YSWN is recruiting an Industry Lead: an exciting role for someone to lead our industry-facing activities, establishing and maintaining relationships with a broad range of organisations across the audio industry; devising and delivering training and exploring other forms of earned income.

Job profile

Title: Industry Lead
Contract: Fixed-term employed, 0.4 FTE (15 hours per week) until 31 December 2026
Salary: £30,000 pro rata (£12,000 per annum)
Location: Home-based (anywhere in the UK)

Yorkshire Sound Women Network (YSWN) is seeking a motivated Industry Lead to head up its industry-facing activities, helping to create a more inclusive and equitable audio sector.

You will be responsible for shaping YSWN’s industry-facing activities including establishing and maintaining relationships with a broad range of organisations across the audio industry; devising, selling and delivering new and existing training and corporate support packages as well as exploring other forms of earned income. You’ll feed into YSWN’s strategic direction as part of our equitable staffing structure, bringing your ideas and perspective in helping us work towards our mission.

The successful applicant will be actively committed to the values of YSWN with excellent knowledge and contacts within the audio industry, will demonstrate a sound understanding of issues facing women and gender-diverse people in audio; be a strong advocate for change within the sector who is able to robustly challenge and support others to influence attitudes and behaviours, and be confident in devising and delivering engaging training sessions.

YSWN is a Yorkshire-based community interest company working nationally to champion gender equity in audio. We inspire and enable women and gender-diverse people to explore sound and music technology, running projects devoted to artistic development, education and network-building. We also work with the audio industry to promote equality, tackle discrimination and increase opportunities.

For more information about the organisation see our most recent Annual Review.

In line with our feminist values, YSWN operates with a flat hierarchy and organisation-wide equal salary rate. We are a small organisation where every role calls for both autonomous self-management and supportive, collaborative teamwork.

The weekly hours can generally be worked flexibly to accommodate your individual preference and commitments but would need to incorporate a regular whole-team meeting and attendance at any specific events or training dates agreed.

YSWN will auto-enrol you in a pension scheme and make a 5% contribution in addition to the contribution (currently 3% above the earnings threshold) from your salary. The role offers 11.2 days paid holiday (28 days pro rata) as well as an additional discretionary organisation-wide closure over Christmas.

YSWN welcomes applications from candidates of all backgrounds, age groups and cultures, particularly people of colour and those living with disabilities, and is committed to promoting and increasing diversity within the organisation’s governance, workforce and beneficiaries.

You can read our Equality, Diversity & Safer Spaces Policy here.

A full Role Description and Person Specification for this role can be downloaded here:
Industry Lead recruitment pack (PDF)
Industry Lead recruitment pack (Word)

You can also request one (including alternative formats, if needed) by emailing info@yorkshiresoundwomen.com.

Candidates can apply for this role by sending a cover letter, digital presentation or short video, plus a CV and contact details for two referees to info@yorkshiresoundwomen.com, outlining relevant skills and experience with reference to the person specification.

If you are selected for interview we will ask about any access needs beforehand. If you have any questions about the role you can email info@yorkshiresoundwomen.com but please note that we will be closed between 20 December and 4 January inclusive for Christmas break and will not be able to respond to questions during that time.

This is an employed role; candidates will also need to provide evidence that they are eligible to work in the UK. This post is funded by Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants.

Timescale

Closing date for applications: 5pm, Monday 12 January 2026
Interviews: Held online during week starting 26 January (day tbc)