Location
London (Homeworker, UK based)

Hours
Full Time, Permanent

Salary
£57,313 per annum

About the Role
The National Lottery Heritage Fund is the largest funder for the UK’s heritage, dedicated to ensuring heritage is valued, cared for, and sustained for everyone, now and in the future. We believe in the power of heritage to ignite imagination, offer joy and inspiration, and build pride in place and connection to the past. Our mission is to support and champion the UK’s heritage through delivering our new strategy Heritage 2033, ensuring National Lottery funding makes a decisive difference for people, places, and communities.

We are recruiting a Senior Developer to build and iteratively improve user-centered digital services for the Heritage Fund. This includes front-end services on our website and back-end private web-based admin interfaces. You will collaborate closely with another Senior Developer and other developers, making key decisions on languages, frameworks, hosting services, and deployment approaches.

Your first project will be the continued implementation of the Heritage Fund’s grant management system, a critical system central to the Fund’s work. This system integrates Salesforce with other web technologies, and your team will have direct control over technology, design choices, and implementation.

Our team structure and working practices follow the Government Digital Service’s service design manual, with sprint-based, agile methodologies.

If you are passionate about making heritage inclusive and accessible for everyone, now and for future generations, we encourage you to apply.

Applications close on 14 October 2025. Interviews are expected on 27 October 2025.

Our Values
Our Values and Behaviours are central to how we work and recruit. Demonstrating these values is as important as your skills and experience.
- 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
We champion a flexible approach to working that supports our business needs. We have adopted a hybrid working model where most employees work from their contracted Heritage Fund office at least twice a week. Time spent on site visits or meetings at other offices counts towards these days. Other days may be worked from home.

Disability Confident Employer
We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for every vacancy. Reasonable adjustments and special requirements can be discussed and arranged before an interview.

Experience
Proven experience in building and improving user-centered digital services, including both front-end and back-end development. Experience working with Salesforce integration and web technologies is highly desirable. Familiarity with agile and sprint-based development methodologies is expected.

About you
You are passionate about heritage and digital innovation, with a commitment to inclusivity and accessibility. You work well collaboratively in a team environment and are confident making key technical decisions. You are adaptable, proactive, and motivated to deliver impactful digital services that support communities and heritage.

Qualifications
Relevant professional qualifications or demonstrable experience in software development, web technologies, and system integration. A strong understanding of government digital service standards and agile practices is advantageous.