Job Title: Development Manager

Line Manager: Head of Development

Salary: £30,000-£35,000 per annum

Location: Sheffield

Closing Date: 9am on Friday 20 February 2026

The Role:

ETO are seeking an ambitious and experienced fundraiser to join our busy Development team as we continue to grow our voluntary (fundraised) income to support our work on the stage, in schools and
in the community.

Please see full responsibilities and specifications in the attached job pack.

About English Touring Opera:

ETO is an Olivier award-winning opera company with a mission to make our artform accessible to all.
Since 1979, ETO has toured outstanding live productions and impactful education and community
projects to more towns and cities than any other UK opera company, reaching over 30,000 people
per year. As an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation, we tour exceptional and
ambitious theatre-based productions across the country, performing rare, unjustly underperformed
repertoire that is neglected by the rest of the sector. With an average ticket price of £26.81, we are
committed to breaking down financial barriers to opera and challenging the perception that the
artform is elitist. It is an exciting time for ETO, as we establish ourselves in our new base of
operations in Sheffield as part of the ACE Transfer Programme.

ETO creates award-winning educational opera experiences as part of our Learning & Participation
(L&P) Programme. We tour participatory opera across the country for infants, children, families, and
Learning Disabled young people and we deliver creative workshops for young people in secondary
schools and Alternative Provision settings. Through our multifaceted approach, we work carefully
with participants to deliver activities that reflect their backgrounds, interests, and needs, alongside
important issues such as climate change and mental health.

How to Apply:

Please email your CV (maximum two pages) and a separate document (maximum two pages) that answers the following four questions to admin@etopera.org.uk. Please use the following four questions as headings:

1. Tell us about your biggest success or a piece of work of which you are most proud.

2. This role will involve writing persuasive applications for Trust and Foundation grants. Please can you write a short paragraph explaining why a Trust or Foundation should award a grant towards ETO’s Spring 2026 season, including our opera for children.

3. You’ll have to work as part of a busy team in this role, whilst managing the Trusts & Foundations Officer. Please can you give us an example of how you’ve worked in a team before and what your management approach would be.

4. Please tell us if you have any previous fundraising experience, or previous experience which has given you skills which are transferable to fundraising.

Please also fill in the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form, which will be anonymised, stored separately from your application, and will not be considered as part of it.