Senior Creative Programme Leader; Maternity Cover Sound and Music

• Title of post:
  Senior Creative Programme Leader (Maternity cover)
• Contract & hours:
  Fixed-term contract (12 months), part-time 0.8 FTE (4 days per week or equivalent)
• Salary: £35,000–£40,000 pro rata (£28,000–£32,000 for 0.8 FTE)
• Location:
  
  London / hybrid (you could work remotely from anywhere in the UK, with a minimum of two days per month at our London workspace)
• Reporting to:
  Head of Programmes
• Responsible for:
  Creative Programme Leader
• Final date to receive applications to apply:
  Sunday 8 March 2026, 23:59 UTC
• First interviews:
  Wednesday 18 March 2026 (online or in-person)
• Second interviews:
  Thursday 26 March 2026 (online)
• Start date:
  
  25 May 2026 or as agreed

We are excited to announce that we are recruiting a Senior Creative Programme Leader to provide maternity cover for a key member of our Programmes Team. If you are interested in finding out more about what this unique role in the industry does or know someone who you think would be perfect to help shape the future of Sound and Music, read on below.

The Senior Creative Programme Leader is a key role in shaping and delivering our developing artist work, including programmes, awards and commissions. Your core responsibilities are to project-manage our flagship artist development programmes end-to-end, from planning and budgeting through to delivery and evaluation, while also supporting artists directly through 1:1 sessions and group activities. You will line-manage a Creative Programme Leader, contribute to the continued improvement of our programmes through monitoring and evaluation, and support and deputise for the Head of Programmes when needed.

We operate a hybrid working model with a mix of in-person and remote working. Our workspace is in London, and we would require you to travel to our London workspace a minimum of twice a month at your own expense. Any regional or national travel required for events will be covered by Sound and Music.

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.

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.