

English Heritage; Northallerton; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary from £32,446 per annum

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Pension contributions up to 10%

Flexible hours

Career progression in heritage

Apprenticeship opportunities

Discounts in shops and cafes

Free site access for you and up to six

Share parental leave options

Additional leave options

Job summary

English Heritage is seeking a Cluster Manager for Mount Grace Priory. You will lead the management team, oversee day-to-day operations, and ensure financial and compliance targets are met while keeping sites welcoming and inclusive.

The role is permanent, 36 hours per week, with responsibilities spanning Mount Grace Priory and remote support to other sites. Competitive salary and benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Effective communication is essential to represent sites.
• Commitment to continuous personal development.
• Ability to establish internal and external stakeholder relationships.
• Ability to develop a shared vision across a dispersed team.
• Demonstrate collaboration, innovation and empowerment in decision making.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and lead the management team in day-to-day site operations.
• Provide support, direction and guidance to meet financial and compliance targets.
• Ensure sites are enjoyable and inclusive places to work and visit.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder relations

Team leadership

Vision development

Collaboration

Innovation

Empowerment

Job description

Title: Cluster Manager - Mount Grace Priory

Location: Mount Grace Priory, Saddle Bridge, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, DL6 3JG

Salary: From £32,446 per annum, dependent on skills and experience / 36 hours per week / Permanent

Job type: Permanent

Ref: 16584

Heritage is for everybody, and we are here for heritage.

Heritage lives in places and people, memories and stories, artefacts and traditions. It can connect us all to the past, and to each other. It can make us happier, strengthen every community, and help shape society for the better. Everybody should be able to enjoy the benefits it brings.

That’s why, as a charity, we care for over a million objects and hundreds of historic sites in every part of England, from international icons to local treasures. And it’s why we open them up, share their stories and find new ways for everybody to enjoy, learn, play and create.

We are looking for an area Cluster Manager to join our team based at Mount Grace Priory - House & Gardens on the edge of the North York Moors National Park. This is an incredible leadership opportunity for someone who is looking for the next step in their management career, where you will support, develop and inspire an established management team at Mount Grace, as well as provide remote support and guidance to managers based at Middleham Castle, Barnard Castle and Richmond Castle. The role is full‑time (36 hours per week) and permanent.

The Benefits

• Salary from £32,446, depending on skills, experience and location
• 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, pro rata, rising to 28 days after 3 years
• Matched pension contributions up to 10%
• Flexible hours
• The opportunity to progress your career within the heritage sector
• Apprenticeship opportunities
• Subscriptions to professional bodies
• Free access to all English Heritage sites for you and up to six friends and family members
• 25% discount in our shops and cafes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity or shared parental leave
• Options to buy additional leave
• An inclusive working atmosphere where everybody is supported from all backgrounds, religions and with different needs
• Opportunities to go to some of our great live music and history.

You will oversee and lead your management team in the day‑to‑day management of their sites - providing support, direction and guidance in order that all important financial and compliance targets are met whilst also ensuring our sites are both enjoyable and inclusive places to work and visit.

To be a successful Cluster Manager you will need:

• to be an effective communicator with the confidence and ability to represent your sites.
• to be committed to continuous personal development.
• to be able to establish and cultivate effective internal and external stakeholder relationships.
• to be able to develop a shared vision across a dispersed team.
• to demonstrate our core behaviours of collaboration (how you work with others), innovation (how you work through change, developing new ideas and ways of working) and empowerment (how you make decisions and get things done)

Interviews will take place in early November.

Find out more about us and what we do on our website. You can also meet some of our people and hear about why they enjoy working with us.

Everybody's welcome at English Heritage

Forget the stereotypes. It takes thousands of people from every background to care for England's heritage and open it up for everybody to enjoy. We're looking for every type of person with every kind of skill and experience, and we're committed to making sure that English Heritage is an equitable, diverse and inclusive place to work. You can connect with others through our EDI networks as a member or ally. These include Ethnic Diversity, Faith & Belief, Social Equity, LGBTQ+, Neurodivergence, Age, Disability and Gender Health and Wellbeing.

We take wellbeing seriously. We are committed to ensuring everyone feels safe at work and can carry out their role. To support this, we have a network of Mental Health First Aiders, regular information and awareness events, unlimited access to an Employee Assistance Programme and work with our people to implement reasonable adjustments.

Closing date

11/10/2026 23:59:59

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