Head of Investment (London and South)

The National Lottery Heritage Fund; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

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 the 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 Investment (London and South) on a fixed-term contract (12 months) based in our London or Exeter Office (Hybrid Working).

The primary purpose of this post, in collaboration with an existing Head of Investment, is to jointly lead and manage all investment activity (including National Lottery and other sources) across the London and South Area.

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 21st April 2025.

Interviews are expected to take place on 1st May 2025.

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.

1. Inclusive of all aspects of heritage, people and communities
2. Ambitious for our people, communities and heritage
3. Collaborative by working and learning together
4. 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 endeavor to make reasonable adjustments and special requirements can be discussed and arranged before an interview.