Audience Development Consultant

Ulster Orchestra (UO) is seeking proposals to contract an Audience Development Consultant, who will help to engage and retain target audiences and increase repeat attendance through data-driven strategies. This aligns with our broader objectives of increasing income and diversifying our audience, and our vision to be a vital force in the cultural, social and educational life of Northern Ireland.

The Audience Development Consultant will provide the UO with an audience development strategy along with a robust and achievable audience development action plan aimed at increasing audiences.

Proposals should include:

• A detailed methodology for undertaking the work, addressing the project's aims and objectives in no more than 2 A4 pages.
• A timeline outlining project delivery with key milestones.
• An up-to-date CV highlighting relevant audience development experience from similar projects, including experience within performing arts sector.
• A breakdown of costs, including day rates, based on 2 days per month over a 4-month period.

Proposals should be submitted via email to no later than Thursday, 30 April 2026, with the subject line: UO Audience Development Consultant Proposal.

We anticipate the contract will commence in May 2026 and the expected delivery is four months with completion of the contract by the end of August 2026. The role is fully remote, although attendance in-person in Belfast may be required for some meetings.

If you have any questions about the role or require any reasonable adjustment(s) at any stage of the process, please feel encouraged to contact our People & Culture Leader, Lisa Kinghan at the email above.

UO welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Within this context we particularly encourage applications from people with disabilities, LGBTQ+, Black, Asian and other global majority backgrounds, and those from backgrounds of social and economic deprivation.