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The National Lottery Heritage Fund; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Disability Confident employer

Job summary

The National Lottery Heritage Fund is recruiting an Investment Manager to support investment activity across the London and South area. The role involves advising applicants, assessing and monitoring projects, and contributing to team plans.

Based in London or Exeter with hybrid working, you will collaborate across the Investment Team to deliver impactful heritage funding and provide guidance to communities and applicants.

Job description

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 our London or Exeter Office (Hybrid Working).

The primary purpose of this post is to work as part of the Investment Team to deliver investment activity across the London and South 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 London and South team plan. Contributing to the wider work of the London and South team.

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 20 September 2026 at 23:59.

Interviews are expected to take place on 9 October 2026.

Investment Manager (London and South)

Company: The National Lottery Heritage Fund Salary: £28,329 to £31,019 a year Hours: Full-time Location: EX1 1TS Working pattern: Hybrid - 3 days remote Job type: Permanent Posting date: 3 Sept 2026 Closing date: 20 Sept 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.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident

Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.