Lived and Living Experience Coordinator

Work in an environment that offers: 

• Support for career progression and development
• An opportunity to work with a leading regional health service
• An ability to live and work in a vibrant regional setting

The Position 

Job Reference: 2799 

Position Title: Lived and Living Experience Coordinator
Classification: Level 4 MP40 - MP43
Salary per fortnight (exc. super): $3, $3,600.20
Hours per fortnight: up to 80 Hours (Includes an ADO every 4 weeks) 
Employment Status: Ongoing Full Time

Closing date: 07/09/2025

The Lived and Living Experience Coordinator Coordinator will play an important leadership role for the LLE workforce and within the Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (MHWS), providing key representation on internal and external working parties and committees. The Coordinator will utilise co-production principles and the LLE perspective to ensure the LLE view is included in MHWS planning, delivery, and implementation. The Coordinator will provide discipline-specific supervision, identify areas for continuous improvement within the area of lived experience, and initiate, plan, and evaluate relevant service improvement activities. 

Working with Bendigo Health

Bendigo Health are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture.

Created by our community in the 1850s, we have a long, proud history of delivering excellent care to our community.

Our organisation is diverse, welcoming and committed to delivering our vision of Excellent Care. Every Person, Every Time.

Bendigo Health has around 5000 staff and a catchment area covering a quarter of the size of Victoria. The three main campuses of Bendigo Health are in Bendigo, with many services extended to regional settings including areas such as Mildura, Echuca, Swan Hill, Kyneton and Castlemaine.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits for our staff, including: 

• Staff health and wellbeing programs
• Career development and education opportunities
• Generous salary packaging opportunities, to increase your take-home pay each fortnight
• Flexible Working Arrangements
• Use of staff gym and pool and access to other fitness facilities through fitness passport program

If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the on boarding process.

Your New Division

The Mental Health and Wellbeing Service provides psychiatric care and treatment across a large catchment area in Victoria, stretching from Swan Hill in the north of the state to Gisborne in the south. Family sensitive practice is central to our models of mental health care, and best practice ensures the identification, inclusion, and support of families, carers, and children.

Bendigo Region

Bendigo is one of Victoria's largest regional cities, making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region's population of over 320,000 and so the city offers excellent schools, shopping and cultural precincts, sporting facilities, and various tertiary facilities. We can offer generous flexible working arrangements - giving you more time to enjoy the fantastic restaurants, beautiful parks, walking trails and wineries within our region.

Interested?

We'd love to hear from you  Please ensure that you attach a cover letter and an up-to-date copy of your resume.  

Need more information?  Please contact Francis McCormick, Manager on for a confidential discussion.  

Diversity and Inclusion

Bendigo Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and social inclusion and encourage people from a diverse cultural background, people with disabilities and or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

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