Job Details
Delivery Manager
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Latest Job
Expires in 18 days
Overview
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.
£50,313 to £59,423 (London: £53,850 to £62,960, includes London Weighting)
Per year
Full time, Permanent, Hybrid
Any of the Heritage Fund’s Offices in the UK (Hybrid Working)
Key information
We are currently recruiting for a full time Delivery Manager on a permanent contract, based in any of the Heritage Fund’s Offices in the UK (Hybrid Working).
About the role
The primary purpose of this post is to lead the successful delivery of projects and programmes linked to the Investment Management Service (IMS). The role is responsible for managing cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment with business objectives, and driving continuous improvement in IMS.
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.
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.
Requirements
Technical Skills and Experience
- Strategic and analytical thinker able to develop creative and pragmatic solutions to problems.
- Proven experience in IT project or programme delivery, ideally in a complex or regulated environment.
- Experience of refining practice and delivering results through innovative continuous improvement.
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, evolving environments.
- Knowledge of Continuous Improvement Initiatives.
- Budgeting and financial management experience desirable.
IT Skills
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
- Experience with project management tools (such as Jira, MS Project, Trello).
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Teams for collaboration and communication
- Technical awareness across infrastructure, software development, and cloud technologies.
- Up to date knowledge of development in relevant technology.
Communication and Team Management Skills
- Strong influencing, communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a diverse team.
- Demonstrable understanding of Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall methodologies.
- Excellent leadership and team management skills.
- Ability to translate technical concepts into business language.