Senior Navy Psychologist Peer Support

5 days ago

Canberra, ACT, Australia Department of Defence Full time $104,000 - $130,878 per year

The Role

Navy Psychology provides psychological support to the Royal Australian Navy's uniformed workforce by delivering best-practice resilience, organisational and mental health programs.

The Senior Psychologist Peer Support will be responsible for facilitation and management of the Navy Mental Health Peer Support Program.

This will include training and monitoring a team of Navy Mental Health Peer Supporters. You will be responsible for program evaluation and improvements, as well as provision of ongoing supervision to Navy Mental Health Peer Supporters. The role will involve domestic travel to naval bases in order to deliver the program training.

The Senior Psychologist Peer Support will also assist the wider Navy Psychology team through the provision of stakeholder advice and liaison, referrals from Command for advice, brief self-referrals for work-related support, operational mental health screening and critical incident mental health support and organisational interventions.

This position is a maternity leave cover from Jan 2026 to April 2027.

About our Team

The Senior Psychologist Peer Support will exercise a considerable degree of independence, working alongside the wider Navy Psychology team. They will be physically located with the Navy Psychology Canberra team.

The Navy Psychology Canberra team work together to support each other and the goals of the Section and wider Navy. They value professional development, strong relationships, high performance and work flexibility.

Our Ideal Candidate

This is a civilian (non-uniformed) role, as part of the Australian Public Service (APS) workforce within Navy.

Our ideal candidate has experience in managing individuals and teams, or the potential ability, and willingness to upskill in this area.

The candidate should also be comfortable facilitating training and project management.

The Senior Psychologist Peer Support will exercise a considerable degree of autonomy and display strong prioritization and time management skills, together with strong facilitation skills and preparedness in the delivery of the Navy Mental Health Peer Support Program.

Relocation assistance is available and, while this is a client-facing role, there will be regular opportunities to work from home and enjoy flexible work arrangements. There is also free access to the gym facilities on-base and free on-site parking.

Application Closing Date: Monday 6 October 2025

For further information please review the job information pack, reference NAVY/07481/25 on

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