Music and technology officer

​Closing date: 10th November 2025 at 10am

Salary: £18,426 (£30,710 pro rata)

Location: Bristol (hybrid working)

Contract: 21 hours per week until end of December 2026

Interviews: Will take place in Bristol on Tuesday 18 November 2025

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.

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.

Knowledge, skills and experience

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 in using Sibelius software
• Competent with music technology hardware and software, with a demonstrable ability to learn new music technology quickly and confidently
• Highly organised, with strong administrative and IT skills
• Ability to support and train others in music technology
• Effective verbal and written communication, and strong interpersonal skills; able to tailor complex musical or technical 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
• Knowledge of alternate musical notation, e.g. guitar tab, percussion notation etc.
• Knowledge of digital media tools including Canva and Vimeo

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.

Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.