We're recruiting: Music and Technology Officer
Open Up Music is an organisation with a simple but powerful mission: to open up music to young disabled musicians. We work alongside those young people to tackle musical inequality - inspiring new instruments and new musical forms for the 21st century. We are looking for a Music and Technology Officer to join us at an exciting stage of development.
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 Open Orchestras (the largest network of inclusive ensembles in the UK) and the National Open Youth Orchestra (the world’s first disabled-led national youth ensemble). 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.
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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Please download the Recruitment Pack for further information.
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Submit your application by 10:00 on Monday 10 November 2025.
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Interviews will take place in Bristol on Tuesday 18 November 2025.
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