Director Lived Experience

Wellways Australia; Melbourne; Vor Ort; AUD 180.000 - 240.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Salary packaging benefits up to $15, M

Meal and Entertainment allowance

Leave loading 17.5%

Paid parental leave

Paid Cultural Leave

Employee Assistance Program

Zusammenfassung

Wellways Australia is seeking a Director of Lived Experience to lead the integration of lived and living experience voices across strategy, governance and service delivery. This executive role focuses on embedding lived experience in decision making and workforce development, influencing practice across the organisation and wider sector.

The role is based in Victoria with flexible location for the right candidate, offering a five-year executive contract and opportunities to drive systemic change

Qualifikationen

• Publicly disclosed personal lived experience of mental health challenges.
• Senior leadership experience in a complex organisation.
• Ability to lead through periods of significant change.
• Demonstrate inclusion of diverse voices within executive contexts.
• Desirable - relevant tertiary qualification.

Aufgaben

• Embed the Lived Experience Strategy across governance, operations and workforce.
• Drive stakeholder engagement and coproduction processes.
• Lead change management initiatives and organisational development.
• Influence service design and decision making across Wellways and the sector.
• Develop peer workforce programs and leadership capability.
• Provide leadership within the executive team during transformation.
• Oversee project management and delivery of key initiatives.

Kenntnisse

Lived experience leadership

Senior leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Change management

Ausbildung

Relevant tertiary qualification

Jobbeschreibung

Wellways celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and empowered to contribute. We warmly welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with lived experience of mental health challenges or disability, people from multicultural backgrounds, and people who identify as LGBTIQA+. We recognise that diverse experiences and perspectives strengthen our workforce and the communities we support.

Are you a passionate lived experience leader ready to influence change at an executive level? Lead the implementation of the Lived Experience Strategy across Wellways - centering lived and living experience voices in the work we do. Drive sector-wide change by continuing to elevate lived experience leadership and improve outcomes for participants and the workforce. 5 year executive contract

At Wellways, we believe lived experience is more than a perspective, it is expertise, leadership and a catalyst for meaningful change. We are seeking a visionary Director of Lived Experience to continue to drive our bold agenda that transforms how lived experience is recognised, valued and embedded across both our organisation and the broader mental health and wellbeing sector.

This is a pivotal leadership opportunity for someone ready to challenge traditional ways of thinking, influence organisational strategy and ensure the voices of people with lived experience, families and carers have genuine power in shaping the services, systems and decisions that affect their lives.

The role is based at Fairfield (Victoria) however location is flexible for the right person.

About the opportunity

The Director Lived Experience ensures that the voices of lived and living experience are central to our strategy, governance, operations, workforce, business development, recruitment, quality and evaluation.

The opportunity to lead change

Drive systemic change by embedding the lived experience strategy to strengthen organisational strategy, governance, service design and decision making.

Create authentic influence by creating opportunities for people with lived experience, families and carers to shape the future of mental health and wellbeing services.

Lead with purpose and conviction by challenging tokenistic approaches, breaking down barriers and advocating for a culture grounded in recovery, inclusion, human rights and self determination.

Build a powerful movement for change by strengthening partnerships, elevating lived experience voices and influencing practice across Wellways and the wider sector.

Key deliverables and responsibilities

• Lived Experience Strategy Execution
• Change Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Coproduction and Codesign Processes
• Inform Peer Workforce Development
• Leadership
• Project Management

What you bring to this leadership role

• You have publicly disclosed personal lived experience of mental health challenges, with demonstrated lived experience expertise suitable for an executive role.
• Demonstrated senior leadership experience in complex organisation
• Able to lead self and others through periods of significant change
• Provide examples of your leadership experience within an executive team, particularly in periods of significant organisational change.
• Demonstrate your understanding of discrimination and importance of the inclusion of a diverse range of voices.
• Desirable - relevant tertiary qualification

Other essential requirements

• Right to work within Australia
• Current valid Driver's Licence and the ability to undertake some travel
• NDIS Worker Orientation Module Certificate
• Satisfactory National Police Records Check
• NDIS Worker Screening Check and Working with Children's Check

Why Wellways?

We know that real change happens when people are heard, respected and empowered to lead their own journeys. Our commitment to connection, compassion, respect and inclusion is reflected in our determination to create communities where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

Benefits and perks

• Salary packaging up to $15,899 enables you to spend a portion of your salary before it is taxed to pay for things like rent, mortgage repayments, car leasing
• Meal and Entertainment allowance via salary packaging up to $2,650 per annum
• Receive 17.5% leave loading every time you take annual leave
• Paid parental leave after 12 months of ongoing employment
• Paid Cultural Leave (where applicable)
• Access for you and your family to our Employee Assistance Program

If you are ready to turn lived experience into