Senior Programme Manager: National Lottery

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 Senior Programme Manager: National Lottery, on a permanent contract based in any of the Heritage Fund’s Offices in the following locations: Belfast, Birmingham, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds or Manchester (Hybrid Working).

The primary purpose of this post is to work with the Head of Programmes: Lottery to oversee the management and continuous improvement of the Heritage Fund’s UK-wide grant programmes (National Lottery and other sources).

This role will work closely with Central Team colleagues including the Investment Management Service Delivery Manager, Content Team and Knowledge Hub Manager, supporting the team to ensure new and improved processes are implemented effectively and communicated to the wider business.

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 7 June 2026.
Interviews are expected to take place on 25 June 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.

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