Investment Manager (Midlands and East)

The National Lottery Heritage Fund; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent heritage funding organization is seeking a full-time Investment Manager to deliver investment activities across the Midlands and East area. This role involves assessing applications for heritage projects, providing guidance, and participating in outreach activities. The candidate will join a supportive team and contribute to the strategic plan, Heritage 2033. This position offers hybrid working with opportunities to visit heritage sites. Applications close on January 4, 2026, with interviews on January 14, 2026.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering investment activities for heritage projects.
• Ability to assess and monitor project applications effectively.
• Strong communication and team collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver investment activity across the Midlands and East area.
• Assess and monitor applications for heritage projects.
• Provide advice and guidance to applicants.
• Participate in outreach activities to support Heritage 2033.

Skills

Investment activity delivery

Project assessment

Advice and guidance provision

Collaboration skills

Job description

The National Lottery Heritage Fund

As the largest funder for the UK’s heritage, our vision is for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everybody, now and in the future.

We believe in the power of heritage to ignite 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.

We are currently recruiting for a full‑time Investment Manager on a permanent contract, based in any of the Heritage Fund’s offices in the Midlands and East – Birmingham, Cambridge or Nottingham (Hybrid Working).

Role Purpose

The purpose of this role is to work as part of the Investment Team to deliver investment activity across the Midlands and East area. You will be part of an experienced and supportive team and have a unique chance to leave your imprint on national heritage, assessing and monitoring applications, providing advice and guidance to applicants and taking part in outreach activities to support the delivery of our new strategic plan, Heritage 2033.

Responsibilities

• Deliver investment activity across the Midlands and East area.
• Assess and monitor applications for heritage projects.
• Provide advice and guidance to applicants.
• Take part in outreach activities supporting the delivery of Heritage 2033.
• Collaborate with Marketing and Communications and other departments.

We will provide training and support, and you will have opportunities to visit heritage places and meet the organisations delivering the projects. You will collaborate with our wider team and gain an in‑depth understanding of the Heritage Fund’s work supporting heritage across the UK.

Discover some of the projects we have invested in heritage in the Midlands & East Area: Midlands and East | The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

We are happy to tell you more about the role or answer any questions. Please email Deena Balderson at [e-mail] or Simon Lewis at [e-mail] to find out more.

If you are excited about helping ensure that heritage is inclusive and accessible to everyone, for now and future generations, then we want to hear from you.

Applications close on 4 January 2026. Interviews are expected to take place on 14 January 2026.

Our Values

• 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.

Flexible Working

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 at minimum. Time 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.

Disability Confident Employer

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.