Project Officer; Scottish Gambling Education Hub

Do you enjoy working with people? Do you have excellent communication and presentation skills, and experience working with young people?

We are looking for a Project Officer to join Fast Forward’s existing Scottish Gambling Education Hub. This role will focus on working in the community with young people, practitioners and families living and working in the Highlands and Islands.

We are looking for an enthusiastic practitioner with excellent communication skills and a robust track record of working in the community with young people, practitioners and families.

The Hub was Scotland’s first gambling education and prevention programme focusing on protecting young people from gambling harms. Its work includes delivering training to practitioners, staff, schools and youth groups, developing resources, and partnership building with national organisations.

Fast Forward is Scotland’s national youth work agency, a force for change supporting children and young people to make informed decisions about risk‑taking behaviours. We take a harm reduction approach to reduce the negative impacts of these behaviours on their lives and those of their families and wider community.

The team’s work is dynamic, challenging and rewarding in developing innovative programmes to address risk‑taking behaviours that often goes unrecognised. You will find creative ways to engage with partners, adapting and creating resources to enable them to better deliver meaningful harm reduction and prevention education around harmful gambling and gambling harm.

• Integrity – Our work is dynamic and informed by expertise, lived experience and relevant research.
• Forward Thinking – We are brave and bold. We are creative in our approach to identifying and responding to risk‑taking behaviour.
• Inclusive – We take a person‑centred approach. We are non‑judgemental and respectful.
• Collaborative – We coproduce, partner and learn with young people and experts from across the field.