Lived Experience Project Officer - Consumer BPD Job no: Work type: Part time Location: Adelaide CBD, Adelaide Metro Southern Categories: Mental Health, Project and Program Management Borderline Personality Disorder Collaborative Location: Unley 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 BPD Collaborative, leading a statewide 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, contribute to 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 office is located in the vibrant inner-southern suburb of Unley. Located just minutes from the CBD, with great public transport links. 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 for people living with BPD 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 organized in 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? HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE? Lead project design and implementation activities including consultation, data collection, 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. Deliver education, training and consultation activities that strengthen consumer and carer engagement in mental health service design and improvement. Provide high‑level project support including reporting, 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 BPD Co, not only will you be working in a supportive team environment 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 and 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. 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 utmost 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. 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. For more information, please refer to the full Role Description or contact Cathy McLeod Everitt, Service Development Manager, at or via E-mail: #J-18808-Ljbffr