Overview

The National Lottery Heritage Fund is 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. Our mission is 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 are currently recruiting for a full time Senior Engagement Manager on a fixed term contract (12 months) as a homeworker based in north Wales. This role can be undertaken as a Secondment opportunity, subject to our agreement with your current employer.

Role and Responsibilities

The post-holder will lead on our Welsh and English stakeholder engagement in north Wales, particularly around our Heritage Place and Heritage in Need: Places of Worship Strategic Initiatives. The post-holder will also take a data-led approach to encouraging new applications that take all four Heritage Fund Investment Principles into account, offering pre-application advice, organising and attending events and contributing to our marketing and communications activity.

Requirements

• Communication skills (spoken and written) at a high level in Welsh and English is essential for this role. Applications submitted in Welsh and English are treated equally. Interviews will be held in Welsh and in English.

How to Apply

To find out more about this role, please contact Stephen Barlow via email at Stephen.Barlow@heritagefund.org.uk after 29 September 2025. We kindly ask that you use the subject “Senior Engagement Manager (Welsh Essential) Recruitment Enquiry”.

Timeline

Applications close at midnight on 12 October 2025. Interviews are expected to take place on 24 October 2025.

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.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

The National Lottery Heritage Fund pledges to provide an inclusive working and learning environment for our people which prioritises fairness, equality, diversity and inclusion as well as dignity and respect for all. We will create a workspace where intimidation, discrimination, harassment, bullying and victimisation are not tolerated and actively prevented and opposed.