Head of Innovation and Partnerships

The primary purpose of this post is to lead the Heritage Fund's innovation and partnership function. It is responsible for identifying, leading and managing new approaches to the way that we work and address our business challenges. The postholder will be naturally collaborative and work with colleagues from across the business as well as externally to develop new programmes, partnerships and initiatives which support the delivery of Heritage 2033.

The successful candidate will have experience of developing successful and innovative partnership models and delivering productive partnerships. They will have excellent interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills and the ability to analyse complex issues and communicate them simply.

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 October 2024.
Interviews are expected to take place on 6 and 15 November 2024.
Please apply via our website.

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
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A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

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 Head of Innovation and Partnerships on a permanent contract based in one of our offices in Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham, Cambridge, Nottingham, Exeter, Cardiff, Belfast, and Edinburgh (Hybrid Working).