Sound and Music
Programme Coordinator
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We are recruiting a Programme Coordinator to provide essential administrative support for the smooth and effective delivery of our programmes, activities and events.
If you are interested in finding out more about this key role in our Programmes Team, or know someone who you think would be perfect to help support creators and their work, read on below.
Programme Coordinator Job Pack: https://bit.ly/ProgrammeCoordinatorJobPack
Programme Coordinator
The Programme Coordinator plays a key role in executing our Developing Artist Strategy and involves varied work focused on the smooth running of Sound and Music and our activities. Your core responsibilities are to provide administrative support to the Programmes Team to ensure the smooth and effective delivery of our Programme, activities and events.
The role works closely with the Chief Executive, three Senior Creative Programme Leaders and two Creative Programme Leaders. You will coordinate key elements of our Developing Artist Strategy, currently In Motion (including Seed Award and Longlist Offer), In the Making, Essentials Fund, alumni commissions, Fair Access and Sampler Mixtape.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Providing practical and administrative support for programme activity
- Coordinating contracts and invoices
- Keeping budgets accurate and up to date
- Preparing agendas, event schedules and welcome packs
- Coordinating selection panels
- Collecting data and overseeing evaluation processes
- Acting as the main point of contact for students, parents and carers on In the Making
Application Details
- Application deadline: Sunday 20 September 2026, 23:59 BST
- Interviews and meet the team: Thursday 1 October 2026
- Second interviews: Not specified
- Start date: To be confirmed
- Contract: Permanent contract, part-time 0.6 FTE (3 days per week)
- Location: London / hybrid. You could work remotely from anywhere in the UK, with a minimum of two days per month at our London workspace.
- Salary band: £25,000–£31,000 pro rata (£15,000–£18,600 p.a. based on 0.6 FTE contract)
- Reporting to: Senior Creative Programme Leader
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How to apply
If you are interested in working with us, please apply by completing the application form via Airtable.
- Application form: https://bit.ly/ProgrammeCoordinatorSaM
- Programme Coordinator Job Pack: https://bit.ly/ProgrammeCoordinatorJobPack
Application deadline: Sunday 20 September 2026, 23:59 BST
Meet the Team Session
If you’re considering applying for our Programme Coordinator role, 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 Programmes Team, talk through the Programme Coordinator 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 on Tuesday 08 September 2026, from 13:00–14:00.
If you’re unable to join us but have a question you’d like answered, please contact Sally-Ann King at Reality HR: Kingsally-Ann@Realityhr.co.uk.
Register for the Meet the Team Session: https://bit.ly/MeetTheTeam-ProgrammeCoordinator
Equity, diversity and inclusion
We are a Disabled Committed Employer and Living Wage Employer. As part of our commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and in line with our Fair Access Principles, we are committed to addressing barriers to employment and participation on the grounds of gender, ethnicity, disability and socio-economic background.
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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: Kingsally-Ann@Realityhr.co.uk
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, realise and excel with creative freedom. We have moved audiences to feel, discover and connect with the world around them. We have shaped the conditions for independent creators, curators and cultures to thrive.
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.
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 by Arts Council England and proud to be a National Youth Music Organisation.
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