Join our Team

• Utilise your knowledge and personal experience of the lived experience workforce to lead a state-wide program. 
• Fixed Term Full time role until June 2027
• WFH + Burnley office location

Mind strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and applicants from all cultures, genders, sexualities, bodies, abilities, spiritualities, ages and backgrounds.

Mind Australia is one of the country’s leading community-managed specialist mental health service providers with a range of residential, mobile outreach, centre based and online services. Mind has been supporting people experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges to find help, hope and purpose in their lives for more than 45 years. 

We provide practical and motivational support that helps people to develop the skills they need to move on, thrive and improve the quality of their lives. It’s an approach to mental health and wellbeing that looks at the whole person in the context of their daily life. Mind is committed to diversity and social inclusion.

About the role

The Lived Experience Career Compass (LECC) Lead will work from a lived experience perspective to lead the coordinated delivery of three state-wide early career programs:

• The Peer Cadet Program 
• Pilot Student Placement Program -Certificate IV Mental Health Peer Work
• Local Mental Health and Wellbeing Services Early Career Program

The role will involve leading and managing projects, consultation, and building state-wide capability for early career programs. This is a Victorian-based role that requires the ability to form connections and build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to enable authentic and inclusive engagement and collaboration. 

The Lived Experience Career Compass Lead will champion the voice of lived experience in all their work, advocate for human rights and work to provide an alternative to traditional mental health responses through their work. 

Key responsibilities

• Has a lived/living experience of mental distress and recovery and understanding of, and ability and willingness to, contribute this Lived Expertise in working towards greater state-wide and organisational impact.
• Draw on lived expertise approaches informed by a commitment to social change and human rights to shape the delivery of lived experience workforce development strategies.
• Advocate and work collaboratively with stakeholders to support the understanding of the Lived Experience Workforce and Early Career Programs. 
• Support the design, development and implementation of successful Early Career Programs. 
• Provide informed strategic advice regarding policies and procedures, legislation, workforce planning, Lived Experience practice, sustainability, and innovation.
• Be working towards understanding the impacts of mutually reinforcing systems of discrimination and marginalisation that oppress people based on their intersectional identities and take a trauma-responsive, do no harm approach to supporting the early career workforce.

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 understanding of lived experience workforce approaches including peer work, co-design, co-production and workforce development.
• A commitment to social change and human rights centred practice. 
• Passion to drive and champion change and progress the lived experience agenda throughout the organisation and more broadly.
• Ability to build strong relationships with lived experience colleagues, community groups and key stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to coordinate groups of people and create connections and build relationships and community.

What we Offer

• 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.
• Professional development through regular Practice Development sessions and coaching with your supervisor
• Fitness Passport - Access to our corporate health and fitness program, providing you and your family with access to a wide choice of fitness facilities.

Interested?

To apply visit Mind Careers - reference number 497339. complete an online application form and attach a copy of your CV, along with a cover letter outlining:

1. Share an example of a workforce development project that you have led and implemented. Describe the project, your leadership role, and how you utilised your lived expertise in this space.
2. Your experience in growing relationships and building relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

Online applications must be submitted by 11pm Thursday 10th April. Please contact the person below for more information.

Daisy Gleeson – Lived Experience Workforce Manager

Email: Daisy.Gleeson@mindaustralia.org.au

Phone: 0456355174

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 hr@mindaustralia.org.au

Position Description

 PD Lived Experience Career Compass Lead (LE) 20250325.pdf

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