Community Strengthening and Lived Experience Manager

This is a fixed term position to 30 June 2025. 

About StandBy Support After Suicide

StandBy Support After Suicide is Australia’s leading suicide postvention program dedicated to supporting people and communities bereaved and impacted by suicide. StandBy was established in 2002 by United Synergies (now Youturn Limited) and operates across Australia.

You’ll find out more about StandBy at: www.standbysupport.com.au

You’ll find more about Youturn at Youturn.org.au

Join Our Team!

We are seeking a dynamic and compassionate Community Strengthening & Lived Experience Manager to lead the Community Strengthening team that is responsible for leading, planning and coordinating activities relating to lived experience of suicide bereavement, priority populations and community strengthening projects within the StandBy Support After Suicide Program. This is a lived experience of suicide bereavement identified role.

Key Responsibilities:

People Management and Leadership: Lead by applying personal lived experience expertise, emphasising reflective practices to model learning and demonstrate the practical application of those insights. Develop and motivate your team, aligning them with the program’s vision and strategic priorities. Manage performance and foster a supportive and change-ready work environment.
Program and Project Development: Implement the Priority Populations Implementation Plan and Lived Experience Framework. Develop and manage community strengthening activities, ensuring best practices and contemporary approaches.
Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain relationships with key regional stakeholders, and foster alliances and partnerships for community strengthening strategies.
Sector Development: Maintain a high-level understanding of suicide prevention and postvention. Identify and engage with key national stakeholders and implement capacity-building opportunities.
Please respond to the criteria below in your cover letter:

Essential Qualifications and Experience:

Lived Experience: Personal experience with suicide bereavement is essential and ability to make use of lived and living experience of suicide bereavement to provide sensitive and reflective leadership.
Education: Relevant tertiary/postgraduate qualifications in health management, public health, or community development and/or equivalent experience.
Professional Experience: Experience in the suicide prevention/postvention sector or community engagement is highly regarded.
Managerial Skills: Proven ability to lead a diverse team in a dynamic environment. Experience in hybrid work models preferred.
Project Management: Demonstrated experience in project management and continuous improvement. Communication Skills: Exceptional interpersonal and communication abilities for effective stakeholder engagement.
Community Development: Knowledge and proactive approach in community development, with an understanding of local community infrastructure and network
Technical Proficiency: Competence in Microsoft Office Suite and experience with national databases.
Other Requirements:

Successful applicants will also need to hold a ‘C’ class Open driver licence, State Working with Children Check and hold, or be eligible to apply for, a Licensed Care Suitability Check issued by the QLD Department of Child Safety, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs.