• Time fraction: Part-time position (0.6 FTE)
• SCHADS Level: 5
• Salary Range: Annual Base Salary $97,000 – 101,800 + superannuation (full time equivalent)
• Start Date: ASAP
• Role Type: Designated Lived Experience role
• Duration: Ongoing
• Reports to: General Manager Advocacy Policy and Research
• Key Reports: Nil
• Location: Tandem Office, Abbotsford/hybrid opportunity with flexibility and consideration for employees with caring responsibilities and those in rural or remote areas.
• Benefits: Generous not for profit salary packaging available.

Who we are:

Tandem was established in 1994 and is proud to be the trusted voice of family, carers and supporters in mental health in Victoria.
As the Victorian peak body with a sole focus on the needs and interests of mental health carers. Tandem’s role is to provide leadership, coordination and knowledge for the organisations and individuals who are working to improve outcomes for Victorian people living with mental health challenges, their family, carers and supporters.

Tandem is committed to ensuring that the importance of the contribution, expertise, experiences and needs of family, carers and supporters is recognised and addressed. We advocate strongly that they are essential partners in recovery, service governance and delivery, planning, research, and evaluation.

Your Role

As a Lived Experience Advisor, your role is essential in elevating the voice of family carers and supporters to drive meaningful change across Victoria’s mental health and wellbeing system. Using your own lived experience expertise, you will apply translational and participatory research methodologies to ensure that best-practice family carer research informs policy, services, and reform.

You will advise on insights from Tandem data to shape research and policy agendas, ensuring lived experience perspectives are embedded in decision-making. You will collaborate with research institutions and sector partners to strengthen and elevate lived and living experience research, contributing to a more informed and inclusive mental health system.

What Makes Me Ideal for This Role?

We’re looking for someone with:

• Lived or living experience as a family member, carer, or supporter of someone with mental health challenges
• Experience working in a collaborative and consultative manner with diverse stakeholders, able to build effective relationships including with community members, and government
• Experience and/or training in research design and data analysis
• Knowledge and understanding of Victoria’s mental health system, and associated health and welfare services including sound knowledge of the legislation pertaining to families, carers and supporters in mental health
• Experience in co-design and co-production environments
• Demonstrated high-level written and verbal communication skills

Why Join Tandem?

At Tandem, you’ll be part of a dynamic and supportive team working to create meaningful change in the mental health sector.

• Join an organisation that values inclusivity, compassion, and the lived experience of family, carers and supporters.
• Hybrid opportunity and consideration for flexible working arrangements to support caring responsibilities, rural/remote applicants and work-life balance
• Salary packaging benefits and Portable Long Service Leave

How to Apply

We’d love to hear from you! If you would like to know more about this role and whether it’s right for you, please reach out to our friendly team.

To apply, please submit your resume and a cover letter.

We strongly encourage applications from First Nations people, as well as people of diverse genders, ages, cultural backgrounds and lived experiences.

Any questions? Let’s talk – contact Jo Tilkeridis on 03 8803 5555 or by email at [email protected] using the subject line: Lived Experience Advisor - Research & Advocacy Lead enquiry via EthicalJobs using the subject line: Family Carer Peer Support Advisor enquiry via Ethical Jobs.