Head of Development
Job Title: Head of Development
Line Manager: Executive Director
Salary: £45,000-£50,000 per annum
Location: Sheffield
Closing Date: 9am on 8 July 2026
The Role:
ETO is recruiting a dynamic fundraiser, strategist, team-builder and opera lover. This senior role will work closely with ETO’s CEO and Artistic Director, leading on all fundraising and on supporting a high-achieving and happy Development team. We are seeking an experienced, creative and self-motivated individual with the skills and passion to sustain and increase ETO’s fundraised income and maintain and develop our crucial relationship with Arts Council England.
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 bring world-class opera to local communities across England. 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 40,000 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.
How to Apply:
Please email your CV (maximum two pages) and a covering letter (maximum two pages) outlining in detail why you are applying for the role and how your skills and experience make you a suitable candidate to admin@etopera.org.uk.
If you would like to submit your cover letter & submission of interest in a non-written format, please submit a video or voice recording (or a link to one). Please ensure these are no longer than 5 minutes.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.
If you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact admin@etopera.org.uk.
We actively encourage applications from disabled people, working class people and people from global majority backgrounds, as these groups are currently under-represented in the cultural sector.