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Deadline for applications: 24th November 2025 at 9.00amSalary: £35,327 per annum, pro rataContract: Fixed-term contract to 31st March 2027,&nbsp;full-time (37.5 hours per week), we operate a blended working approach where you will be required to work in the office two days a week, Wednesday &amp; one other day tbc Play a key role in funding the next generation of grassroots music projects helping hundreds of young artists and organisations thrive.As a grants and learning officer, you’ll be helping us to deliver our ambitious, nationwide grants programme. We currently support over 500 grassroots organisations and 18-30 year old creatives, and have a busy grants cycle to manage, alongside ever-increasing numbers of applications. This year, we’re building and migrating to a new grants database and you’ll play an integral role on the project team. In addition, you’ll manage an assigned portfolio of grants, and help with all aspects of the funding cycle. You’ll support applicants and funded partners, make funding recommendations, administer grants, provide feedback and support, and visit projects.&nbsp;First and foremost, you’ll be passionate about the work that Youth Music does. As a skilled administrator, you’re not fazed by planning, monitoring, reporting, and spreadsheets. You have an eye for detail. You’ve got good IT skills and working knowledge of how databases operate. With the development of our new database this is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys developing processes and working with data and detail.&nbsp;You’re a collaborative worker who enjoys being part of a friendly team, as well as travelling on your own to build new relationships with a diverse range of people. As a grants manager you’ll have an instinct for what’s important – when to give advice, and when to step back. &nbsp;<h2> Key Responsibilities</h2> Grant Making<ul><li>Relationship management for a diverse portfolio of grants within allocated areas or specialisms.</li><li>Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of the music/creative landscape and issues affecting your allocated areas.</li><li>Provide telephone, online (e.g. Zoom, Microsoft Teams, webinars) and email advice to potential applicants.</li><li>Assess grant applications.</li><li>Make recommendations to the assessment panel.</li><li>Efficient and effective turnaround of grants administration, primarily through our grants databases (Salesforce and Grant Tracker).</li><li>Ensure data in the grants database is accurate and up-to-date, and support with data input, analysis and cleansing.</li><li>Review grant requirements and ensure quick processing of payments.</li><li>Undertake visits to funded projects and attend events.&nbsp;</li><li>Provide advice and feedback to successful and unsuccessful applicants.</li><li>Support the running and facilitation of events.</li><li>Contribute to the improvement of Youth Music’s funding processes and procedures in line with the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ivar.org.uk/flexible-funders/" target="_blank">flexible funding principles</a> we’re committed to.</li><li>Provide support to others in the wider Youth Music team.</li></ul><h3>&nbsp;</h3>Learning and Projects<ul><li>Undertake project-based tasks as part of wider team or organisational project work.</li><li>Specialist knowledge about assigned areas of Youth Music’s work or operations and produce relevant outputs to help us and others to learn and develop.&nbsp;</li><li>Produce resources and content for the Youth Music community.</li><li>Present information and learning to internal and external colleagues.</li></ul>&nbsp;General<ul><li>Carry out all such additional duties as are reasonably commensurate with the role.</li><li>This post will require travel across the UK, occasionally involving overnight stays.</li><li>This job description is not necessarily an exhaustive list of duties but is intended to reflect a range of duties the post-holder will perform.</li></ul> Knowledge skills &amp; experienceEssential<ul><li>Experience of working or volunteering in music education, music industries, grants management, youth work or advocacy, education, or not-for-profit settings</li><li>Familiarity with the funding process</li><li>Experience of working in an administrative role</li><li>Experience using databases and other software</li><li>Proficient IT skills, including Microsoft Teams and Office (in particular Outlook, Excel and Word)</li><li>Organisational and administrative skills, able to prioritise and work to deadlines</li><li>Attention to detail</li><li>Confident in decision-making and can work autonomously</li><li>Ability to think creatively to solve problems</li><li>Interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of a team</li><li>Ability to communicate effectively with different types of people</li><li>A clear and persuasive verbal communicator with the ability to write in plain English</li><li>Ability to build and manage relationships</li><li>Analytical skills (you’ll be required to read and respond to applications and reports)</li><li>Commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity and access (IDEA), with good awareness of accessibility and understanding of inclusive best practice</li></ul>Desirable<ul><li>Experience of project management, including financial planning and management</li><li>Understanding of the social issues facing children and young people today</li><li>Understanding youth voice and/or participatory grant making practices</li><li>Understanding of organisational best practice (safeguarding, financial health, governance, equality, and diversity)</li><li>Understanding of the music education and / or music industries landscape</li></ul> We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Youth Music

Grants & learning officer

Closing date: 9th November 2025Compensation: Training bursary payment equivalent to £29,000 This pioneering publisher is hiring two trainees! Gain experience in editorial, marketing and design with this 12-month internship.Stretching back over 200 years, HarperCollins is the second largest consumer book publisher in the world. We publish incredible authors including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Alice Oseman, Jay Shetty, David Walliams, Elizabeth Day and Simu Liu. We are also home to bestselling series Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Divergent, The Chronicles of Narnia and Virgin River as well as legendary characters Miss Marple, Paddington, Winnie the Pooh, and Mr Men &amp; Little Miss. &nbsp;We are committed to increasing the diversity of our teams to better represent all our readers. One way we are doing this is through our HarperCollins traineeship programme, which launched in 2016. The programme actively brings in talented individuals from Black, Asian and ethnic minority groups who continue to be underrepresented in Publishing.&nbsp;&nbsp;The programme offers a 12-month training contract for two trainees who will gain exposure to the industry while also receiving training and learning across different modules. Candidates who score highly at our in-person assessment day, but are not selected for the programme, will be added to our pipeline and prioritised for entry-level roles – in previous years, we have recruited a further 12 people into jobs across the business. When you join the 12-month programme, you’ll get to:&nbsp;<ul><li>Work with 3 different teams over the year, which could include editorial, marketing or design</li><li>Meet everyone in our executive committee (that’s what we call our board of directors) </li><li>Visit our distribution centre in Glasgow, which sends out 3 million books a week, and the printers we work with</li><li>Learn about every area of our business through our insight sessions – what makes an editor acquire a book, how we design our book covers, how we promote our books, and more</li><li>Have a buddy and mentor from day one who will support you through your time here </li><li>Exclusive access to our author academy masterclasses taught by HarperCollins experts and partners from the wider publishing industry</li><li>Attend book launch parties, the London Book Fair, author talks, and events in our London Bridge office </li><li>AND you’ll get free book proofs (the early copies issued before publication date), access to 8 free audio/e-books every week and a 70% discount on all HC books &nbsp;</li></ul> Our application process &nbsp;<ul><li>You’ll need to complete an online application, answering three questions to find out a bit more about yourself. These will be reviewed anonymously by HarperCollins managers</li><li>Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to an online introduction to HarperCollins, followed by a short interview on the 4th December.</li><li>Successful candidates will then attend an assessment day at our London Bridge office on the 16th December. We will reimburse travel for those travelling from outside Greater London/the South East.</li><li>The two successful candidates will be selected to join the Traineeship on the 2nd February 2026&nbsp;</li></ul>If you are selected you will be based in our London Bridge office at least three days a week, starting in February 2026. You will be paid a training bursary of £29,000 per annum and get access to lots of great perks and benefits.  &nbsp; Eligibility criteria To see if this programme is for you, please check our eligibility criteria below:&nbsp;&nbsp;<ul><li>You must be over 18</li><li>You do not need a degree  </li><li>You do not need publishing experience </li><li>You must have the right to work in the UK&nbsp;</li></ul>You must be from one of the following ethnic groups:&nbsp;<ul><li>Asian or Asian British: Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chinese, Any other Asian background</li><li>Black, Black British, Caribbean or African: Caribbean, African, Any other Black, Black British, or Caribbean background</li><li>Mixed or multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean, White and Black African, White and Asian, Any other Mixed or multiple ethnic background</li><li>Other ethnic group: Arab, Any other ethnic group</li><li>White: Roma Gypsy or Irish Traveller&nbsp;</li></ul>If you are not eligible for this programme, please look at our entry-level roles or internships <a href="https://app.beapplied.com/org/822/harpercollins-publishers" target="_blank">here</a>. If you are interested in learning more about publishing, we will be hosting open days and work experience in 2026.&nbsp;&nbsp; Financial support&nbsp;<ul><li><a href="https://thespareroomproject.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Spare Room Project</a> aims to help by matching interns and job seekers from outside London, with people in the book industry who live in the capital and who can offer them a place to stay. The Project also helps people who have job interviews in London.</li><li><a href="http://www.booktradecharity.org/" target="_blank">The Book Trade Charity</a> offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking internships or entry level positions.</li><li>We offer travel loans to all new entry-level starters and will reimburse travel expenses for those travelling to our in-person assessment day outside of London and the South-East&nbsp;</li></ul> Reasonable adjustments &nbsp;We are committed to ensuring a fair application process for all candidates. If you need any adjustments to support your success in the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to reach out to: <a href="https://app.beapplied.com/org/822/harpercollins-publishers" target="_blank">recruitment@harpercollins.co.uk</a>. At HarperCollins, we value authenticity and integrity in our recruitment process. To ensure a fair and accurate evaluation of all applications, we ask that all responses to assessment questions reflect your own thoughts, experiences, and capabilities.&nbsp; This allows us to fairly assess your knowledge, skills, and experience to determine how they align with the role. We value diverse perspectives and genuine contributions, even if answers are not perfect. The use of AI tools or external assistance to generate responses is discouraged unless explicitly permitted for specific tasks.&nbsp;Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

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HarperCollins

200 Years of HarperCollins

HarperCollins traineeship 2026

​Closing date: 10th November 2025 at 10amSalary: £18,426 (£30,710 pro rata)Location: Bristol (hybrid working)Contract: 21 hours per week until end of December 2026Interviews: 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 <a href="https://noyo.org.uk/" target="_blank">National Open Youth Orchestra</a> (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 <a href="https://theclarion.uk/" target="_blank">Clarion</a>. Knowledge, skills and experienceEssential<ul><li>Significant experience in music, music technology and live music</li><li>Experience composing and/or arranging music for performance</li><li>Fluent in reading and working with standard musical notation (Grade 8 music theory or equivalent)</li><li>Confident in using Sibelius software</li><li>Competent with music technology hardware and software, with a demonstrable ability to learn new music technology quickly and confidently</li><li>Highly organised, with strong administrative and IT skills</li><li>Ability to support and train others in music technology</li><li>Effective verbal and written communication, and strong interpersonal skills; able to tailor complex musical or technical information appropriately for different individuals and audiences</li><li>Capacity to work independently, meet deadlines and be adaptable</li></ul>Desirable<ul><li>Experience working with young disabled musicians</li><li>Knowledge of emerging music technologies and accessibility in music education</li><li>Knowledge of alternate musical notation, e.g. guitar tab, percussion notation etc.</li><li>Knowledge of digital media tools including Canva and Vimeo</li></ul> 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.

Open Up Music

Music and technology officer

Closing&nbsp;date: 6th November 2025Salary: £36,000 to £39,000Location: ManchesterStart date: We anticipate that the successful candidate will start in early January. Step into a pivotal role at the heart of our creative engine!As an executive personal assistant, you'll provide comprehensive support to our creative director, producers, and head of production, managing diaries, coordinating events for Coronation Street, and ensuring seamless operations. This is your chance to work on the world's longest continuing drama! ResponsibilitiesAs an executive personal assistant, you will be responsible for providing comprehensive administrative and secretarial support.Key duties include:<ul><li>Managing diaries, cast meetings, overseeing new artist transitions, handling writer payments and hotel bookings, coordinating conferences and social events for Coronation Street, and entertaining clients.</li></ul> Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)<ul><li>Knowledge of the industry (at least 3 months experience in the TV industry).</li><li>Excellent proven secretarial skills &amp; high computer competence.</li><li>Ability to work unsupervised and manage a complex workload.</li><li>Demonstrate commitment, drive &amp; enthusiasm.</li><li>Excellent understanding of production processes.</li><li>Able to quickly build a rapport with a diverse range of people.</li><li>Flexible approach to workload &amp; working hours.</li><li>Experience organising corporate hospitality events.</li><li>Experience working in an administrative role (raising POs, booking travel, managing diaries etc.)</li></ul> Other things we’re looking for (key criteria)<ul><li>Excellent prioritising &amp; planning skills.</li><li>Confident and articulate communicator.</li><li>Ability to work to deadlines.</li><li>Maintaining tact, discretion and confidentiality at all times.</li><li>Ability to work as part of a team.</li></ul> We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.&nbsp;Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.&nbsp;

Executive personal assistant to creative director, producers and head of production - Coronation Street (12-month FTC)

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