Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (PYMHWS) is a new, dedicated public youth mental health service and is the first of its kind in Australia. We are looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join our team.

Manager, Youth Lived Experience

Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (PYMHWS)

PERMANENT ONGOING | PART TIME 64 HOURS/FORTNIGHT | 📍 PARKVILLE

Bring your passion and expertise to support youth lived experience peer workers. Grow and develop of our youth lived experience workforce.

• Join Victoria’s newest Public Mental Health Service dedicated to youth
• Permanent Ongoing, Part-time role | Parkville based |
• Salary Packaging | 5 weeks Annual Leave | EAP and wellbeing programs

About Us:

Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (PYMHWS) is Victoria’s newest public mental health service dedicated to the care of young people aged 12 to 25 experiencing complex mental health challenges. 

PYMHWS is leading a bold and values-driven transformation in youth mental health care across Melbourne’s north and west. We exist to walk alongside young people, their families, carers, supporters and kin delivering care that is accessible, inclusive, developmentally appropriate, evidence-informed, and grounded in lived experience. Our service model is shaped by the voices of young people and their communities, and underpinned by a commitment to safety, equity, and continuous learning.

At PYMHWS, we are working with our community and partners to build in a future where all young people can access world-class mental health support, close to home. As we grow, we are looking for passionate, skilled, and visionary professionals to join us in shaping a new era of youth mental health in Victoria.  

The Opportunity:

The Manager, Youth Lived Experience is a unique leadership role in PYMWHS, supporting the continued development and continuous quality improvement of youth lived experience programs at PYMHWS.  We will value your extensive experience across youth lived experience activities - including consultation, collaboration, co-design and peer work. 

You will provide operational management and support to specific lived experience roles, and lived experience expertise to the leadership group. You will guide us as we grow.  

Why Join PYMHWS?

• Be part of building a legacy for youth mental health in Victoria
• Work alongside passionate, visionary leaders in a values-led organisation
• Salary packaging options, up to $11,600 tax free earnings
• 5 weeks annual leave
• Employee wellbeing focused, access to EAP
• Fitness Passport membership
• Flexible, inclusive, and supportive workplace culture
• Opportunities for professional growth and development

About the Role:

The Manager, Youth Lived Experience provides leadership in youth lived experience, across PYMHWS.  This includes operational support to the Youth Peer Work Specialist, and to the Youth Lived Experience Consultant, and guidance across the wider program regarding youth lived experience – including peer work, consultation, collaboration and co-design.

What You'll Do:

• Provide lived experience leadership and line management to the Youth Lived Experience Consultant, and the Peer Work Specialist
• Provide lived experience leadership and line management to specified youth peer workers
• Lead and guide improvement projects across bed-based, subacute and community programs
• Lead and guide improvement projects that support the capacity of PYMHWS staff to collaborate with, and learn from, lived experience – including through consultation, collaboration, and co-design initiatives
• Lead the development of approaches to youth lived experience consultation for 12 – 14 year olds

About You:

✔️ Expertise drawn from your own lived and living experiences using the public mental health system

✔️ Experience engaging in lived experience consultation activities, with knowledge of different approaches to consultation, collaboration and co-design

✔️ Experience in delivering youth peer work, with knowledge of the Intentional Peer Support approach to peer work

✔️ Excited to share your expertise, and to learn with others

Ready to Make a Difference?
If you're looking to be part of something truly meaningful—we’d love to hear from you.

For a confidential discussion, contact Katherine Monson 0401 449 660.

Interested applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Recruitment is ongoing, with interviews commencing as soon as suitable candidates are received. Advertising may cease prior to the closing date.

To view the full Position Description, please click HERE

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and a Working with Children Check. Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment prior to commencement.

PYMHWS stands in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in work and care. We are proud to be a workplace that champions diversity, inclusion and equality for our staff and our community.  Our goal is for our people to feel safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best every single day. We encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities, and identities to apply to our vacancies, and will consider adjustments to support such applications.