Risk and Performance Manager, The National Lottery Heritage Fund

The primary purpose of this post is to lead and maintain effective organisational risk management and performance reporting across the Heritage Fund. The role ensures that risk and performance frameworks are embedded, regularly reviewed, and used to inform strategic decision making. The postholder will support senior leadership, programme owners, and teams across the organisation to manage risks proactively and deliver performance insight that strengthens governance and improves organisational outcomes.

The postholder will work closely with the Head of Governance, Audit and Risk Committee Secretariat, and provide core support to senior leaders, including the Executive Team and Senior Leadership Team on all aspects of risk and performance management.

They will work collaboratively with colleagues across the Heritage Fund -particularly Governance, Finance, Strategy, Data and Programme teams - to ensure a consistent and embedded approach to organisational risk and performance. The postholder will be expected to build constructive, effective working relationships across the organisation and with external partners, auditors and other specialists, ensuring that risk and performance insights are well understood and used to support informed decision making.

If you are excited about helping ensure that heritage is inclusive and accessible to everyone, for now and future generations, then we want to hear from you.

Applications close on Sunday, 10 May 2026 at 23:59 pm.
Interviews are expected to take place on Friday, 22 May 2026. Second Stage Interviews will take place week commencing 8 June 2026.