Grant Management Compliance and Assurance Team Manager

Grant Management Compliance and Assurance Team Manager

We are currently recruiting for a full time Grant Management Compliance and Assurance Team Manager on a permanent contract, based in any of the Heritage Fund’s offices in the following locations: Birmingham, Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Nottingham (Hybrid Working).

Required Knowledge

• Detailed knowledge of the standards, processes, procedures, and risks involved in grant giving by an Arm’s Length Body (ALB).
• Expert knowledge and understanding of management assurance frameworks, processes and assurance reviews and how they can support effective grant management.
• Excellent understanding of risk management processes and approaches.
• Good understanding of how skills, knowledge and capabilities are developed in aworkplace through fit for purpose learning and development activities.
• Competent IT skills including good working knowledge of Microsoft Office,Excel/spreadsheets and the use of databases.

Management and Leadership Skills

• Implementing appropriate leadership approaches and activities to ensure a highperforming team.
• Demonstrable experience of building and maintaining effective business relationships at all levels of seniority both internal and external.
• Experience of leading, managing and developing teams helping the individuals within them to realise their potential.
• An active and constructive contributor willing to take the lead as necessary to ensure delivery of the team objectives, a positive team culture, and to support other senior managers within the Central Team.
• Knowledge of best practice in relation to equalities, diversity, and inclusion.

Problem-Solving Skills

• Experience of assessing complex services against agreed service standards andimplementing improvement activities where appropriate.
• Proven ability to problem solve and identify the root causes of performance variances.
• Demonstrable capability to develop and execute appropriate remediation plans to address causal problems.
• Ability to prioritise a highly demanding workload with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail to agreed deadlines within a busy environment with minimal supervision.

Communication Skills

• Excellent communication skills: clear, effective and authoritative in spoken communication, high standard of written English, able to state a case clearly, logically and concisely. Effective presentation skills.
• Role model for the Heritage Fund’s behaviours and able to deal in a helpful andprofessional way with a wide range of people.

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Company: The National Lottery Heritage Fund

Salary: £51,822 to £61,443 a year

Hours: Full-time

Location: Leeds

Working pattern: Hybrid – 3 days remote

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 12 Oct 2026

Closing date: 8 Nov 2026

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