PANDA (Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia) supports parents and families during pregnancy and throughout the first year of parenthood. PANDA operates Australia’s only National Perinatal Mental Health Helpline for individuals, their families, support people and health care professionals.

About the Role

PANDA is seeking a qualified and experienced Peer Learning Officer (dedicated paid peer position) who would be responsible for developing the content that sits within the PANDA Learning Hub. The PANDA Learning Hub is PANDA’s education and training offering to health care providers and the community.

Your role would include developing education content, with a specific focus on bringing peer and lived experience into health care provider training. This role is also responsible for leading the development of community targeted education content, with a focus on vulnerable communities.

You will be required to bring peer expertise and embed the voice of lived experience in education (and beyond) at PANDA. This role requires a high degree of collaboration, stakeholder management and customer-focus. This role is responsible for developing course briefs, working with the Practice Liaison to establish the evidence base, develop engaging self-paced and online learning content, writing, leading the development of supporting multimedia content and working with marketing to launch and promote courses

Key Responsibilities

• Develop self-paced and online content in line with the PANDA Learning workplan
• Work closely with Clinical Learning Officer and Practice Liaison to ensure content is evidence based in line with PANDA clinical and peer practice
• Bring to education and the broader team a deep understanding of the National Lived Experience Workforce Guidelines and principles of recovery-oriented practice and self-advocacy
• Act as a key liaison for the Learning team with Community Engagement to bring in the voice of lived experience
• Develop template presentations for staff and volunteers to deliver in community
• Deliver webinars, bringing in expertise to increase PANDA’s credibility and profile
• Present alongside Clinical Learning Officer for lived experience expertise, and/or manage volunteers to co-present
• Collaborate with Community Engagement Lead, to grow engagement in the Community Champions program

Benefits and Perks

• Generous Not For Profit Salary Packaging available
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• Portable Long Service Leave Benefits Scheme
• Flexible working arrangements
• Inclusive, supportive, friendly, and positive team culture
• Access to a range of Professional Development 
• Access to Employee Assistance Program
• Working in a rich learning environment among experts in the field of perinatal mental health

About You

• Lived experience (consumer or carer) of perinatal mental health, wellbeing or social and emotional challenges
• Experience working in a dedicated peer role
• Experience presenting to groups, and facilitating group discussion
• Hold or willing to obtain Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
• Hold or willing to obtain Cert IV Peer Work, Intentional Peer Support or other relevant qualification
• Experience developing online education, ideally using Storyline or Articulate
• Interest in the intersection between clinical and peer practice
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders
• Very high-level computer and system technical skills including LMS content systems and Microsoft office suite

Key Details

• Work from home, role needs to be based in Victoria for some face to face presentations
• Permanent part time role
• 3 days per week – Thursday essential
• Must undergo police check and have current Working with Children Check
• Must have adequate access to an appropriate home office space, including desk and height adjustable seating with back rest

About PANDA (Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia)

PANDA (Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia) supports parents and families during pregnancy and throughout the first year of parenthood. PANDA operates Australia’s only National Perinatal Mental Health Helpline for individuals, their families, support people and health care professionals.

Our phone and online services provide access to counselling and information to support mental health and wellbeing, informed by evidence and the expertise of people with lived experience.

PANDA recognises that becoming a parent is a time of profound change in personal identity, family dynamics and relationship to self, baby and others. Our free services play an important role in assisting people becoming and being parents and supporting those around them during this transition.

We support all families, especially those facing barriers to support including language, location, discrimination and people managing complex and ongoing mental health conditions. All our work is delivered through quality clinical and peer practice, evidence, and the expertise of the lived experience community.

Equity and diversity are integral to PANDA and we are continually working towards attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that represents and supports the communities we serve. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, dads, young parents, people from regional and rural communities, people with disabilities, and people who identify as LGBTIQA+.

Interviews may commence prior to the closing date.

We know that a typical recruitment process doesn’t work for everyone, so we can be flexible. If you would prefer to discuss the role before applying, we encourage you to contact us.

For any enquiries or if you require specific support to apply for this position, please contact: [email protected] using the subject line: Peer Learning Officer enquiry via EthicalJobs.

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