Research Associate, ENO

Role: Research Associate

Salary: £36,050

Hours: 0.4fte (14 hours per week)

Duration: Fixed Term for 18 months

Location: Oxford Road, University of Manchester

English National Opera is in the process of setting up a new main base in Greater Manchester by 2029. As part of the first wave of projects and partnerships delivered in the city-region between now and 2027, ENO is working with University of Manchester on 'Tuning into Opera'. To support with the delivery of this project, we are appointing a Research Associate to work across ENO and University of Manchester, carrying out research and consultation into ENO's move to the city-region and its engagement with local audiences and communities. The successful candidate will be primarily based in The University of Manchester's Creative Manchester (CM) Research Platform.

The key purpose of the role is to research, design and co-curate a series of workshop-style conversations with different community groups in Greater Manchester, exploring what it means to have an opera company based in their city-region. The themes and insights explored in these conversations will be shared publicly through a series of 'Tuning into Opera' events, held three times per year. The first public event will take place at https://factoryinternational.org/whats-on/manchester-international-festival-2025/ - Manchester International Festival in July 2025.

Please see the https://english-national-opera-live.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/UoM-Research-Associate-Recruitment-Pack.16Jan25.pdf - recruitment pack for more details.

Further information can be found at:

https://www.eno.org/ - English National Opera

https://www.creative.manchester.ac.uk/ - Creative Manchester

To Apply

Please send a CV and cover letter detailing your interest and suitability for the role to [email protected] by 5pm Monday 17th February 2025. Interviews will be held on Tuesday 4th March, Oxford Road, University of Manchester.

Please also submit our anonymous https://forms.office.com/e/bsHmL7XLv4?origin=lprLink - Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form.