- Research Parkville, VIC Part-time
18/6/2025
- Parkville location | Onsite parking + close to public transport
- Part time 2-year contract | 1 day per week - Wednesday
- Values-driven environment | Access salary packaging + NFP benefits
About Orygen
Orygen is Australia’s Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health and the largest translational research organisation dedicated to youth mental health in the world.
For over 30 years, Orygen has led groundbreaking early intervention and developed evidence-based models of care to improve the mental health outcomes of young people aged 12-25.
About the job
The Lived Experience Researcher will work on the Platform for Research and Interventions in youth Mental health and the Environment (PRIME) Project. PRIME brings together researchers and organisations that work with young people to support programs protecting the mental health of young Australians as they face climate change.
Reporting to the PRIME Chief Investigators and PRIME Project Manager you will:
The following criteria must be met for consideration for this position:
Benefits
If you’re ready to make a difference in youth mental health and be part of a collaborative, innovative team, apply now.
For the full position description, visit https://www.orygen.org.au/getmedia/eae39488-7c8a-4c3f-963d-08c4fe7a1f13/Peer-Researcher-(PRIME)-June-25-final.pdf.aspx
This is part-time (0.2 FTE) contract, until June 2027 with potential to extend.
Applications will close on 25th June (4pm), unless a suitable candidate is found sooner.
Before applying at Orygen, it’s important to understand that you may encounter sensitive information related to mental health as part of your work. Being aware of this and how it could affect you is essential in deciding if this is the right opportunity for you.
Orygen is committed to providing diverse, equitable and inclusive environments for Staff and anyone connected to Orygen. We strive to continue building 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, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ people and CALD communities. We strongly encourage applications from First Nations people.
Orygen is a child-safe organisation and is committed to promoting and protecting the safety and well-being of all young people and embedding safeguarding practices into all our programs and services. All employment appointments are subject to holding a valid working with children check and successful police check.
Orygen is Australia’s Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health and the largest translational research organisation dedicated to youth mental health in the world.
For over 30 years, Orygen has led groundbreaking early intervention and developed evidence-based models of care to improve the mental health outcomes of young people aged 12-25.
About the job
The Lived Experience Researcher will work on the Platform for Research and Interventions in youth Mental health and the Environment (PRIME) Project. PRIME brings together researchers and organisations that work with young people to support programs protecting the mental health of young Australians as they face climate change.
Reporting to the PRIME Chief Investigators and PRIME Project Manager you will:
- Assist with youth participation and engagement, through the recruitment of young people into the Youth Advisory Group and ongoing support of members’ participation in research activities.
- Advocate for youth, lived/ living experience perspectives and support other peer/ lived researchers to undertake research tasks and work within the research environment.
- Prepare, review and contribute to written materials and research documents with a lived experience lens, and conduct research tasks as required.
- Work collaboratively with study investigators, other peer researchers, and assist with related research projects as required.
- Assist with the establishment of a co-design team, develop relationships with co-design team members and facilitate co-design work.
The following criteria must be met for consideration for this position:
- You must be aged between 18 to 30 years old upon the start of the contract and have personal lived experience coping/ dealing with emotional impacts of climate change and/or climate disasters.
- Any qualification relating to health services research, youth mental health, or peer work is desirable.
- Passion, energy, and determination to make a difference to the health and mental health outcomes for young people and willingness and ability to communicate an attitude of hope and optimism to young people.
- Capacity to work and problem solve effectively independently and collaboratively, and the ability to engage with, and work creatively in partnership with young people in a way that demonstrates commitment to equity, diversity and cultural safety in peer work.
- Interest in lived experience research, health services research, co-design and participatory research, methodologies, mental health advocacy, or youth advocacy.
Benefits
- $70,000 – $75,000 pro rata + 12% (1st July) superannuation + $15,900 in NFP salary packaging + $2,600 meals and entertainment card.
- Embrace the freedom of a hybrid work model, combining remote work with on-site collaboration.
- Collaborate in a workplace that values and empowers young voices.
- Ability to purchase additional leave; access to EAP; generous Parental Leave Scheme.
- Play a key role in innovative research and community engagement.
If you’re ready to make a difference in youth mental health and be part of a collaborative, innovative team, apply now.
For the full position description, visit https://www.orygen.org.au/getmedia/eae39488-7c8a-4c3f-963d-08c4fe7a1f13/Peer-Researcher-(PRIME)-June-25-final.pdf.aspx
This is part-time (0.2 FTE) contract, until June 2027 with potential to extend.
Applications will close on 25th June (4pm), unless a suitable candidate is found sooner.
Before applying at Orygen, it’s important to understand that you may encounter sensitive information related to mental health as part of your work. Being aware of this and how it could affect you is essential in deciding if this is the right opportunity for you.
Orygen is committed to providing diverse, equitable and inclusive environments for Staff and anyone connected to Orygen. We strive to continue building 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, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ people and CALD communities. We strongly encourage applications from First Nations people.
Orygen is a child-safe organisation and is committed to promoting and protecting the safety and well-being of all young people and embedding safeguarding practices into all our programs and services. All employment appointments are subject to holding a valid working with children check and successful police check.
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