• Join a leader in youth mental health, revolutionising services to our young people
• Be part of a supportive team with career development and growth opportunities
• 0.8FTE - 1.0FTE Fixed term until 30 June 2022 with opportunity for further employment
• Access to generous NFP salary packaging and flexible work/life balance arrangements

About Orygen 

The why behind what we do is important. We believe that all young people deserve to grow into adulthood with optimal mental health. Everything we do is focused on this outcome. Orygen is leading and redefining what’s possible in global research, policy, education and clinical care. Find out more on our website.

The Opportunity

Knowledge Translation is seeking a Senior Peer Workforce Trainer. You will be well supported to ensure your career at Orygen is both fulfilling and rewarding without compromising on your life goals. 

If you have a passion for the field of youth mental health and want to make a real difference to the lives of young people and their families and carers and share Orygen’s values of respect, accountability, teamwork, excellence and innovation, then we would love you to join the Orygen team to revolutionise youth mental health. 

The role and your impact

The Senior Peer Work Trainer is a busy and exciting new role which will support progress towards establishing Orygen as a Registered Training Organisation (RTO). The Senior Peer Work Trainer will roll out the initial vocational training courses offerings, and oversee associated administrative tasks. Orygen’s strategic goal is ‘to educate, build the capacity of, and grow the youth mental health workforce within and external to Orygen’. You will:

• Contribute significantly to the design and development of training strategies and training and assessment materials.
• Coordinate sessional trainers to ensure the successful delivery of training courses.
• Prepare and deliver online learning content for enrolled students.
• Manage and maintain the online learning system through which courses are delivered.

• Organise the development of new learning material through consultation with internal and external content experts.

About you

Essential to this role is qualifications in Training and Assessment equivalent to Cert IV in Training and Assessment, or significant progress towards completion. You will also need to have industry experience in lived experience peer work, either with mental health or community organisations. You are passionate, enquiring, energetic and determined to make a difference to health outcomes for young people. In addition, you will bring:

• Significant experience or vocational competency in youth mental health
• Familiarity with distance education methods and experience in online teaching and assessment.
• Experience of working with adolescents and young adults and an appreciation of adolescent developmental issues.
• Willingness to explore new educational methods for teaching and learning.
• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills.
• Well-developed organisational and time management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate and engage with a range of internal and external stakeholders. 

To view the FULL selection criteria and learn more about this opportunity, please go to www.orygen.org.au/About/Work-with-Us  to view the Position Description or contact Caroline Crlenjak at [email protected], using the subject line: Senior Peer Workforce Trainer enquiry via EthicalJobs, for a confidential discussion.

Salary and benefits

Depending on your skills and experience, a salary of $120,000 - $130,000 p.a. is offered plus superannuation and access to generous NFP salary packaging.

Orygen is committed to providing an inclusive work environment that supports employees to achieve their career goals without compromising their life goals. With this in mind Orygen offers a range of employment benefits including generous paid leave, flexible work arrangement, an employee assistance program, well regarded supervision and a supportive team, career growth and development opportunities, purposeful work that makes a real difference to lives of young people and their families and carers and career opportunities within an organisation that is the leader in youth mental health.

You are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible. Orygen may close the advertisement before the closing date.

Orygen is dedicated to gender equality, diversity and inclusivity. We strive to continue to build a culturally safe workplace where our values underpin the way we work and our commitment to First Nations people of Australia, young people and their families, LGBTIQA+ people and CALD people. We strongly encourage applications from the First Nations people.