About us

batyr is a ‘for purpose’ preventative mental health organisation, created and driven by young people, for young people. We run programs that help smash the stigma surrounding mental health and empower young people to reach out for support. We help create supportive communities.

We are an energetic, fun and dynamic team who are excited about changing the way we speak about mental health. We are on the hunt to build our team with even more passionate, skilled and driven people to continue to develop our high-performance culture and expand the reach and impact of batyr. If you want a workplace where you can bring all of your full, weird and wonderful self to the office each day, this is the place.

Working With US

At batyr, we care deeply about those we welcome into our work-family and do our best to support our team.

We do this by:

• Providing all permanent staff with a wellbeing budget that you can use on a gym membership, a new surfboard, pottery classes, music lessons, a spa treatment, a new book… almost whatever you need to help keep you feeling good

• Providing wellbeing sessions and ongoing professional development, including Mental Health First Aid accreditation

• Wellbeing leave - your personal leave doesn’t just have to be for sick days, at batyr you can also use this leave to support your mental health and wellbeing

• Mid-year and start-of-year retreats
• Flexible working arrangements
• Salary packaging up to $15,900 pa - because we’re a not for profit, you can choose to receive a proportion of your wage as a reimbursement of personal expenses, with no income tax payable on this money

• A bring your own device policy, with reimbursements for using your own phone and computer

batyr is committed to providing a safe, culturally appropriate, inclusive environment for all people, regardless of their ethnicity, faith, disability, sexuality, or gender identity. We believe that everyone’s voice is valid and worthy of being heard and because of this we strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply, especially those from minority or marginalised communities.

About The Role

The University Program Coordinator (USyd) will be the batyr rep on campus at USyd to work alongside contacts at the University to deliver the batyr@uni program across faculties, colleges and societies. The role will include the booking and coordinating of batyr@uni programs, alongside supporting the volunteer group of student leaders (batyr@USyd Exec) to deliver events, initiatives and campaigns on campus. This role will meet regularly with the Pro-Vice Chancellor (Student Life) and work collaboratively with the Student Life team to report on the impact of the batyr program within the university and will be key to the success of building brand trust and recognition across campus. The university program at USyd is aimed at reducing stigma and increasing help seeking behaviour for young people and promoting the message that it’s ok to not be ok.

The role will be pivotal in nurturing and developing batyr’s relationships with key stakeholders across the university and to the success of the partnership more broadly. This role will assist in the direction of batyr’s core university program at USyd, identifying needs and helping the team continue to improve how we do things at batyr’s partner Universities.

Please see the attached job description for full details on the role, responsibilities and selection criteria.

batyr is a safe and inclusive workplace. Those from minority or marginalised communities are encouraged to apply. This includes, but is definitely not limited to, people with a lived-experience of mental ill health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, LGBTQIA+ people, and people with disabilities.