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.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund is the largest funder of the UK’s heritage. The projects we fund create lasting and positive change for people and communities and we believe that heritage has a crucial role to play in contributing to a more equal society.
We are currently recruiting for a full time Head of Strategy on a permanent contract based in any of the Heritage Fund’s offices in the UK.
The primary purpose of this post is to lead The National Lottery Heritage Fund’s strategy function. Reporting to the Director of Strategy and Innovation, and working closely with the Executive Team, you will be responsible for driving forward strategy development, implementation and direction setting. You will contribute to corporate planning, ensuring that our three-year Delivery Plans take account of the organisational strategic priorities and are aligned with long-term strategy.
You will provide high-level guidance and recommendations to decision makers, primarily the Board and Executive Team, and lead on strategic planning activity, including implementation of the Heritage Fund’s new strategy Heritage 2033, the development of new strategic positioning and emphases as the Heritage Fund moves through the first 3 Year Delivery Plan, leading stakeholder and internal engagement with the strategic planning and direction setting process.
You will support the Chief Executive in corporate initiatives needed to deliver Heritage 2033.
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 18 April 2024.
Interviews are expected to take place on 8 May 2024.
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.