Summary

We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.

Historic England have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Partnerships Development Manager.

This is a Part Time, 6 months Fixed-Term Contract. We will consider 2 days or 2.5 days a week.

The location of this role is National where we offer hybrid working, you will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge. 

Salary

National: £38,067 - £40,545 pro-rata

Cambridge: £40,984 - £43,651 pro-rata

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 28% 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.

Please note we are open to secondment opportunities for this role.

What you will be doing

As our Partnerships Development Manager, you will take the lead on and develop opportunities for partnership funding from trusts and foundations, companies, individuals, strategic funders and other public bodies in support of agreed priorities. You will collaborate with colleagues in the Philanthropy and Development Team and the wider organisation to ensure funding opportunities are pursued and income is maximised.

Who we are looking for

• Fundraising experience and track record

• Strong and compelling written and verbal communication skills

• Experience of customer/funder relationship management

• Experience of delivering high quality donor cultivation and stewardship activity

• Prospect research skills

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 just won the Gold Award from MIND, 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. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.

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.

Historic England want all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries. 

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.

To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted.

Provisional virtual interview dates: 19th March or w/c 24th March 2025

Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –

https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/lsogf5wn/partnerships-development-manager.odt