Co-design Lived Experience Lead

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time

Organisation: The Royal Women's Hospital

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Medical, Nursing, Health and Allied Health

Reference: 25478
- **Part time, 2 days/0.4 FTE (15.2 hours) per week**:

- ** 2.5 years fixed term position**:

- **Parkville location with multiple public transport options**:

- **Parkville location with flexible, hybrid working**

The Royal Women’s Hospital is Australia’s first and most trusted tertiary hospital dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of women and newborns, offering specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women’s health. Our goal is to be the best place to work, learn and contribute, and to provide exceptional experiences for our patients and consumers.

**About the Centre for Family Violence Prevention**

Launched in 2016, the Centre focuses on improving the safety, health and wellbeing of women and their families experiencing family violence. The Centre brings together a team of interdisciplinary researchers including clinicians, social scientists, statisticians, early career researchers and students. It aims to become a hub for the development of innovative interventions including identification tools, early intervention and therapeutic responses, to assist women experiencing family violence.

**About the role**

As the Lived Experience Lead you will develop, implement and lead a strong survivor lived experience co-design platform, with special attention to funding sustainability. In this role you will have a wonderful opportunity to help shape future outcomes for the community.

A regular day will see you:

- Lead the successful delivery of the Lived Experience Collective project
- Enhance the profile and integration of trauma and violence-informed care at the Women’s
- Create and deliver innovative service development to establish the Women’s as a leader in transforming health systems through co-design with survivors of domestic family and sexual violence

While drawing on your lived experience you will work in a highly supportive and safe environment, with engaged and collaborative managers and colleagues.

To gain a comprehensive understanding of the role and its requirements, we encourage you to review the attached position description when you click 'apply'.

**About you**

You will be someone who is comfortable using your own experiences to help inform the improvement of outcomes for patients and staff who experience family violence. You’ll have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to build and maintain strong, collaborative working relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.

You’ll bring with you:

- ??Lived experience of domestic, family and/or sexual violence
- Degree in a social science, health related discipline (Social Work, Medical, Psychology, Nursing, Science), arts, gender/women studies or relevant field
- Research and evaluation skills and project management involving multiple stakeholders
- Knowledge and understanding of co-design and working closely with those with lived experience of domestic and family violence
- Experience working in a hospital or other setting with people affected by family violence
- Experience delivering training, preferably training pertaining to family violence

**Our benefits**

At the Women’s you will enjoy a culture that is collaborative, supportive and passionate about learning. We have a strong sense of purpose, and engage in meaningful work every day. We offer our people a range of rewarding benefits, including:

- $11,660 in salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted financial, lifestyle and health options, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
- Public transport options at our doorstep and end of journey facilities for cyclists
- Onsite childcare centre and breastfeeding rooms
- Mentoring, learning and career development opportunities
- Five weeks annual leave, 17.5% leave loading and purchased leave options
- Flexible, hybrid working arrangements

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