Job Details

CHANGE is part of The Advonet Group, a Leeds-based advocacy charity that has been operating for over 20 years. Its mission is to empower people to have their voices heard, understand their choices, and access their rights.

CHANGE has a national reputation for delivering high quality resources and training around accessible information and has recently launched a new range of services and website, CHANGE including their subscriptions offer, training and quality checking to complement its bespoke commissioned work and easy read resources.

The CHANGE manager will oversee and develop our CHANGE social enterprise model which focuses on building income from accessible information resources.

CHANGE has an over 20 -year history nationally of empowering marginalised groups and in particular ensuring information is accessible for people with learning disabilities. You will develop the social enterprise to increase sales of bespoke commissioned easy read products and increase take up of subscriptions to our easy read image bank, as well as following up physical sales and our training offers.

You will lead a small team of designers/ illustrators, project staff and Words to Pictures volunteers to achieve this, with support of the Advonet Development Director and wider Advonet team.

We provide a high-quality service that results in visually engaging resources being produced.

Examples of our work include Macmillan’s easy read series and Breast Cancer Now’s service pledge and information leaflets and the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s, corporate strategy.

We want more people to know about our brilliant work and what we can offer and are looking for someone who is confident in networking with a range of groups and organisations, supporting CHANGE to expand its sales and further its aim of increasing information access for disabled people. You will lead a small team of designers/illustrators and Words To Pictures quality checkers and be part of a wider charity that makes a difference for marginalised groups locally and regionally.

We’re keen to hear from people who are equally confident promoting what we do and tracking what works – leading to increased income. You’ll be someone who can motivate those you manage but also those in the wider organisation and others like our external web manager.

You’ll be entrepreneurial, keen to learn, and motivated to continually improve our offer.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to network and present confidently with a range of professionals and organisations.
• Equally able to communicate to senior professionals from a range of professions, Board members and people with disabilities.
• Ability to create project plans, track progress and take action to amend planning as needed to reach project goals.
• Ability to prioritise sectors and leads within these, following these up to convert to sales.
• Proficiency in using and tracking the impact of social media to increase reach and sales, including in creating blogs and webinars.
• Ability to track budget lines, identify issues and take action where needed.
• Good technical understanding of website functions to achieve targets and ability to articulate requirements and commission these from a web team proactively to resolve issues.
• Ability to empower a team and support their development, following policies.
• Ability to track wider changes in easy read provision and trends and use this to inform planning and development.
• Ability to work autonomously and confidence managing upwards.
• Ability to develop and lead training.
• Commitment to the principles of co-production, valuing lived experience.
• Flexible and adaptable to project needs.