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Top job! Head of Development
- Full time
- £60,000
- Hybrid: Glasgow, Fife, or Aberdeen
- Closing 5th October 2026
About includem…
Founded in 2000, Includem is a Scottish charity working alongside children, young people and families to help transform lives. We provide relationship-based, flexible support that is available when it is needed most, helping young people build on their strengths, make positive choices and move towards the future they want.
We work with children and young people in care, families facing challenges, and those navigating education, mental health, justice or transitions into adulthood.
This is where you come in. Working for Includem means using your skills, experience and leadership to make a meaningful difference in an organisation where relationships, creativity and impact matter.
With a focus on external engagement, the Head of Development is responsible for identifying, developing and securing sustainable growth opportunities that enable Includem to extend its impact across Scotland.
As part of the Executive Team, the postholder will lead the organisation’s business development, strategic partnerships, fundraising, communications, policy and influencing activity, ensuring Includem remains at the forefront of supporting children, young people and families. Working closely with service delivery teams, the executive team and board, they will identify emerging opportunities, shape innovative service responses, strengthen external relationships and use evidence and impact data to influence policy and secure future investment.
This role plays a pivotal part in ensuring Includem has a strong external profile, diversified income streams, a robust evidence base on Includem’s model and impact and an influential voice in shaping services and public policy.
Benefits
Includem offers the following benefits:
- 28 days annual leave, increasing to 31 days with 5 years’ service.
- 9 public holidays
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Counselling service
- Family friendly leave
- SSSC Registration
- Blue Light Card
- Company pension
- Medicash
- Charity Worker Discounts
- Personal Assurance
Learning Coordinator - Aberdeenshire Employability Service
- Part time
- £28,377 pro-rata
- Remote: Home based in Aberdeenshire
- Closing 9th October 2026
We seek a part-time (21 hours per week) Learning Coordinator to deliver Lead’s Aberdeenshire Employability Service. This is a learning service for disabled people and carers aged 16 to 67 who experience barriers to work and education.
The successful applicant will be:
- Engaging and supporting unpaid carers to overcome barriers and embark on personalised learning journeys, building skills and confidence with using digital and online services to achieve their personal aims and ambitions.
- Being an active part of the Lead Scotland team in Aberdeenshire.
- Working from your home base in Aberdeenshire, access to transport is essential to travel to homes and communities across this rural area.
It involves regulated work for which a satisfactory PVG will be required.
About you:
You will be passionate about the transformative power of adult learning, have excellent communication skills, and a flexible and creative approach to problem-solving.
You will have great organisational skills and previous experience of supporting disabled people experiencing a range of barriers, of working one-to-one with learners, and of designing and delivering learning programmes. You will hold an Assessors Award or be willing to work towards this.
Northeast Coordinator - Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels
- Full time
- £31,143
- Hybrid: Inverdee House, Torry, Aberdeen
- Closing 6th October 2026
The Role:
As Northeast Coordinator, you will be at the forefront of an unprecedented conservation initiative: the confirmed eradication of grey squirrels from Aberdeen and the surrounding Shire. This ground-breaking effort will set a precedent as the first eradication of an invasive grey squirrel population on mainland Britain, attracting significant scientific and public interest.
You will work closely with a collaborative project team, partner agencies, and stakeholders, with a focus on confirmation monitoring, biosecurity, partnership working, and long-term programme sustainability. This is an opportunity to be part of a vital initiative working to protect and promote red squirrel populations, ensuring their sustainable long-term future in our landscapes.
Main objectives:
You will coordinate and oversee the actions required to achieve this ambitious goal, including coordination of the transition through the stages of the Confirmation Phase and into long-term Biosecurity Phase management. This will include supporting monitoring activities, responding appropriately to potential grey squirrel sightings, collaborating with partners and the development and implementation of a transition plan for long term sustainability
Key responsibilities include coordination and oversight of the Northeast team activities including line management, and creating national activity guidance documents to disseminate proven practices and lessons learnt in Northeast.
The successful candidate will have:
- A relevant degree in ecology (or similar).
- At least two years’ relevant experience in wildlife ecology or conservation.
- Ability to demonstrate strong leadership and staff management skills.
- Proven experience in developing and managing conservation projects.
- Expertise in ecological survey design, data collection and analysis.
- Excellent written communication skills along.
- Keen interest in dissemination of best practice through creating supportive guidance documents.