About Scottish Drugs Forum:
Established in 1986, Scottish Drugs Forum (SDF) is the national, membership-based charity committed to improving
Scotland's approach to drug-related issues.
We influence this through our work by striving for compassionate, inclusive, evidence-informed policy and
practice.
We are pleased to be recruiting a Peer Community Engagement Officer
About Magazine:
SDF is facilitating the exciting development of a peer-led, harm reduction-focused magazine created by and for people
who use drugs. Our mission is to amplify the voices, experiences, and stories of individuals within this
community, challenge stigma, and provide valuable, practical information about harm reduction, health, and
policy changes. We believe in the power of storytelling to create change, and we're looking for a Peer
Community Engagement Officer to join our team and help those with living experience to craft meaningful,
impactful content.
About the Role and Post Holder:
The Peer Community Engagement Officer will play a vital role in our team, actively engaging with people who use drugs
to create meaningful magazine and podcast content. This position involves direct interaction with readers,
contributors, and our wider audience, helping to build a vibrant, inclusive space for open dialogue, mutual
support, and shared learning. Working closely with the Content Creator & Editor and our Living Experience
Team, the Officer will help shape content that reflect the needs and perspectives of the living experience
community, ensuring the magazine stays responsive, relevant, and truly peer-driven.
We encourage applications from people with their own direct lived experience of substance use who can use their
experience in developing this work. As the role requires the post holder to engage with a diverse range of
people with living experience, it is essential that applicants are knowledgeable of the complexities of
substance use and of harm reduction strategies.
SDF as an organisation mainly work from home. It is envisaged this post will have some in person work and will
require travel throughout Scotland and an ability to attend work in our head office based in Glasgow as
required. Candidates should be willing and able to work effectively from home.
Benefits of working at SDF:
As an SDF employee you will benefit from generous annual leave entitlement, a range of learning and development
opportunities, competitive pension contribution, and an employee support and counselling service. SDF encourage
a healthy work life balance and offer a flexible working scheme and a range of wellbeing initiatives.
Our ambition is to work together to promote a more inclusive environment, which attracts all candidates and signals
our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity.