Advertised from 16 July 2025

Role

About the Employability Team

Our employability Team provides learning, education, training and employability support to assist individuals into

Education, Training and Employment. Our employability programmes are tailored to an individual’s needs, barriers

and goals to ensure a personalised approach to everyone, every time. We engage organisations and businesses,

large and small, to help provide work placements which contribute to increased confidence and equips individuals

with valuable transferable skills for the workplace.

Working with partners, we offer a ‘pipeline’ of both informal and accredited learning and training opportunities. The aim is to support individuals who may be at different points of moving towards work in Aberdeen City and

Aberdeenshire. We work with individuals to improve Health & Wellbeing build Core Skills, Confidence, Training and

Employability skills whilst also supporting additional needs/barriers to ensure they are best placed to ultimately

enter the area of employment that they are seeking.

Using a person-centered approach, you will undertake strength-based employability assessments with individuals

to identify the necessary support and development opportunities each client requires. This is to ensure individuals

are supported in working towards accredited learning, training and employment. You will work with individuals to

build on their strengths and enable them to progress towards employment. You will work collaboratively with a

variety of key stakeholders including both internal and external services and agencies to support individuals towards

positive outcomes.

Aberdeen Foyer believes that every person has a unique set of strengths and capabilities and the potential for

growth, change and success. We see the person, not the problem and over the past 30 years we have worked with

thousands of people making remarkable changes. 

About You

As a development coach, you will support the delivery of employability skills, core skills and training to ensure the

service is delivered to a high quality and standard. You will have an awareness of the potential barriers faced and

understand how to support individuals to overcome these. You will be a flexible individual, able to collaborate with

colleagues across the team Foyer services, taking a holistic approach to support and change the lives of individuals.

You will have an awareness of activities which promote social interaction, build confidence, and develop core skills

for education, training, and employment.

The successful individual will understand the skills required to successfully motivate individuals to engage with

education, training and employment. You will understand the benefits of wellbeing, and how this impacts the

journey towards achieving these. You will have knowledge of the current employment market, local education,

training, and employment opportunities available for individuals. You will be able to work collaboratively with other

key stakeholders in Aberdeenshire to proactively promote and deliver our employability and learning service. You

will be solutions focused and most of all, you will be passionate about believing in individuals, seeing their potential

and investing in them to achieve their goals.

Application notes

A recruitment pack is available here.

A full job profile is available here.

Please apply to Recruitment@aberdeenfoyer.com with a copy of your CV and cover letter (no more than 2 pages)

that gives us a fuller understanding of what interests you about this position and how your experience and skills link

to the role. In addition, please include the following with your application:

• Confirmation that you hold a UK residency or relevant permits to work in the UK.
• Contact details including a phone number, email and residential address.
• Indication of your availability to start in this role.
• Any arrangements you might need to attend an interview

Application Closing Date: 5pm Friday 25th July 2025