Musicians Development Assistant

Salary: Circa £24,500 per annum (dependent on candidate experience) plus 10% pension, health care cash plan and a range of other great benefits

Reporting to: Service Delivery Manager

Location: Kings Cross, London WC1X 9JS. Hybrid-working offered with a minimum requirement of 2 days in the London office with flexibility to attend the office more regularly as the needs of the role dictate.

Contract and hours: Permanent contract – 35 hours per week (Monday to Friday)

Help Musicians and Music Minds Matter are powered by a love of music, which is why they empower and support those who create it and make it happen. 

For over 100 years, Help Musicians has been working hard to make a meaningful difference to the lives of musicians across the UK. In a precarious profession often filled with ups and downs, opportunities are hard-won whilst challenges come along all too easily, with unsteady income and physical and mental health concerns common issues. Help Musicians offers a broad range of help to support music creators in times of crisis and opportunity — ensuring musicians across the UK can achieve their creative potential and sustain a career in music. 

Music Minds Matter, puts mental wellbeing centre stage in music. It works proactively to help prevent mental health crises, providing everybody who works in music with the early support, knowledge and tools they need, at exactly the time they need them. 

Love Music; Help Musicians

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Musicians Development team as a Musicians Development Assistant.

The Musicians’ Development Assistant is responsible for the administration of the day-to-day processes that enable the Musicians Development team to provide first-rate support and advice to musicians seeking help for their creative, health and wellbeing or business growth.

We are looking for an individual with an understanding of the key qualities of excellent customer service and be able to demonstrate these both internally and externally. You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills and be able to adapt your tone when communicating with different audiences.

You will have a high level of attention to detail, be highly organised, and able to prioritise tasks, to ensure completion of deadlines. You will also be able to understand and follow processes and standards and respond to enquiries and complete tasks in a timely manner.

We are looking for someone with high levels of self-motivation, with a willingness to keep learning and finding new ways to add value. You will have a passion for the work we do and be committed to the Help Musicians cause.

Please download both parts of our application form (part 1 and 2), complete and submit these to our HR team at recruitment@​helpmusicians.​org.​uk by the deadline below.

Deadline for applications: Monday 24 February 2025, 9am

Interview date: TBC

All enquiries and applications should be made to recruitment@​helpmusicians.​org.​uk

T: 020 7239 9100

Our commitment to EDI

We are a charity that welcomes and positively encourages applications from individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences and will select the best person for the job based on merit, regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, or socio-economic background. 

We are proactively focussed on inclusion to ensure our team at Help Musicians and Music Minds Matter is representative of the diversity of musicians that we support. To find out more about our current Equity, Diversity and Inclusion work, visit our dedicated webpage.

Find out more about our values, employee benefits and what it’s like to work at Help Musicians here.