Learning Manager North West

Historic England; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

28 days holiday

Discounts

Free entry to English Heritage sites

Development opportunities

Job summary

Historic England is seeking a Learning Manager North West. This full-time, 2-year fixed-term contract role involves leading delivery of the Heritage Schools programme across the North West and building teacher and partner capability to embed local heritage in teaching.

You will use evidence to improve impact and drive inclusive practice. The role offers hybrid working options in multiple national locations, with occasional travel.

Qualifications

• Recent classroom experience in a UK state primary or secondary school.
• Qualified Teacher Status.
• Strong understanding of curriculum and pedagogy and how local heritage can be used in teaching.
• Experience designing and delivering engaging, inclusive training for teachers or education partners.
• Experience managing projects or programmes, budgets, and partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of the Heritage Schools programme across the North West.
• Build the capability of teachers and partners and improve impact using evidence.
• Lead a national specialism to strengthen inclusive practice across the programme.

Skills

Classroom experience

Qualified Teacher Status

Curriculum & pedagogy

Training delivery

Partnership facilitation

Job description

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 Learning Manager North West.

This is a Full Time, 2 Year Fixed-Term Contract. We require the successful candidate to start by end of January 2027.

The location of this role is remote from home in a national area or hybrid in a national office either York, Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol or Portsmouth. Occasional travel is required.

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

As our Learning Manager, you will lead delivery of the Heritage Schools programme across an agreed region, helping schools, particularly those serving pupils who face barriers to participation, to embed local heritage in teaching and learning. You will build the capability of teachers and partners, use evidence to improve impact and lead a national specialism that strengthens inclusive practice across the programme.

Who we are looking for

• Recent classroom experience gained in a UK state primary or secondary school and Qualified Teacher Status
• A strong understanding of curriculum and pedagogy and evidence of using local heritage or the historic environment to create engaging learning.
• Experience of designing and delivering engaging, inclusive and accessible training or professional development that builds the confidence and capability of teachers, trainee teachers or education partners.
• Strong partnership‑building, facilitation and influencing skills, with evidence of working effectively across organisations or sectors to achieve shared outcomes.
• Experience of managing projects or programmes, budgets and funded partnerships, using strong organisational skills, monitoring and evaluation to manage competing priorities and deliver agreed outcomes.

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.

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.

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: 23rd November 2026