Lived Experience Project Officer - Consumer BPD

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Work type: Part time
Location: Adelaide Metro Southern
Categories: Administration, Business and Management, Mental Health

 

  • Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network 

  • Rural Support Service 

 
  • Location: Various/Remote 

  • Salary: ASO4 $79,432 - $83,266 per annum (adjusted to actual hours worked) 

  • Part Time – 30 hours per week, Temporary until April 2027  

  

WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?  

Join a leading initiative improving mental health services for people living with Borderline Personality Disorder. As Lived Experience Project Officer – Consumer, you will lead the consumer voice within the BPD Collaborative, embedding lived experience across service design and delivery. You’ll drive engagement initiatives, develop training and resources, and work with stakeholders to ensure services are inclusive, responsive, and recovery-focused. This is a unique opportunity to use your lived experience to influence meaningful system change and improve outcomes for people with BPD.

 

WHO ARE WE?  

The RSS Mental Health Team is a business unit in SA Health and provides services throughout regional South Australia to support the six regional local health networks (LHNs). It employs around 260 people who work in 37 regional, rural and remote SA locations, or in our Unley Office.   

 

WHERE AND HOW YOU WILL WORK  

Our staff enjoy working from our busy office at Unley, from home or remotely and benefit from the work-life balance this provides. They enjoy the freedom to further their career while remaining part of their local community and contributing to health care right across regional South Australia.  
 

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?  

  • Are you committed to lived experience and consumer participation, with a genuine belief in the value of co-design in shaping mental health services

  • Are you passionate about improving mental health outcomes through recovery-oriented, person-centred and culturally responsive approaches? 

 
  • Do you have the confidence working with diverse stakeholders, including consumers, carers, NGOs and government partners, to build trust and shared purpose? 

  • Are you proactive and organised approach to managing projects, data, reporting and competing priorities in a structured and reliable way? 

  • Are you driven by a values mindset with respect for cultural diversity, including a strong commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural safety and inclusion? 

If you have answered yes to any of these questions - then read on…  

  

HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE?  

You will……….  

  • Lead project design and implementation activities including consultation, data collection and analysis, evaluation, reporting and continuous feedback aligned to project objectives and timelines  

  • Build and maintain strong partnerships with consumers, carers, health services, NGOs and government agencies to support effective program delivery and improved health outcomes  

  • Develop and deliver education, training and consultation activities that strengthen consumer and carer engagement in mental health service design and improvement  

  • Provide high-level project and executive support including reporting, briefings, committee coordination, minute-taking and stakeholder communications  

  • Contribute to service planning, policy development and system improvement while ensuring compliance with legislative, cultural and organisational requirements 

 

WHAT WILL WE OFFER YOU IN RETURN?  

At BHFLHN, not only will you be working in an environment surrounded by beautiful scenery and nature we see your work here as not just as a job, but an opportunity to extend, progress or consolidate your career with us. We therefore offer you opportunities to be supported in the following ways:  

  • Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year Click here more information  

  • Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities.  

  • Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.  

  • Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to BHFLHN staff and their families.  

WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS?  

Working in this environment, it is important to us that we only employ people with the upmost integrity and commitment to serving the South Australian community and its visitors to the highest possible standards. To ensure that we meet that commitment there are a few checks that you will be required to undertake. These are detailed on the Role Description, but are likely to include the following:  

  • You will need to undergo employment screening, what you require is also on the front page of the Role Description.
     

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION  

We employ people as diverse as the clients we support and the environments we work in. At BHFLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees and therefore we encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community. We continually look for ways to support and promote diversity and flexible ways of working so please let us know what interests you.   

NEED TO RELOCATE?  

Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. See what is available here: Relocation support | SA Health. Find out more about working in the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, and see what it looks like to work and live in regional Australia at: https://movetomore.com.au/  

HELP IS HERE!  

Please refer to all the details in the Role Description below (job ref: 937732), or reach out to Leah Morrison, Administration Officer, on 742 56500 or via E-mail: leah.morrison@sa.gov.au 

To find out what you need to apply, and what is required to be offered a role, please refer to the Applicant Checklist BHFLHN Applicant Checklist.pdf. Please also click here for our Australian applicant guidelines  

 

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DON’T HESITATE!Applications Close on Thursday 18th June, 2026 at 11:55PM  

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Categories

SA Health

Locations

Metropolitan South Australia

Work type

Local Health Network / Business