Advocate, Independent Mental Health Advocacy X2

2 days ago

Melbourne City Centre, Australia Victoria Legal Aid Full time

Two part time positions available: one ongoing role (0.9FTE) and one maximum term role (0.8FTE) up to 12 months
- Salary based on experience, range: $74,178 - $95,992 (pro rata) plus super
- Attractive employee benefits including salary packaging

**About the role**: Our Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) team is a non-legal advocacy program that is staffed and led by professionals with mental health consumer experience and/or backgrounds in community development, consumer advocacy, mental health advocacy, community sector advocacy, social work, mental health service provision or other similar fields.We are seeking two Advocates to be based at our Melbourne office:

- 1x ongoing part time role (0.9FTE)
- 1x maximum term part time role (0.8FTE)
- Strong communication and negotiation skills, with an ability to quickly build trust and rapport with a diverse range of consumers and internal and external stakeholders
- A deep understanding of the challenges impacting Victorians when accessing mental health support services, and an ability to ‘stand up' on behalf of consumers.
- A flexible, patient and supportive approach while remaining transparent. You will be a creative problem solver with either mental health support and/or advocacy or consumer advocacy experience.
- Family friendly, flexible hybrid work from home & office model
- Training and professional development opportunities
- Supportive team environment in modern offices
- Salary packaging which allows up to $15,900 of your salary each year to be tax free

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