Development Manager

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The Development Manager will help drive the External Engagement Team to achieve its ambitious goals for growth in income, engagement and impact. The post holder will be primarily responsible for increasing income through trusts and foundations, public funders and corporate partners, alongside developing our individual giving community.

You will be a passionate advocate for music and its ability to reflect and shape lives, communities, culture and our social fabric. You will understand the individual and collective value of new music to inspire, challenge and connect us. You will be an exceptional spokesperson, communicator, storyteller and influencer, able to bring the unique role of Sound and Music to life for diverse stakeholders, funders and supporters. 

Your core responsibilities will include researching, developing, writing and submitting high-quality funding applications; managing relationships with funders to maximise engagement and retention; maintaining accurate records, forecasts and learning using our CRM and funding dashboards; supporting individual giving activity, appeals, campaigns and challenge events; and helping to design and deliver supporter journeys that deepen engagement and long-term giving.

Application Details:

• Application deadline: Sunday 20 September 2026, 23:59 BST
• Interviews and meet the team: Thursday 1 October 2026
• Second interviews: w/c Monday 5 October 2026
• Start date: To be confirmed
• Contract: Permanent contract, full-time 1.0 FTE (5 days per week; flexible working requests will be considered)
• Location: London / hybrid. You could work remotely from anywhere in the UK, with a minimum of two days per month at our London workspace.
• Salary band: £35,000–£40,000
• Reporting to: Head of External Engagement

Equity, diversity and inclusion

We are a Disabled Committed Employer and Living Wage Employer. As part of our commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and in line with our Fair Access Principles, we are committed to addressing barriers to employment and participation on the grounds of gender, ethnicity, disability and socio-economic background. 

We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the specified minimum requirements of this role, and we aim to guarantee an interview to candidates from other significantly under-represented groups who meet the minimum requirements, depending on application numbers.

If you feel you have just some of the required skills and experience but meet the person specification, we would still encourage you to apply.

About us

Sound and Music is the UK’s accelerator for new music and sound. 

Our mission is to be the base camp for anyone in the UK who wants to make, experience or support new music and sound to shape the modern world.

For 18 years we have invested in creators to imagine, realise and excel with creative freedom. We have moved audiences to feel, discover and connect with the world around them. We have shaped the conditions for independent creators, curators and cultures to thrive.  

We deliver artist-centred development programmes and essential funding to young, emerging and established artists breaking new ground across music-making in the UK. We lead research, campaigns, networks, archives and collections to further originality, discovery and equity within music.

Reducing barriers and championing inclusion underpins everything we do driven by our sector leading Fair Access Principles.

We are artist-centred. We are curious. We are agile. We are ambitious.

We are Sound and Music. 

Sound and Music is supported by Arts Council England and proud to be a National Youth Music Organisation.