Grant Management Compliance and Assurance Team Manager

The National Lottery Heritage Fund; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

The National Lottery Heritage Fund is seeking a Grant Management Compliance and Assurance Team Manager in Leeds. This full-time permanent role combines strong leadership with hands-on oversight of grant assurance and risk management activities.

You will lead a high-performing team, champion governance, and foster collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring adherence to ALB standards and Disability Confident commitments.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of grant-giving standards, processes, and risks.
• Experience with management assurance frameworks and reviews.
• Strong risk management understanding.
• Ability to develop and implement learning and development plans.
• Proficient IT skills including Excel and databases.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Grant Management Compliance and Assurance team.
• Oversee delivery of assurance reviews and remediation actions.
• Build senior stakeholder relationships and provide strategic guidance.
• Ensure delivery of objectives in a hybrid working environment.

Skills

Leadership

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Problem solving

Excel

Databases

Microsoft Office

Tools

Excel

Databases

Microsoft Office

Job description

Grant Management Compliance and Assurance Team Manager

We are currently recruiting for a full time Grant Management Compliance and Assurance Team Manager on a permanent contract, based in any of the Heritage Fund’s offices in the following locations: Birmingham, Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Nottingham (Hybrid Working).

Required Knowledge

• Detailed knowledge of the standards, processes, procedures, and risks involved in grant giving by an Arm’s Length Body (ALB).
• Expert knowledge and understanding of management assurance frameworks, processes and assurance reviews and how they can support effective grant management.
• Excellent understanding of risk management processes and approaches.
• Good understanding of how skills, knowledge and capabilities are developed in aworkplace through fit for purpose learning and development activities.
• Competent IT skills including good working knowledge of Microsoft Office,Excel/spreadsheets and the use of databases.

Management and Leadership Skills

• Implementing appropriate leadership approaches and activities to ensure a highperforming team.
• Demonstrable experience of building and maintaining effective business relationships at all levels of seniority both internal and external.
• Experience of leading, managing and developing teams helping the individuals within them to realise their potential.
• An active and constructive contributor willing to take the lead as necessary to ensure delivery of the team objectives, a positive team culture, and to support other senior managers within the Central Team.
• Knowledge of best practice in relation to equalities, diversity, and inclusion.

Problem-Solving Skills

• Experience of assessing complex services against agreed service standards andimplementing improvement activities where appropriate.
• Proven ability to problem solve and identify the root causes of performance variances.
• Demonstrable capability to develop and execute appropriate remediation plans to address causal problems.
• Ability to prioritise a highly demanding workload with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail to agreed deadlines within a busy environment with minimal supervision.

Communication Skills

• Excellent communication skills: clear, effective and authoritative in spoken communication, high standard of written English, able to state a case clearly, logically and concisely. Effective presentation skills.
• Role model for the Heritage Fund’s behaviours and able to deal in a helpful andprofessional way with a wide range of people.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident

Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.

Company: The National Lottery Heritage Fund

Salary: £51,822 to £61,443 a year

Hours: Full-time

Location: Leeds

Working pattern: Hybrid - 3 days remote

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 12 Oct 2026

Closing date: 8 Nov 2026