Autism AIM Deputy Manager

Volunteer Centre; Leeds; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 28,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to 31 days annual leave

Health plan & Employee Support

Flexible and remote working

Free parking near city centre

Inclusive environment

Job summary

Advonet Group is seeking an operational leader for Autism AIM services across Leeds, Bradford and Craven. The post involves overseeing projects, supervising staff and volunteers, and ensuring responsive, high-quality delivery.

The role requires regular office presence with hubs and meetings, plus flexibility for remote work where needed. The post holder will join the Leadership Team, support service development, and drive improvements while managing resources and partnerships.

Qualifications

• Managing or supervising staff or volunteers including those with additional needs.
• Monitoring, evaluation, and reporting.
• Co-production or user-led approaches.
• Lived experience of Autism or neurodivergence.
• Project management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise staff and volunteers across AIM services.
• Provide operational oversight of designated projects and ensure high-quality delivery.
• Support staff development and drive continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with partners and attend key meetings alongside flexibility for remote work.
• Represent AIM at Leeds, Bradford and Craven meetings and wider organisational priorities.

Skills

Staff supervision

Monitoring & reporting

Co-production

Lived autism/neurodivergence

Project management

Job description

Hours: 20 hours per week

Contract: Fixed Term 12 Months

Location: Your base will be the Advonet Office at The Unity Business Centre alongside delivery sites including hubs and community venues. As an operational leadership role, this post requires a regular presence in the office, at Autism AIM’s hub, and at key meetings alongside flexibility to work remotely where this meets service needs. The role requires occasional evening and weekend work.

Role Purpose: To support the AIM Manager in the leadership, management and development of Autism AIM services across multiple projects and geographical areas including Leeds, Bradford and Craven. The role holder will provide operational oversight of designated projects, ensuring high-quality delivery, continuous improvement, and responsiveness to emerging needs. They will also support, develop and lead staff and volunteers working across AIM services. The postholder is a member of the Leadership Team at Advonet and plays a key role in delivering organisational priorities.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Managing or supervising staff or volunteers including those with additional needs. Partnership working across sectors.
• Monitoring, evaluation, and reporting.
• Co-production or user-led approaches.
• Lived experience of Autism or neurodivergence.
• Project management.

About Us:

Established in 2001, The Advonet Group is an independent advocacy charity based in Leeds. The Advonet Group is comprised of statutory and non-statutory advocacy services and specialist inclusion services (Asking You, CHANGE and Leeds Autism Aim). All our services support individuals to have their voices heard and their rights upheld.

We are united in our commitment to uphold the nationally recognised advocacy principles and have a diverse staff team of 80 people working within the organisation. We are a disability confident and Mindful Employer with Investors in People and Volunteers and have achieved the Advocacy Quality Performance Mark.

The Advonet Group values and respects the diversity of backgrounds, experiences and knowledge that staff, volunteers and job applicants bring. All our staff undertake mandatory training on both Equality and Diversity and LGBTQ+ Awareness to increase awareness and understanding of discrimination both in and out of the workplace, with a view to reduce the impact this has on our colleagues and the wider community. This creates a workplace where staff feel comfortable to be themselves and empowers them, and our service users, to use their unique experiences to inform their work.

Benefits of working with us:

• Up to 31 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Access to a cashback health plans and Employee Support scheme
• Flexible and remote working – We recognise that people work best when they can balance their professional and personal responsibilities. We offer flexibility wherever possible; while maintaining our commitment to putting the needs of the people we support at the centre of what we do
• Free parking near the city centre
• Welcoming, inclusive and supportive environment

Interviews to be held on: Tuesday 29 th September

Please note this is a relisting of the role: Thank you to everyone who expressed an interest in this role during the previous recruitment process. Having carefully reviewed applications at that time, we are seeking to attract new applicants and therefore previous candidates are kindly asked not to reapply.