The successful candidate will be a key part of our Senior Management Team and providing maternity cover for our work driving improvements to accessibility and inclusion across the music and live events industry. An understanding of the music and live events industry and how sector support charities can engage with it. Oversee our industry-facing guidance and resources on live events accessibility, including the Live Events Access Charter and Grassroots Community Accessibility Framework, in line with the organisational strategy. In order to apply, please complete the application questions and attach them to an email with your CV. Send it to [email protected] with “Head of Accessibility – Maternity Cover Application” as your subject line.Job Summary
Job Description
This will include:
Overseeing our Live Events Access Charter and Grassroots Community Accessibility Framework.
Delivering work improving how we collect and address feedback from our network of disabled artists, audiences, professionals and volunteers.
Drive our paid Charter membership scheme.
Delivering some of our earned income work (e.g. training, accessibility workshops and access consultancy).
Providing input into our artist, audience and skills development work and internal culture.
Additionally, the post-holder will carry out Senior Management functions around line management, budget management and strategy development.
Please note: We commit to making reasonable adjustments to enable the successful candidate to succeed in the role. However, on-site delivery of training and consultancy is essential to this tole, were an adjustment required around this, it would need to be delivered in a way where the postholder was still delivering on-site.
Please note: We commit to making reasonable adjustments to enable the successful candidate to succeed in the role. However, on-site delivery of training and consultancy is essential to this tole, were an adjustment required around this, it would need to be delivered in a way where the postholder was still delivering on-site.
Further information can be found here: https://attitudeiseverything.org.uk/head-of-accessibility-june-2026/Job Requirements
An understanding of the Social Model of Disability and how a disability-led organisation can use it to address accessibility barriers within the music and live events industry.
An ability to communicate clearly and effectively with the music and live events industry about how to provide access for disabled audiences, artists, volunteers and professionals.
An understanding of the legislation and guidance around disability equality in the UK - including the differences between the Equality Act, building legislation, EHRC Guidance.
Experience of working as a Manager or Senior Manager and an understanding of senior management within the context of a small charity.
Experience of understanding client expectations and writing successful project proposals, project agreements or able to demonstrate the ability to do so.
Experience of line managing staff and/or freelancers. Job Responsibilities
Ensure Attitude is Everything's industry-facing resources include guidance around disabled artists' and professionals' feedback, environmental sustainability and intersectional experiences.
Lead on the development and implementation of processes to capture feedback from disabled audiences, artists, professionals and volunteers to ensure disabled people's lived experiences sit at the heart of our work.
Working with the team to ensure disabled people's lived experiences inform our work with the music and live events industries.
Support the Industry Development Manager on delivering the paid Charter membership scheme.
Provide expert accessibility perspectives to internal and external projects.
Where required, provide support and advice for other projects. Useful Links
How to Apply
You can complete the applications in writing, by video or by audio so please do whichever is most comfortable for you. We will review your application based off the Application Questions alone so please do not feel that you need to create a bespoke CV for the role.
Application deadline: 5.00pm on Sunday 12 July 2026