Music and Technology Officer

Open Up Music


Job: Music and Technology Officer

Job: Music and Technology Officer

Organisation: Open Up Music

Postcode: BS4 3AS

  • Job Title: Music and Technology Officer
  • Salary: £30k-£40k
    (pro-rata)
  • Hours:
    Part time
  • Artform: Music
  • Role: Technical & Production
  • Contract: Temporary
  • Closing date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025

  • Location:

    South West

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Job Summary

Open Up Music is an organisation with a simple but powerful mission: to open up music to young disabled musicians. We are looking for a Music and Technology Officer to join us at an exciting stage of development.

Job Description

This academic year, we are providing accessible musical progression opportunities to over 600 of the most marginalised young musicians in the UK. We do this through our award-winning programmes, including https://www.openorchestras.org/ – Open Orchestras (the largest network of inclusive ensembles in the UK) and the https://noyo.org.uk/ – National Open Youth Orchestra (the world’s first disabled-led national youth ensemble). https://theclarion.uk/ – Clarion, our award-winning digital musical instrument designed for accessibility, is also in the process of being made commercially available, enabling musicians across the UK to access it.

As Music and Technology Officer, you will work closely with the Programme Manager to create, manage, and maintain accessible music resources for the National Open Youth Orchestra (NOYO). You will oversee the planning, coordination, and delivery of musical and technical resources for rehearsals and events, providing troubleshooting and technical support to the NOYO team, musicians, and teachers. In addition, you will contribute to the creative use of music technology in NOYO, including our own accessible instrument, the Clarion.

This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled and organised individual with a passion for music and technology, who is eager to drive innovation and accessibility within an inclusive music programme.

21 hours per week (0.6 FTE), fixed term to the end of December 2026.

Job Requirements

Essential

  • Significant experience in music, music technology and live music
  • Experience composing and/or arranging music for performance
  • Fluent in reading and working with standard musical notation (Grade 8 music theory or equivalent)
  • Confident using Sibelius software
  • Competent with music technology hardware and software, able to learn new music technology quickly and confidently
  • Highly organised, with strong administrative and IT skills
  • Ability to support and train others
  • Effective verbal and written communication, and strong interpersonal skills; able to tailor complex information appropriately for different individuals and audiences
  • Capacity to work independently, meet deadlines and be adaptable

Desirable

  • Experience working with young disabled musicians
  • Knowledge of:
    • emerging music technologies and accessibility in music education
    • alternate musical notation, e.g. guitar tab, percussion notation
    • digital media tools including Canva and Vimeo

How to Apply

Click ‘Apply Now’ to download the Recruitment Pack.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the heart of who we are. We take our responsibility to acknowledge, challenge and dismantle barriers within music and our organisation extremely seriously. To that end, we are especially interested in receiving applications from Disabled people.

We also recognise that systems of privilege, structural disadvantage and barriers to participation often intersect with one another. For this reason, we particularly welcome applications from people from other structurally disadvantaged backgrounds and underrepresented groups. This may include people from the Global Majority, migrants, refugees, LGBTQIA+ people and/or people from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

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