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Senior Project Officer - Carer Lived Experience

The Royal Melbourne Hospital – Mental Health Services

• Part time, 6-month fixed term opportunity.
• Work collaboratively across public mental health & the community
• Lead carer lived experience projects improving eating disorder services

About RMH and the team

The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) Mental Health Services delivers person-centred, recovery-oriented care through a diverse, multi-disciplinary workforce of skilled clinicians and Lived and Living Experience (LLE) consumer and carer experts. We provide high-quality specialist community and hospital-based mental health services for adults and older adults who are experiencing, or are at risk of developing, serious mental illness.

We are committed to working alongside consumers and carers throughout the recovery journey, delivering trauma-informed, holistic and evidence-based care that is inclusive of family, carers, kin and supporters.

About the role

The Carer Lived Experience Senior Project Officer is a key role within the Carer Lived Experience Team, reporting to the Director, Carer Lived Experience. This position will play a central role in the implementation of the Eating Disorder Carer Lived Experience Project, with opportunities to contribute to additional future projects as they are confirmed.

You will work collaboratively with carer lived experience colleagues to bring new initiatives to life, with a strong focus on project delivery, research, and service system collaboration. EFT will be allocated to specific projects as they are established.

Key responsibilities

• Support the planning, implementation and evaluation of carer lived experience projects, including the Eating Disorder Carer Lived Experience Project
• Contribute to research, evaluation and evidence-based practice development
• Collaborate closely with members of the Carer Lived Experience Team and broader RMH Mental Health Services
• Build and strengthen relationships across the public mental health system and with community-based providers
• Promote trauma-informed, recovery-oriented and carer-inclusive practice across services

About you

You will bring:

• Lived or living experience as a carer, with the ability to use this experience in a purposeful, professional context
• Strong project coordination and stakeholder engagement skills
• Experience working within, or in partnership with, public mental health services and community organisations
• A commitment to evidence-based, recovery-oriented and trauma-informed practice
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively across diverse teams

Why join RMH Mental Health Services?

• Be part of a leading public mental health service committed to lived experience leadership
• Contribute to system-level change that improves outcomes for carers and families
• Work within a supportive, values-driven and collaborative environment
• Generous annual leave entitlements, salary packaging and discounted health and fitness facility access with Fitness Passport!

*Please be advised that we require a mandatory cover letter as part of our application process for this role*

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Interested? Click apply! We will be shortlisting candidates and inviting them to interview as soon as they apply and this advert may close early as a result.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and satisfactory Working With Children Check.

The RMH is committed to creating a culturally safe environment as a collective responsibility. We draw on our principles of self-determination, equity, accountability, and shared learning to create a culturally responsive health system that challenges how we strive for continuous quality improvement to meet the expectations of the communities and patients we serve.

RMH is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with the Child Safe Standards.

As a leader in healthcare, we recognise the need to foster a culture of equity, inclusion, and belonging. We encourage people of all backgrounds, identities, and abilities to apply, and will provide adjustments to support equitable participation.