Lived Experience Advisory Group Expression of Interest

Lifeline Australia is inviting Expressions of Interest (EOI) for people to join the Lifeline Lived Experience Advisory Group (LLEAG) who want to share their insights to help improve Lifeline Australia's outcomes.

About the LLEAG

The main objective of the LLEAG is to ensure the voices of people with lived experience are included throughout Lifeline Australia's activities.

The LLEAG is the key mechanism for ensuring that Lifeline Australia is grounded in lived experience expertise by providing considered, balanced, timely and strategic advice on issues relating to:

• National marketing campaigns

• National advocacy

• National service design and policy

• National service delivery (where appropriate)

• National research projects

Who we are looking for

We'd love to hear from you if you:

• Meet all Essential Criteria set out below

• Have lived experience of suicide (as defined in the LLEAG's Terms of Reference and outlined below)

• Can apply your lived experience expertise and leadership skills to positively contribute to the aims and objectives of the LLEAG and inform Lifeline Australia activities and decision making

• Can participate in scheduled meetings and discussions as required.

• Agree to maintain confidentiality

• Are not engaged in any activity which conflicts with the interests of Lifeline Australia

• Are happy to follow the LLEAG's Terms of Reference

• Are willing to sign a Consulting Agreement which will set out key terms for the appointment including, the requirement that you hold, or can apply for, an ABN.

Essential Criteria

1. Lived/living experience, defined as having one or more of the following experiences:

• Personal experience of suicidal thoughts and/or survived a suicide attempt

• Personal experience of mental health challenges

• Cared for someone with mental health challenges and/or experiencing suicidal crisis

• Been bereaved by the suicide of a loved one

• Experience of service use

2. Active involvement in lived experience advocacy work focused on improving mental health and suicide prevention services and support, including the following roles and contexts:

• Professional advocate

• Designated Lived Experience role

• Peer work

• Community-based work

• Specialist focus (eg: research)

• Community specific (eg: First Nations, LGBTI, disability)

3. Demonstrated leadership skills, including:

• Capacity to work collaboratively with others to achieve positive change

• Commitment to applying Lifeline's lived experience engagement principles in all interactions

• Ability to bring a representative perspective specific to own lived experience while promoting the participation of others representing different identities, experiences and communities

• Good working knowledge of the key issues and priorities of significance to people with lived experience

• Awareness and capacity to communicate own wellbeing support needs and preferences

4. Serves diverse communities

In determining membership, consideration will be given to ensuring members serve diverse communities including:

• Lived and living experience

• Experience of service and systems use

• Gender

• Geographical region

• Population cohorts

• Cultural expertise

• Advocacy skills and experience

• Professional skills

How to express your interest

To apply, please submit your EOI by clicking "Apply" and answering the mandatory questions. As part of this recruitment process, we have engaged and partnered with an expert consultant in Lived Experience Capability (Carrie Lumby) who will support with the entire recruitment process.

1. Outline your lived experience advocacy experience, including any specific roles held

2. What are the key strengths and assets you would bring to the LLEAG?

3. What are you hoping to learn by being a member of the LLEAG?

4. Provide an example of how you demonstrated leadership by applying at least two of the lived experience engagement guiding principles (see Lifeline's Lived Experience Framework) when working collaboratively with others to achieve a positive outcome.

Please read and consider the LLEAG Terms of Reference and Lifeline Australia Lived Experience Framework in your expression of interest. You can find the links to both documents below.

LLEAG Terms of Reference

Lifeline Australia Lived Experience Framework

***Applications close COB Monday 10th November 2025***