Heritage Sponsorship Adviser

The Heritage Sponsorship and Engagement team is a small and friendly team with responsibility for managing the Department's relationship with the 5 Heritage Public Bodies. This role is based in the wider Heritage Team and UK City of Culture team, part of the Culture and Creative Industries directorate which includes the arts and libraries, museums and cultural property and Creative Industries teams.

The Heritage Team oversees the protection, promotion and conservation of the historic environment of England for the benefit of current and future generations. This involves promoting the understanding of, and access to, England’s rich built heritage. This is done through internal policy development work, influencing within government and the wider heritage sector and through our statutory functions

The team has a strong outward facing and influencing role, overseeing the good governance of our public bodies and ensuring effective management of public money. We also develop and deliver policy priorities with our public bodies and sector networks, as well as influencing other government departments to ensure heritage considerations, such as Net Zero, are embedded in policy development. The team also works closely with heritage public bodies to deliver the policies that protect and enhance the nation’s historic environment.

You will be responsible for managing the day-to-day sponsor relationship with several public bodies and organisations:

This will include:

• Working collaboratively with the public bodies and organisations your portfolio, including at the most senior levels, ensuring robust management practices are implemented to manage live and strategic issues;
• Holding public bodies to account for their use of public money, and ensuring that they give due consideration to the strategic priorities of the government;
• Managing the day to day relationship with a range of internal and external stakeholders, and identifying new opportunities to engage the sector;
• Providing thoughtful and clear advice to ministers and senior civil servants on specific issues related to the organisations in your portfolio; and
• Leading specific projects related to organisations in your portfolio.