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Heritage Place Manager, LONDON BOROUGH OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM
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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 The 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, Heritage Lottery 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 Heritage Lottery 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 Heritage Lottery 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 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.
- This job is pro rata 4 days per week (including weekend working)
Special Requirements For This Post
This new post is part of the Borough’s designation as a Heritage Place by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The Heritage Places Initiative is a long-term, strategic investment in up to 20 different places across the UK as set out in the Heritage Lottery Fund’s Heritage 2033 strategy. The aim is to make heritage integral to plans that are making local areas better places to live, work, and visit.
- Barking and Dagenham was part of six new Heritage Places announced in October 2025, joining a previous nine other areas, towns, and cities which were announced in 2023, to deliver transformational projects and programmes over the next 8-10 years.
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We seek exceptional applicants who will manage a new programme of projects, Heritage Lottery Fund bids, and Borough-wide engagement. We seek applicants who align with our Culture and Heritage Strategy, who embody our organisational DRIVE values, and are passionate about serving our borough’s residents and communities through culture and heritage.
About You
With a degree and experience in the fields of Arts, Culture, and Heritage project management, you possess detailed knowledge of the Arts and Heritage sector, including working with funding bodies such as The Heritage Lottery Fund.
- You bring at least 5 years of extensive experience in commissioning, managing, and written evaluation of projects and programmes in an arts or heritage setting.
- You have a proven track record of successfully managing and delivering arts and heritage projects within the public sector and have a thorough understanding of project planning, procurement, and stakeholder engagement, being able to work closely with a range of partners.
- Your ability to negotiate and influence successful outcomes with a wide range of partners, and to commission and monitor the work of projects, is exceptional.
- You are adept at operating in a public sector environment and communicating effectively with officers, members, residents, communities, and a wide range of external stakeholders.
- Demonstrating an inclusive style, you embrace diversity and have in-depth knowledge of data protection issues, particularly GDPR.
- As an effective leader, you engage, motivate, and manage staff to deliver against corporate, service, and funding objectives.
- You are results-driven, defining your role and contribution to achieving improvements and delivering benefits for the residents and communities we serve.
About Us
Barking & Dagenham is changing. It Starts Here.
- Think you know Barking and Dagenham? Think again. While this small corner of east London might have a reputation for needing development, scratch beneath the surface, and you’ll find active communities and a place that consistently punches above its weight. The borough is changing – and changing for the better. And It Starts Here.
- Yes, the borough has its challenges. But it’s on the cusp of something exciting. With one of the youngest populations in the country, ambitions are high and rightly so. 98% of our schools are rated Good or Outstanding, and every year more of our talented teenagers get into Russell Group Universities and hotly sought after apprenticeship schemes.
- We have award-winning parks, centuries-old manor houses full of relics and artifacts you can go and see, and the ruins of one of Anglo-Saxon England's most powerful and wealthiest religious sites. We’re even bringing beavers and white storks to the borough to help rewild the local landscape and boost biodiversity.
- Over the past few years, we’ve been working hard to improve how we deliver services and support our community. From tackling inequality to making sure our services are the best they can be, we’re focused on what matters most to local people.
- We’re creating the conditions for people to thrive - so everyone can enjoy a good quality of life, feel proud to call this place home, and be part of something bigger.
- #ItStartsHere - with our streets, our schools, our neighbourhoods. And with your application to join our determined team who are passionate about doing what’s best for the future of Barking and Dagenham.
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Our values, known as DRIVE, shape how we work:
- Deliver our best every day – and do what we promise
- Respond in a prompt, positive way to our community’s needs
- Inspire others with our attitudes and actions
- Value people for who they are and what they can do
- Engage with others to improve our resilience and flexibility
We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences.
Interview date (Week Commencing): 05/10/2026
Closing date: 20/09/2026
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