Lived Experience Project Workers
National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health
(The Centre)
- This position is open to applicants with a lived experience of intellectual disability only. This means a person has an intellectual disability.
- Multiple part time roles are available (1-3 days per week) with flexible hours
- $47.09 per hour + 17% Super and leave loading
- Each team has a Workplace Support Officer to support the Lived Experience Project Worker.
- The Centre is a part of the Faculty of Medicine and Health at UNSW.
- The Centre is located at the UNSW campus in Kensington, Sydney.
About the job and the Centre
The Lived Experience Project Workers will work with different teams at the National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health (The Centre)
The Centre works closely with a group of other organisations called a consortium. These consortium members are:
- The New South Wales Council for Intellectual Disability (CID)
- Down Syndrome Australia (DSA)
- Queenslanders with Disability Network (QDN)
- First Peoples Disability Network (FPDN)
- Centre for Disability Studies (CDS)
- Mater Intellectual Disability and Autism Service and Mater Misericordiae (MIDAS)
- University of Melbourne (UoM)
- Telethon Kids Institute (TKI)
The Centre is co-designing resources, approaches and information with people with intellectual disability, health services, families and carers, advocacy organisations and government so people with intellectual disability can have better health experiences.
The Project Workers will:
- Work in teams with project managers and project officers who are doing work in 3 different areas: Health Services, Resources, and Research and Data.
- Work on different projects that have different jobs and responsibilities
Some of the work the project worker will do:
- Co-develop project plans
- Co-design different parts of projects
- Make accessible documents and resources
- This means making sure that everyone can understand the information
- Test documents and resources
- This means talking about the things that make sense, the things that might be confusing, things that are clear and things that are unclear
- Give suggestions about how to make the documents and resources better
A Project Manager or Team Lead is the manager of the Lived Experience Project Worker.
The Lived Experience Project Worker does not manage any staff.
The Project Workers should have:
- Lived experience of intellectual disability
- A passion for improving healthcare for people with intellectual disability
- An understanding and/or experience of working in projects and with project teams
- Confidence to ask questions, share ideas, discuss issues with other people with intellectual disability, families, advocates and health service providers
- Ability to work with a team
- Good organisation and time management skills
- Ability or interest to learn some computer skills
Easy Read Documents:
Job Guide_Lived Experience Project Workers_Final.docx
00197565 - Lived Experience Project Worker - L5 - National Centre of Excellence PD easy read.pdf
How to Apply
Please Note: Visa Sponsorship is not available for these roles.
You can:
- Click the apply now button at the bottom of this page where you will need to complete an online application form and submit your resume.
OR
- Complete the attached application form Easy Read application form_Lived Experience Project Workers_Final.docx
- and email it to patsie.frawley@unsw.edu.au
The application form will ask some questions about yourself like
o Your name and contact details
o Why you want to do this job
o Some of the jobs you’ve done before
If you need help with your application or have any questions about this job, please contact Patsie Frawley – patsie.frawley@unsw.edu.au Phone: (02) 93482501
Applications Close: Sunday 29 September before 11:30 PM AEST
Under the provisions of section 126 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW), an exemption is given from sections 49D and 51 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW) to the University of New South Wales to advertise, designate and recruit for the position of a research assistant for people who self-identify as having lived experience of an intellectual disability.
UNSW is committed to evolving a culture that embraces equity and supports a diverse and inclusive community where everyone can participate fairly, in a safe and respectful environment. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and encourage applications from people of diverse gender, sexual orientation, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, people with disability and those with caring and family responsibilities. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.
The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.
