Term: 4 years, up to 2 terms
Time commitment: Approximately 6 Board meetings and 1 Away Day per year. Sub-committee meetings as required. Attendance at first nights and events.
Location: Greater Manchester Region
We are seeking two new Trustees who are strongly networked in the Greater Manchester region to join our Board at a pivotal time for ENO, as we expand our presence and reimagine what opera can be in contemporary society.
Working across both London and Greater Manchester, we are creating opera at a range of scales and for a variety of contexts and audiences. We are collaborating with a diverse mix of venues, spaces, and organisations – exploring creative opportunities and building relationships with new communities and future audiences. This work is central to our ambition to develop a new model for how opera is created, shared, and experienced today.
As a registered charity, ENO is committed to ensuring that opera is available to everyone, without limits. We champion new talent, new ideas, and new audiences because we believe opera should be accessible to all—regardless of background, experience, financial means, or location.
Trustees serve as ambassadors for this work and are essential in monitoring the organisation’s overall governance, financial stability, and strategic direction during this exciting period of growth.
We are currently seeking Trustees with a strong connection to the Greater Manchester region who bring experience and skills in some of the following areas:
- Audiences: communication, marketing, digital & social media, insight
- Fundraising and philanthropy
- Artistic: programming, talent development, education & learning, music (particularly opera), performance, producing
We encourage applications from people of all identities, skill levels, and backgrounds, and prior Trustee experience is not required.
Please see our recruitment pack for more details.
To apply, please send along a CV (2 page maximum) and Cover Letter (500 word maximum) or short video (2 minutes maximum) detailing your interest and suitability for the role to [email protected] by Monday 28 July 2025.
Please also submit our anonymous Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form.
English National Opera is an Equal Opportunities employer, and we strive to create an inclusive working environment that reflects the diverse communities we serve. As we work to address underrepresentation in our workforce, English National Opera particularly encourages potential candidates from underrepresented groups and communities to apply, including those from global majority backgrounds and/or with protected characteristics, including race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment and religion and belief. We will provide appropriate support for candidates with access requirements if they identify as disabled. This includes during the application process and through candidate assessment stages.