Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Classification: Senior Officer Grade C (PN 69580)
Salary: $125,344 - $134,527 (Plus 12% Super)
Location: Multiple locations across Canberra Health Services
Division: Mental Health, Justice Health, Drug and Alcohol Services
Closing Date: 24th August 2025

What can we offer you:

• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.
• 12% Superannuation.
• Access to Employee Assistance Program.
• Access to discounted gym membership.
• Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
• Access to onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.
• Up to $12K reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates. (subject to review and approval)

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We believe that our workforce should be as diverse as the community we serve. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thought, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS, Canberra Health Services and the ACT community. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes and sexualities to apply.

Are you a passionate and transformative leader with lived experience and a deep commitment to recovery-oriented, trauma-informed care?

MHJHADS is seeking a visionary Manager of Peer Services to help lead the development, implementation, and expansion of peer-led services across our mental health, justice health and alcohol and drug services division (MHJHADS).

About the Role:

Reporting to the Director of Lived Experience, this pivotal role is responsible for operationalising and managing peer services within MHJHADS. Initially, you will lead the small pilot of a peer-led service within adult mental health services, with a view to expanding into other specialty areas over time (e.g. suicide prevention, alcohol and drug services, perinatal mental health).

This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of peer work in a large, multidisciplinary public health service.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation and evaluation of peer-led service models in the division.
• Manage and support the Consumer and Carer Peer Workforce.
• Collaborate with clinical teams (psychiatry, nursing, allied health) and across sectors to deliver integrated, recovery-oriented, person-centred care.
• Promote the sustainability and growth of the peer workforce across MHJHADS.
• Provide strategic advice and contribute to initiatives in safety, quality, workforce development, and service planning.
• Champion the lived experience perspective in all aspects of service delivery and improvement.

About You

You are a lived experience leader with a strong commitment to recovery-oriented practice. You bring:

• Authentic lived experience leadership, using your own lived experience and collective insights of people with lived experience to influence systems and empower those who have been traditionally marginalised.
• Operational management skillsto lead and grow peer services, including service delivery and evaluation, staff leadership and management, and the management of resources and risks associated with service delivery.
• Team-building expertise, fostering a culture of trust, empowerment, and well-being.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, able to advocate for lived experience values while navigating diverse perspectives.

Why Join MHJHADS?

• Lead a transformative initiative with system-wide impact.
• Work in a collaborative, supportive, and inclusive environment.
• Access professional development and career growth opportunities.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted through the e-recruitment system. Email applications will not be accepted.

To apply for this position, please:

1. Click the 'Apply' button which will direct you to the Canberra Health Services career portal
2. Click 'Apply online'
3. Follow the instructions to:

• Upload a cover letter - outlining why you think you would be a good fit for the role (maximum 1 page)
• Upload your resume - outlining all relevant qualifications and experience ( or volunteer)
• Upload your selection criteria statement - addressing each of the key selection criteria in the role description (maximum 2 pages)

If you are excited about this role, but only meet some of the requirements, we encourage you to call or email us to talk about this opportunity.

If your application is shortlisted:

1. We may invite you to have an informal phone conversation to discuss the role and get to know more about your experience and interest and answer your questions.
2. We may invite you to an interview with up to four panel members. If you are invited for an interview, you will be provided with an interview guide describing the process. As this is a designated lived experience role, the interview will include questions that invite you to reflect on how your personal experiences inform your work. Please only share what you feel comfortable with.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Demonstrate current registration under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011
• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check
• Demonstrate that they hold a full driver's licence
• Comply with Canberra Health Services' Occupational Assessment, Screening, and Vaccination Policy, including any relevant health and fitness for duty requirements

If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please see the full contact details and how to apply on the CHS Careers Page.

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

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