Lived Experience Workforce Leadership Specialist

1 week ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia beBeeLeadership Full time $110,000 - $135,000
Lead Lived Experience Workforce Development Manager

This position is responsible for leading a team in managing a large program of work that ensures lived and living experience workforces employed in mental health and alcohol and drug services have the necessary structures and supports to thrive.

You will collaborate with consumers, their families, carers, supports, lived and living experience workforces, colleagues, and employing services to address Royal Commission recommendations and collective priorities for lived and living experience workforces.

Collaboration with system steward organisations and sector partners is key in developing and implementing lived and living experience leadership and workforce policies and strategies.

The role creates structures and processes supporting lived and living experience workforce initiatives developed in partnership with people with lived and living experience and other stakeholders.

This exciting role is critical in implementing recommendations from the Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health and Wellbeing System, ensuring lived experience is embedded across the reformed system.

About Us

We aim to support Victorians to stay healthy and safe. Our vision is a future where our children and people thrive, workplaces are productive and safe, and communities are more connected.

Our healthcare system should ensure every single Victorian can access safe, quality care leading to better health outcomes for all.

About You
  • Able to manage workforce programs or related fields with strong leadership skills.
  • Experience in leading the development of lived and living experience workforces is essential.
  • Drive to reform Victoria's mental health system to support better outcomes for consumers, families, carers, kin, and people with experience of substance use or addiction.
  • Able to confidentially lead a team to manage a large program of initiatives.
  • Skill in co-design and co-production in various settings.
What We Offer
  • The opportunity to perform meaningful work contributing toward enabling Victorians to be the healthiest people in the world.
  • A wide range of growth and development opportunities within the department and wider Victorian Public Service & Sector.
  • A strong commitment to work-life balance including diverse flexible working arrangements.
Requirements
  • Excellent leadership skills.
  • Strong collaboration skills.
  • Ability to confidentially manage sensitive information.
  • Able to lead cross-functional teams.
  • Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and implement strategies to promote lived and living experience workforce development.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to identify and address gaps in service delivery.
  • Design and implement training programs for lived and living experience workforce leaders.
  • Provide guidance and support to team members to achieve program goals.

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