Director, Lived Experience
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Director leading Wellways’ lived-experience strategy and executive change agenda. Embedding participant, family and carer voices across mental health services and organisational governance.
Responsibilities:
- Lead implementation of the Lived Experience Strategy across Wellways
- Ensure lived and living experience voices are central to strategy, governance, operations, workforce, business development, recruitment, quality and evaluation
- Drive systemic change through organisational strategy, governance, service design and decision making
- Create opportunities for people with lived experience, families and carers to shape mental health and wellbeing services
- Challenge tokenistic approaches and advocate for recovery, inclusion, human rights and self-determination
- Strengthen partnerships and influence practice across Wellways and the wider sector
- Deliver lived experience strategy execution, change management, stakeholder engagement, coproduction and codesign processes, peer workforce development, leadership and project management
Requirements:
- Publicly disclosed personal lived experience of mental health challenges, with demonstrated lived experience expertise suitable for an executive role
- Demonstrated senior leadership experience in a complex organisation
- Able to lead self and others through periods of significant change
- Examples of leadership experience within an executive team, particularly during significant organisational change
- Understanding of discrimination and the importance of inclusion of a diverse range of voices
- Right to work within Australia
- Current valid Driver’s Licence and ability to undertake some travel
- NDIS Worker Orientation Module Certificate
- Satisfactory National Police Records Check
- NDIS Worker Screening Check
- Working with Children’s Check
- Relevant tertiary qualification desirable
Benefits:
- Salary packaging up to $15,899
- Meal and Entertainment allowance via salary packaging up to $2,650 per annum
- 17.5% leave loading every time you take annual leave
- Paid parental leave after 12 months of ongoing employment
- Paid Cultural Leave (where applicable)
- Employee Assistance Program access for you and your family
- A purpose driven culture where people can thrive, everyone is respected, and differences are valued
- An equitable, diverse, and socially inclusive work environment
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