Lived Experience Project Officer

Mind Australia; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Mind Australia seeks a compassionate Lived Experience Project Officer for a full-time, 2-year role based in Burnley. This position involves supporting the delivery and administration of Lived Experience Career programs, interacting with stakeholders, and facilitating educational training based on trauma-informed principles. Ideal for candidates with a background in mental health and lived experience.

Benefits

Salary packaging options available

Employee Assistance Program access

Fitness Passport corporate health program

Qualifications

• Completion of Intentional Peer Support training is required.
• Tertiary qualifications in a health-related field desirable.
• Experience in inclusive, adult learning principles education.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of Lived Experience early career programs.
• Organize events like graduations and stakeholder meetings.
• Collaborate with stakeholders for statewide program delivery.

Skills

Trauma-informed education and training

Mentoring and coaching

Education

Tertiary qualifications in Mental Health or related field

Intentional Peer Support Core and/or Advanced training

Job description

• Opportunity to support the implementation and delivery Lived Experience early career programs
• Fixed term 2 year role | Full time
• Burnley Location

Mind strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people with a lived experience of mental ill health and recovery, and applicants from all cultures, genders, sexualities, bodies, abilities, spiritualities, ages and backgrounds.

Mind Australia is one of Australia’s largest providers of community-managed psychosocial services, supporting people experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges to find help, hope and purpose in their lives. Operating for more than 45 years and employing more than 1,300 staff around Australia, Mind is a leading employer of people with lived experience of mental health challenges, recognising their unique ability to connect with and motivate clients and guide recovery.

About the role

The organisational function of Lived Experience is to work within Mind’s support hub and drives the implementation of mental health systems reform and service innovations which are informed by lived expertise, intersectionality, human rights and social justice. The Lived Experience Workforce team lead an organisation-wide program of work to support, develop, and embed lived experience workforce.

We are seeking a self-motivated, compassionate Lived Experience Project Officer for a 2 year fixed term, full time opportunity in the Burnley area. You will support the administration and delivery of Lived Experience Career Compass (LECC) and other projects within the Lived Experience Workforce team.

Key responsibilities

• Support the implementation and delivery of three early career programs
• Support strategies that build capacity of the lived experience workforce in line with evidence-informed approaches.
• Provide administration and organisation of events such as graduations, co-reflections, stakeholder meetings
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders to ensure the statewide delivery of programs is managed and delivered

What you’ll bring

• Completion of Intentional Peer Support Core and/or Advanced training is required.
• Tertiary qualifications in Mental Health, Peer Work, Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) or other health related field as designated by Mind are also desirable but not required.
• Demonstrated experience in developing, designing and facilitating inclusive and trauma-informed education and training based on adult learning principles.
• Experience with mentoring and coaching people with lived experience and/or trained to provide consumer perspective supervision or family/carer perspective supervision is highly desirable.
• Salary packaging up to $15,899 p.a. allows you to allocate a portion of your pre-tax income to cover living expenses (e.g. rent, mortgage, child care, car leasing expenses etc.)
• Option to access Meal and Entertainment allowance up to $2,650 p.a. via Salary Packaging.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), provided by Converge International,for you and your immediate family members.
• Fitness Passport - Access to our corporate health and fitness program, providing you and family with access to a wide choice of fitness facilities.

Interested?

To apply visit Mind Careers - reference number 49774. Online applications must be submitted by 11pm Sunday 6 July2025. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced. Please contact the person below for more information.

Daisy Gleeson – Senior Manager, Lived Expertise Workforce Growth and Development

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. If you require any support or reasonable adjustments to complete your application, please contact us at [e-mail]

The successful applicant is required to complete comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check and NDIS Workers Screening Check.

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Mind Australia is one of the largest providers of community-managed psychosocial services in Australia with a range of residential, mobile outreach, centre-based and online services, as well as community housing via The Haven Foundation. We support people experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges to find help, hope and purpose in their lives. We are a leading employer of people with lived experience of mental health challenges, recognising their unique ability to connect with and motivate the people who come to us for support.

Mind delivers services in Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, and in New South Wales through our subsidiary One Door Mental Health.

Mind Australia is one of the largest providers of community-managed psychosocial services in Australia with a range of residential, mobile outreach, centre-based and online services, as well as community housing via The Haven Foundation. We support people experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges to find help, hope and purpose in their lives. We are a leading employer of people with lived experience of mental health challenges, recognising their unique ability to connect with and motivate the people who come to us for support.

Mind delivers services in Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, and in New South Wales through our subsidiary One Door Mental Health.

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