Development Manager

Sound and Music; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Flexible working

Living wage employer

Disabled committed employer

Job summary

Sound and Music in London is seeking a Development Manager to strengthen our External Engagement Team and drive income, engagement and impact. The post holder will lead funding activities across trusts, foundations, public funders and corporate partners while developing our individual giving community.

You will be an engaging storyteller and spokesperson, building relationships with funders and supporters, researching and writing compelling applications, and using CRM dashboards to forecast

Qualifications

• Experience writing and submitting funding applications.
• Proven ability to manage funder relationships and retention.
• Experience designing donor journeys and campaigns.
• Strong storytelling and communication with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Researching, developing, writing and submitting high-quality funding applications.
• Managing relationships with funders to maximise engagement and retention.
• Maintaining accurate records, forecasts and learning using our CRM and funding dashboards.
• Supporting individual giving activity, appeals, campaigns and challenge events.
• Helping to design and deliver supporter journeys that deepen engagement and long-term giving.

Skills

Fundraising

Grant writing

Stakeholder management

CRM systems

Campaigns

Job description

We are recruiting aDevelopment Managerto help accelerate our relationship-building and fundraising activity as we build momentum towards our 20th anniversary in 2028.

If you are interested in finding out more about this key role in the External Engagement Team, or know someone who you think would be perfect to help increase Sound and Music's reach, value and impact, read on below.

Development Manager Job Pack: https://bit.ly/DevelopmentManagerJobPack

Development Manager

TheDevelopment Managerwill help drive the External Engagement Team to achieve its ambitious goals for growth in income, engagement and impact. The post holder will be primarily responsible for increasing income through trusts and foundations, public funders and corporate partners, alongside developing our individual giving community.

You will be a passionate advocate for music and its ability to reflect and shape lives, communities, culture and our social fabric. You will understand the individual and collective value of new music to inspire, challenge and connect us. You will be an exceptional spokesperson, communicator, storyteller and influencer, able to bring the unique role of Sound and Music to life for diverse stakeholders, funders and supporters.

Your core responsibilities will include researching, developing, writing and submitting high-quality funding applications; managing relationships with funders to maximise engagement and retention; maintaining accurate records, forecasts and learning using our CRM and funding dashboards; supporting individual giving activity, appeals, campaigns and challenge events; and helping to design and deliver supporter journeys that deepen engagement and long-term giving.

• Interviews and meet the team:Thursday 1 October 2026
• Second interviews:w/c Monday 5 October 2026
• Start date:To be confirmed
• Contract: Permanent contract, full-time 1.0 FTE (5 days per week; flexible working requests will be considered)
• 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 External Engagement

Meet the Team Session

If you’re considering applying for ourDevelopment Managerrole, join us for an informal online information session to meet members of the Sound and Music team and find out more about the opportunity.

We’ll introduce Sound and Music and the External Engagement Team, talk through the Development Manager role and what we’re looking for, and explain the recruitment process. There will also be plenty of time to ask any questions you may have about the role, working at Sound and Music or applying.

The session will take place on Zoom onTuesday 08 September 2026, from 11:00–12:00.

If you’re unable to join us but have a question you’d like answered, please contactSally-Ann King at Reality HR:[e-mail].

Register for the Meet the Team Session here: https://bit.ly/MeetTheTeam-DevelopmentManager

Equity, diversity and inclusion

We are aDisabled Committed EmployerandLiving Wage Employer. As part of our commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusionand in line with ourFair Access Principles, we are committed to addressing barriers to employment and participation on the grounds of gender, ethnicity, disability and socio-economic background.

We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the specified minimum requirements of this role, and we aim to guarantee an interview to candidates from other significantly under-represented groups who meet the minimum requirements, depending on application numbers.

If you feel you have just some of the required skills and experience but meet the person specification, we would still encourage you to apply.

Contact us

If you have any questions about the role, contact Sally-Ann King at Reality HR:[e-mail]

About us

Sound and Music is the UK’s accelerator for new music and sound.

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.

For 18 years we have invested in creators to imagine,realiseand excel with creative freedom. We have moved audiences to feel,discoverand connect with the world around them. We have shaped the conditions for independent creators,curatorsand cultures to thrive.

We deliver artist-centred developmentprogrammesand essentialfundingto young, emerging and established artists breaking new ground across music-making in the UK. We leadresearch, campaigns, networks, archives and collections to further originality, discovery and equity within music.

Reducing barriers and championing inclusion underpins everything we do driven by our sector leading Fair Access Principles.

We are artist-centred. We are curious. We are agile. We are ambitious.

We are Sound and Music.

Sound and Music is supported byArts Council Englandand proud to be aNational Youth Music Organisation.