Heritage Place Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Council’s Culture and Heritage Service as the Heritage Place Manager. As a Senior Project Manager working within the Arts, Culture and Heritage sector, you will manage a portfolio of projects and National Lottery Heritage Fund bids, ensuring delivery within time, cost, and quality standards as part of the wider Heritage Place Programme.

You will line manage the Heritage Engagement Officer and work closely with the Culture and Heritage team of colleagues, partners, stakeholders, National Lottery Heritage Fund and funders contributing to the development of a focused approach to Barking and Dagenham’s new designation as a Heritage Place.

Your role includes managing and delivering projects, developing and co-ordinating new National Lottery Heritage Fund bids, scoping project requirements, conducting procurement and cost analysis, and ensuring compliance with council policies, legislation and funders.

Your role will provide written bids, co-ordination, evaluation and specialist reporting to the National Lottery Heritage Fund, and integrate compliance practices into project planning.

Additionally, you will establish and monitor KPIs, implement quality control measures, oversee management processes, internal and external stakeholder engagement. Regularly attending and scheduling stakeholder meetings, you will ensure project performance and delivery align with financial and funding management frameworks.

This role is four days a week, pro rata and is based at Eastbury Manor House, Eastbury Square, London IG11 9SN. A necessary component of this role includes cross site working, including at our Culture and Heritage sites. Weekend and occasional evening working is also required.