Lived Experience Lead - Community Connection & Wellbeing

Lived Experience Lead - Community Connection and Wellbeing
We support individuals living with mental health challenges to achieve outcomes they value.
Position Details

• Part-Time Permanent Position Available (0.8 FTE)
• Classification: SCHADS Level 7 with a salary range of $111,012 - $115,655 pro rata per annum + Superannuation
• Salary packaging arrangements providing tax benefits available for living and entertainment expenses increasing your take home income where part of your wage is paid tax free each pay, savings thousands in tax each year.
• Location: Neami Head Office, Preston VIC, however remote or hybrid working arrangements will be considered (remote work available)

About Neami National
We're big believers in everyone having the opportunity to live a full life - and we give our all to support people to achieve the wellbeing and mental health outcomes that matter to them.
For some people this means having a stronger sense of self. For others, it might mean nurturing relationships, and for others, it could be building the confidence to tackle tomorrow. Everyone has different goals for their own life, and at Neami, we walk alongside people to help improve their quality of life, on their terms.
We are proud to support 32,000 people living with mental healthchallenges across Australia and offer more than 70 services, over 49 different Indigenous lands, across the nation. These include mental health and wellbeing supports, housing and suicide prevention services.
Recently our operational structure has changed from state based to a model where services across the country are grouped in 'streams' of similar services. By grouping similar services, we can better support consumers, partners, and communities.
About Your New role
The exciting new role of Lived Experience Lead - Community Connection and Wellbeing (CCW) will inspire, and involve others through leading, embedding and elevating the Lived Experience lens in operational practice, strategy, governance, and organisational culture in the Community Connection & Wellbeing stream. This stream delivers a number of services across States with a focus on psycho-social supports.
Reporting to the Director- Community Connection and Wellbeing, the LEL-CCW models and oversees Lived Experience practice, leadership, and ways of working across the stream to drive understanding, capacity building, quality performance, education, continuous improvement, and cultural change.
What Will Neami Offer in Return?

• Generous leave entitlements including paid parental leave, Gratis Leave and Wellness Leave
• Professional development through regular practice development sessions and coaching with your supervisor.
• Ongoing extensive in-house Learning and Development programs to encourage learning and skill-building.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through TELUS Health - providing holistic health and wellness supports and resources to Neami staff and their immediate family.
• Flexible work arrangements are available for maintaining your work-life balance.

What You Will Bring To The Role

• Personal experience of mental health challenges, service use, periods of healing/personal recovery and demonstrated ability to apply learnings from this as primary knowledge.
• Deep understanding of the collective Lived Experience lens, as well as Lived Experience practice approaches.
• Experience in a designated Lived Experience service delivery role.
• Sound knowledge of discipline specific supervision, coaching, and mentoring skills, and/or preparedness to undertake relevant training.
• Demonstrated leadership and/or consultation experience.
• Proven ability in project management, strategic action, and innovative thinking
• Demonstrated experience in internal and external stakeholder engagement, including partnership development.
• High level relational skills and emotional intelligence.
• Sound understanding of mental health systems Lived Experience practice.
• Accomplished communication skills including written reports.
• Willingness to identify or be identified by others as a professional with Lived Experience of recovery
• Willingness to share and draw on Lived Experience purposefully in the role to instill confidence and hope in others about the journey of recovery

What The Role Requires

• National Criminal History Check (police check) - disclosable outcomes will be considered and doesn't automatically preclude a person from employment with Neami.
• Adherence with all relevant state mandated credentialing and checks i.e., WWCC.
• Valid Australian Driver's License.
• Australian working rights

How To Apply
The terms and conditions of the role are listed in the position description which can be found on the Neami Job Vacancy portal (please select paper clip icon). If you have any further questions not addressed in the job advertisement or position description, please contact:
Georgie Hartigan | Lived Experience & Inclusion Lead | Georgie.Hartigan@neaminational.org.au
Applications Close: Thursday 14 March 2024
If you are excited about this role, but only meet some of the requirements, we encourage you to call or email us to talk about this opportunity. For this application, there is no need to share details of your Lived Experience. Rather we are looking for you to describe how you would apply the Lived Experience lens in this position.
We encourage people from diverse backgrounds, including people with a disability, LGBTIQ+ people and Torres Strait Islander people, to apply.
Be Yourself - Neami values and celebrates diversity including multidisciplinary teams and the unique backgrounds, experiences, and contributions that each person brings to our community. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse people are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that is accessible, inclusive and reflects the community in which we live.