Investment Manager (Midlands and East)

The National Heritage Memorial Fund; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

The National Lottery Heritage Fund is recruiting a fixed-term Investment Manager to join the Midlands and East Investment Team. Based in Birmingham, Nottingham or Cambridge with hybrid working, you will assess and monitor a wide range of heritage projects and provide guidance to applicants.

You will work collaboratively to deliver Heritage 2033, support outreach activities and help ensure heritage is inclusive and accessible now and for future generations.

Responsibilities

• Assess and monitor a wide range of heritage applications/projects.
• Provide advice and guidance to applicants throughout the process.
• Engage in post-completion work and occasional outreach activities.

Job description

Vacancy Type Fixed Term/Full Time Salary £29,179 to £32,074 (R2) Location Any of the Heritage Fund's offices in Midlands and East - Birmingham, Nottingham or Cambridge (Hybrid Working) Application Deadline Sunday, October 25, 2026 Job Summary

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 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 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 fixed term contract until 9 June 2027 (Adoption Leave Cover) based in any of the Heritage Fund’s Offices in the Midlands and East – Birmingham, Cambridge or Nottingham (Hybrid Working).

The primary purpose of this post is to work as part of the Midlands and East Investment Team, working inclusively and collaborative to deliver ambitious projects to meet our Heritage 2033 Strategy. The role includes providing advice and guidance to applicants; assessing and monitoring a wide range of applications/projects; post completion work and occasional participation in outreach activities.

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 25 October 2026 at 23:59.
• Interviews are expected to take place on 11 November 2026.

Our Values

Our Values and Behaviours sit at the heart of our work and are central to how we recruit. How you demonstrate our Values is just as important to us as your skills and experience.

• 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.

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.

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