Grants & Trusts Officer, English Heritage

Title: Grants & Trusts Officer
Location: Flexible. Homeworking or one of our regional offices (York, Bristol, Swindon or London)

Heritage is for everybody, and we are here for heritage.

We are looking for a Grants & Trusts Officer to join our team. The role is full-time and permanent, working 36 hours per week.

The Benefits

- Salary from £26,903, depending on skills, experience and location
- 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, pro rata, rising to 28 days after 3 years
- Matched pension contributions up to 10%
- Flexible hours
- The opportunity to progress your career within the heritage sector
- Apprenticeship opportunities

Grants play a crucial role at English Heritage. The post-holder will be responsible for high quality grants planning, administration and reporting to the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Arts Council England, Historic England and other statutory and private grant-making bodies, ensuring robust and accurate internal and external stakeholder stewardship.

The Grants & Trusts Officer will be responsible for updating and aligning processes and templates to streamline the grant planning and management process. The successful candidate will be confident working with internal and external stakeholders to source necessary data and ensure integration with other departments' information management and reporting procedures.

As Grants & Trusts Officer, you will lead on key statutory funder reporting and stewardship whilst managing a small portfolio of grants and trusts prospects, developing high-quality proposals and securing 4 and 5-figure gifts.

To be considered as a Grants & Trusts Officer, you'll need:

- Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to communicate with individuals at different levels
- Experience of communicating with internal and external stakeholders
- Strong organisational skills; ability to work on multiple tasks and prioritise competing deadlines

Closing date: 25/09/2025 23:59:59