Grants Manager (Regional Grants)

LGBT Jobs; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Defined benefit pension

28 days holiday

Discounts

Free entry to English Heritage sites

Development opportunities

Job summary

Historic England is seeking a Grants Manager (Regional Grants) to centrally administer and deliver our Places and People & Research grant schemes, while guiding regional teams across multiple locations. You will manage strategic grant programs, including DCMS-funded HARCF and PWRF, and contribute to the Historic England Strategic Plan 2026-31.

The role offers hybrid working and a generous benefits package, with development opportunities and flexible arrangements.

Qualifications

• Experience in the historic environment, heritage or a heritage related field.
• Experience and a proven track record of grant and/or other major financial management.
• Experience of line management and/or effective management skills exercised in a high-pressure environment.
• Experience in prioritising and assessing grant applications and designs especially in terms of value for money and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Central administration and delivery of the Places and People & Research grant schemes.
• Advising regional teams, and managing HARCF and Places of Worship Renewal Fund (PWRF).
• Support central and regional teams delivering HARCF and PWRF.

Skills

Historic environment

Heritage financial management

Line management

Grant application assessment

Persuasive communication

Job description

Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK York, UK Manchester, UK Birmingham, UK Swindon, UK Bristol, UK Portsmouth, UK Cambridge, UK

Job Type: Permanent, Full-time

Highlighted points for this job

Role: Grants Manager (Regional Grants)

Location: Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth, or Cambridge with hybrid working

Responsibilities: Central administration and delivery of Places and People & Research grant schemes, advising regional teams, and managing Heritage at Risk Capital and Places of Worship Renewal Fund

Qualifications: Experience in historic environment, heritage financial management, line management, grant application assessment, and persuasive communication

Work Environment: Equal opportunity employer, disability confident leader, flexible working options

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 Grants Manager (Regional Grants). This is a full time, permanent position. The location of this role is either Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) or Cambridge, inclusive with hybrid working. 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. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here. What you will be doing This post forms part of the Grants Team, which brings together management of our Places and People & Research grant schemes, as well as support for time-limited Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) funded grant programmes, which currently includes the Heritage at Risk Capital (HARCF) and Places of Worship Renewal Fund (PWRF) from 2026 to 2030. As our Grants Manager (Regional Grants), working with Grants Team colleagues, regional teams and other Groups, you will make a major contribution to the successful delivery of the Historic England Strategic Plan 2026-31. You will take a proactive role in the central administration and delivery of the grants delivered by Historic England’s regional teams, specifically the Places grants and regional People grants, and advise and support the central and regional teams delivering the HARCF and PWRF.

Who we are looking for

Experience in the historic environment, heritage or a heritage related field

Experience and a proven track record of grant and/or other major financial management

Experience of line management and/or effective management skills exercised in a high-pressure environment

Experience in prioritising and assessing grant applications and designs especially in terms of value for money and outcomes

Ability to communicate persuasively and diplomatically with staff at all levels, and with colleagues and a diversity of external partners, both verbally and in writing, in a manner which instils and inspires confidence

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 [e-mail] 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 healthy work-life balance.

We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don't prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can.

We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.

Why work for Historic England

We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level.

Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at [e-mail] if you have any recruitment queries.

At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role.

At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration - not as direct input.

Provisional interview dates: 13th November 2026

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