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 is seeking a Grants Manager to join the Grants Team.

This role can be based out of any of our nine offices - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Swindon, Portsmouth, Cambridge or London, inclusive with hybrid working.

Historic England grants are a vital tool in our delivery of our Corporate Plan and our purpose to improve people’s lives by championing and protecting the historic environment. The team bring together the management of our Commissions and Capacity Building and Heritage at Risk related and other grant streams.  The Grants Manager will lead for the Grants Team on the Grants Review and UGS work.

Historic England is currently part way through a Grants Review and development of a Unified Grants System (UGS). The aim of the Grants Review is to make our grants more impactful, friendly, and flexible, and ensure our funding is awarded where it is needed to create the most impact and public value. We also want to make our processes more user friendly for staff and the communities they work with.

The review will have far reaching implications for the organisation and transform the way some teams work. It will determine the grants we give, who we give them to and how we work with the applicants before, during and after the application.

Part of our process improvement work involves looking at the administration and management of grants, to ensure processes are streamlined and continue to be fair, accessible, and transparent. This includes the development of a UGS creating a ‘one best way’ approach and solution for how Historic England handles, manages and distributes grants.

National salary range:

£39,364 - £41,000 pro-rata

Greater London + salary range:

£42,380 pro-rata

Inner London salary range:

£43,818 - £45,000 pro-rata

What you will be doing

The Grants Manager is a key role to our organisation and you will be a member of the Grants Team senior management and participate in and contribute to the overall management and development of the Grants Team.

We need you to lead for the Grants Team, but collaborate with colleagues, on the development and roll-out of, and training for, a Unified Grants System (UGS), and the development and delivery of an implementation plan for the next phase of the Grants Review, particularly the amendment of business processes.

What we are looking for?

• Experience and understanding of Historic England Grant schemes/systems and a proven track record of grants management and business processes

• Understanding of project and programme management

• Excellent prioritisation skills, with strong attention to detail.

• Some understanding of systems development

• Some experience of training development and delivery

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 offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 26% 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.

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 ResourcingTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries. 

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

Provisional interview dates: week commencing 22nd September 2023

For a full copy of the job description, please click on the link below;

https://historicengland.org.uk/content/job-descriptions-hr/grants-manager-jd-1/