Lived Experience Peer Specialist / Carer Consultant – Gender Diversity Service

• Women’s and Children’s Health Network, Gender Diversity Services, North Adelaide 5006
• Salary – OPS2 Operational Services Stream, $66,441.00 to $69,504.00 + 12% Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Full Time, Ongoing/Permanent

About WCHN
Join the Women’s and Children’s Health Network (WCHN), South Australia’s leading provider of care for women, babies, children and young people. We’re shaping the future of healthcare through compassion, innovation and excellence — with our communities at the heart of everything we do.

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Access to salary packaging benefits of up to $9,010 each FBT year for living expenses (e.g. mortgage, rent, utilities, groceries), plus an additional $2,650 each FBT year for meal entertainment expenses.
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
• Free public transport to and from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital for SA Health metropolitan hospital staff (excludes network community sites).
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program.
• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.

About the role

Are you ready to make a real difference by using your own lived experience with sexually diverse communities and gender identities? This role could be for you!

The Lived Experience Peer Specialist within our Gender Diversity Service utilises their own personal journey with the transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse community to provide empathy, support, and advocacy!

This position advocates for equal rights and opportunities for people of diverse sexualities and gender identities, while also working closely within a multidisciplinary team to improve community understanding of gender diversity.

Key duties of the role

• Draw from personal lived experience of gender diversity to role model and act as a gender diversity champion.
• Advocate for equal rights and opportunities for people of diverse sexualities and gender identities.
• Work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary team members and service providers to improve community understanding of gender diversity.
• Provide guidance and support to consumers as they self-define and self-determine their experience, narratives and identities.
• Form authentic peer relationships with consumers by appropriately and purposefully sharing personal lived experience and understanding.

Skills and Experience

• Lived experience of gender diversity during a childhood/adolescence OR lived experience as a carer of a young person (under 18 years) who is gender diverse.
• Experience encouraging/supporting consumers and/or their families/carers.
• Understanding of the issues common to gender diverse people and/or their families/carers.
• Ability to identify successful strategies for achieving healthy, positive living and communicate this to consumers who are gender diverse, their families/carers and service providers in group programs or individually.
• Skills in interacting with consumers who are gender diverse and their families/carers.

Enquiries can be directed to

Angela Cavallaro

Interim Operational Projects Director

8161 9699

Angela.Cavallaro@sa.gov.au 

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To learn more about this role — including key selection criteria, special conditions and minimum requirements — please refer to the attached role description and the document checklists below:

• OPS2 - Lived Experience Peer Support Gender Diversity Services - Role Description - 949373.pdf
• Immunisation Requirements Checklist
• Applicant Documents Checklist

If you would like further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Application Closing Date: Thursday 7 September 2026 at 11:55pm