Digital Projects Manager

The Digital Team plays a key role in delivering Historic England’s Digital Services Portfolio, the strategic framework for governing, prioritising and delivering investment in digital systems, data and services. The portfolio encompasses a wide range of digital initiatives, including programmes, projects, business-as-usual activities and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, ensuring digital investment aligns with organisational priorities and delivers public value.

As a key member of the Portfolio Development & Delivery team, you will lead the successful delivery of digital projects that support the Digital Services Portfolio vision and objectives. Working closely with Information Management and Technology (IMT) colleagues and business stakeholders, you will drive continuous improvement, deliver user-focused digital solutions, and ensure systems and processes are fully documented, operationally ready and capable of delivering lasting organisational benefits.

• Experience of managing digital or technology projects
• Experience of agile or hybrid delivery approaches
• Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to manage conflicting priorities
• Able to present project progress to stakeholders - including making recommendations to support decision making.

This is a Full Time, Fixed Term Contract until the 30th September 2028.

The salary for the role is:

• National: £40,778 - £43,000 pro-rata.
• Greater London + £43,903 - £45,411 pro-rata.

The location of this role is either Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) or Cambridge, inclusive with hybrid working.

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.

To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here.

What you will be doing

Portfolio Development & Delivery (Portfolio) sits within Corporate Services, providing high-quality, cost-effective support services that enable Historic England to care for England’s historic environment effectively. At the heart of the organisation, Corporate Services brings together planning, people, resources and estates to translate strategy into delivery, helping to bring new life to heritage for every place and everyone., We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance.

We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can.

We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.

Why work for Historic England

We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level.