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Head of Performance and Improvement/Pennaeth Perfformiad a Gwella
The National Lottery Community Fund —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £56,312 - £69,065 a year
- Full-time
- Presentation skills
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
9d
VacancyTitle: Strategic Programme Leads - PMO (Water, Wastewater and WINEP Portfolios)
Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water —Durham
- From £72,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
5d
Deputy Head of External Affairs
Infected Blood Compensation Authority —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £58,655 a year
- Full-time
- Presentation skills
- Travel
- Business
- Annual leave
4d
Communications Partner - 9 months fixed term
Newcastle Building Society —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £41,668 - £57,542 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
20h
Marketing Manager
Cleveland Cable Co Ltd —Middlesbrough
- Full-time
- Hospitality
- Social media management
- Travel
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Premises Manager
Durham County Council —Durham
- £35,412 - £39,152 a year
- Full-time
- Communication skills
- School
3d
Brand and Digital Designer
KERRIDGE COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS CORP —Newcastle upon Tyne
- Full-time
- ERP systems
- IT
- In-person
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Group Marketing Manager- UK and Ireland
Sandman Hotel Group —Newcastle upon Tyne
- Full-time
- Hospitality
- Management
- Marketing
- Employee discount
Content Creator
Rowen Homes —Newcastle upon Tyne
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Marketing
- Social media management
- Presentation skills
- Free parking
- Store discount
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Digital Marketing Executive
Reeves Group Holdings —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £29,000 a year
- Full-time
- Marketing
- Bachelor's degree
- Financial services
- Bereavement leave
- Sick pay
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3d
Governance and Secretariat Officer
Cabinet Office —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £37,922 - £41,992 a year
- Full-time
- Presentation skills
- Travel
- Organisational skills
- Annual leave
1d
Head of Software Engineering
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £69,501 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- System design
- Presentation skills
- Travel
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
EMEA Field Marketing Manager
Advanced Navigation —Newcastle upon Tyne
- Sales
- Marketing
- Military
SEO Content Executive
Lusso —Stockton-on-Tees
- £28,000 - £30,000 a year
- Full-time
- Marketing
- English
- Bachelor's degree
- Free parking
- Employee discount
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Website Officer
NCFE —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £28,500 a year
- Hybrid work
- Marketing
- Organisational skills
- Time management
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
7d
Senior Information and Feedback Officer (Housing)
South Tyneside Council —South Tyneside
- £48,226 a year
- Full-time
22h
Product Manager - Theory Test Content
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £44,241 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- English
- Presentation skills
- Travel
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
9d
Marketing Executive
UK MANAGEMENT COLLEGE —Sunderland
- £26,000 - £28,000 a year
- Monday to Friday
- Social media management
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
- Free parking
- Annual leave
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Covid-19: Finance Officer
Cabinet Office —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £29,727 - £35,865 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Excel
- Presentation skills
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
14d
Senior Knowledge Manager/Knowledge Expert, Consumer, Technology & Telecoms (CTT) - Newcastle upon Tyne
Oliver Wyman —Newcastle upon Tyne
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Business development
- Project management
- In-person

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Head of Performance and Improvement/Pennaeth Perfformiad a Gwella

The National Lottery Community Fund -
Newcastle upon Tyne

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Job details

Permanent | Full-time
£56,312 - £69,065 a year
9 days ago

Benefits

Season ticket loan
Company pension
Paid volunteer time
Enhanced maternity leave

Qualifications

Performance management
Presentation skills
Organisational skills
Communication skills
Negotiation

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Reference number

468569

Salary

£56,312 - £69,065

National: £56,312 - £62,569, London: £62,159 - £69,065

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Grade 7

Contract type

Permanent

Type of role

Other

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Full-time

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Location

Birmingham, Exeter, London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

About the job

Job summary

The Head of Performance and Improvement is a new role that will lead our work to drive excellence in our grant making in England. They will play a critical role in ensuring our grant making is not only delivered, but understood, improved, and aligned with our purpose. This team helps us answer key questions about our grant making:

Job description

Are we doing what we said we would? How well are we doing it? What have we learned? And what should we do next?

The Head of Performance and Improvement ensures our grant making is evidence-informed, insight-driven, and continuously evolving.

Partnering with the Head of England Operations and working closely with senior leaders, you will ensure performance insight informs improvements to our grant making as well as feeding into decision-making, and strategic direction. Its a role that connects information and delivery, helping us fund with confidence and learn with purpose.

Key responsibilities may include:

Funding Development and Delivery
Directorate coordination of improvements to our grant making
Performance Management & Management Information
Learning & Continuous Improvement
Grant making Risks & Issue Spotting
Audit, Oversight & Compliance
Leadership Collaboration & Strategic Alignment

Interview details:

Date: Week Commencing 20 July 2026
Format: Online
Location: UK-Wide

We have a hybrid approach to working. Work pattern and location will be agreed with the successful candidate. The role can be based at any of our UK offices: Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle, and Newtown.

We will be hosting a briefing session on Monday 6th July, 12pm. To register for the session or for any questions about the recruitment process, please email: [email protected]

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact: [email protected].

Person specification

How to apply:

Upload your CV in word format and write a supporting statement (1000 words) with the following criteria, we will use this to score your application.

Essential Criteria:

Experience of leading a multi-disciplinary team.
Experience of embedding and establishing performance management frameworks.
Strong knowledge of the funding cycle and implementing grant making best practice.
Extensive experience of engaging effectively with a range of stakeholders.
Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with an ability to communicate complex information to all levels of the business.
Ability to build strong relationships, influence a range of stakeholders and build buy in to bring about changes for users and customers.
Strong planning, priority setting and organisational skills within a complex environment.
Forward-thinking and solutions-focused, able to balance immediate operational needs with long-term strategic goals.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.

We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. Thats why The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.)

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £56,312, The National Lottery Community Fund contributes £16,313 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

A full list of our benefits can be found on our website.

Generous Civil Service Pension Scheme
Flexible working
Enhanced paid maternity/ paternity leave
Paid volunteering leave
Season ticket loan

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

Upload your CV in word format and write a supporting statement (1000 words) with the essential and desirable criteria stated in the advert. We will use this to score your application.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : [email protected]
Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

Email : [email protected]

Further information

https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/about-us/working-for-us/benefits-of-working-with-us

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