Investment Manager (North)

The National Heritage Memorial Fund; Guiseley; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A heritage funding organization is looking for an Investment Manager based in the North (Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle) to drive investment activities and support the community's heritage initiatives. This role emphasizes teamwork, guidance to applicants, and monitoring project applications within a flexible hybrid working environment.

Benefits

Hybrid working arrangement

Inclusive workplace policies

Flexible approach to working

Qualifications

• Experience in investment management.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to assess and monitor a wide range of applications.

Responsibilities

• Advise and guide applicants on investment activity.
• Assess and monitor applications and projects.
• Support outreach activities for the North Area team.

Job description

Overview

Vacancy Type: Permanent/Full Time Salary £28,329 to £31,019 (R2) Location: Any of the Heritage Fund's Offices in the North - Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle (Hybrid Working) Application Deadline: Sunday, October 19, 2025

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 permanent contract based in any of the Heritage Fund's offices in the North: Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle (Hybrid Working).

Responsibilities

The primary purpose of this post is to work as part of the Investment Team to deliver investment activity across the North Area including providing advice and guidance to applicants; assessing and monitoring a wide range of applications / projects; post completion work; participating in outreach activities and supporting the delivery of the North Area team plan. Contributing to the wider work of the North Area team.

Application information

• Applications close on 19 October 2025.
• Interviews are expected to take place on 12 November 2025.

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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