Head of Partnerships - North
| Posting date: | 26 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £54,876 to £55,950 per year |
| Additional salary information: | plus generous benefits |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 March 2026 |
| Location: | York, North Yorkshire |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Historic England |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Summary
We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.
Historic England have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Head of Partnerships - North.
This is a full time permanent role. We offer hybrid working where you will be based one of our following offices and from home - York, Manchester and Newcastle.
We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.
To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here.
What you will be doing
As Head of Partnerships - North you will lead Historic England’s grant giving and partnership-building work across northern England as well as our Business Management functions.
You will do this by building confident and resilient Partnership Teams, who play an externally facing role to convene partners and champion heritage in the region, including the development and delivery of a pipeline of heritage grants. You will also lead the northern Business Management Teams responsible for ensuring compliance with agreed practices and standards in the delivery of grant-aid and our advice.
Who we are looking for
Experience of allocation and delivery of grant funding
Experience of external partnering
Experience of leading and developing dispersed and multi-disciplinary teams
The ability to seek continuous improvement of internal processes
Strategic thinking and seeing the big picture
Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria.
We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance.
We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can.
We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.
Why work for Historic England
We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level.
Historic England want all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries.
At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role.
At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration—not as direct input.
Provisional virtual interview dates: In person Interview dates: 17th or 25th March 2026
Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description – https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/tejkoum0/head-of-region-north-partnerships-and-funding.odt
We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.
Historic England have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Head of Partnerships - North.
This is a full time permanent role. We offer hybrid working where you will be based one of our following offices and from home - York, Manchester and Newcastle.
We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.
To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here.
What you will be doing
As Head of Partnerships - North you will lead Historic England’s grant giving and partnership-building work across northern England as well as our Business Management functions.
You will do this by building confident and resilient Partnership Teams, who play an externally facing role to convene partners and champion heritage in the region, including the development and delivery of a pipeline of heritage grants. You will also lead the northern Business Management Teams responsible for ensuring compliance with agreed practices and standards in the delivery of grant-aid and our advice.
Who we are looking for
Experience of allocation and delivery of grant funding
Experience of external partnering
Experience of leading and developing dispersed and multi-disciplinary teams
The ability to seek continuous improvement of internal processes
Strategic thinking and seeing the big picture
Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria.
We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance.
We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can.
We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.
Why work for Historic England
We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level.
Historic England want all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries.
At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role.
At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration—not as direct input.
Provisional virtual interview dates: In person Interview dates: 17th or 25th March 2026
Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description – https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/tejkoum0/head-of-region-north-partnerships-and-funding.odt
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