Executive Assistant to Executive Director (Business Innovation and Insight)

Vacancy Type Fixed Term/Full Time Salary £34,571 to £40,666 (London: £38,143 to £44,204, includes London Weighting) (R3) Location Leeds or London Office (Hybrid Working) Application Deadline Thursday, June 18, 2026

Job Summary

The National Lottery Heritage Fund is the largest funder for the UK's heritage. Our vision is for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future.

We believe in the power of heritage to ignite the imagination, offer joy and inspiration, and to build pride in place and connection to the past.

Our mission is to use our expertise to support and champion the UK's heritage and demonstrate the transformative potential of National Lottery funding through delivering our new strategy, Heritage 2033. We ensure that money from The National Lottery makes a decisive difference for people, places and communities.

We are currently recruiting for a full time Executive Assistant to Executive Director of Business Innovation and Insight, on a fixed term contract (12 months), based in our Leeds or London Office (Hybrid Working).

The primary purpose of this post is to provide Executive Assistant support to the Executive Director and oversee effective administrative support to the department's senior management team including delivery and support for departmental activities, such as stakeholder and staff events. The job will require the ability to act on personal initiative and to be proactive.

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 18 June 2026.
• Interviews are expected to take place on 30 June 2026.

Our Values

• Inclusive of all aspects of heritage, people and communities
• Ambitious for our people, communities and heritage
• Collaborative by working and learning together
• Trusted for our integrity, expertise and judgement

Flexible Working

The National Lottery Heritage Fund has offices all over the UK and we champion a flexible approach to working where this supports our business needs. We have formally adopted a hybrid working approach. This means that most employees will work from their contracted Heritage Fund office twice a week at minimum. Time spent on site visits to projects or other meetings based at another Heritage Fund or external office are counted as part of those two days. The other days in the week employees may work from home.

Disability Confident Employer

We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for every vacancy. We always endeavour to make reasonable adjustments and special requirements can be discussed and arranged before an interview.

The National Lottery Heritage Fund pledges to provide an inclusive working and learning environment for our people which prioritises fairness, equality, diversity and inclusion as well as dignity and respect for all. We will create a workspace where intimidation, discrimination, harassment, bullying and victimisation are not tolerated and actively prevented and opposed.

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