Consumer Representative Opportunities
We are always looking for new consumer representatives. If you are interested in advocating for a better health system for all, please consider joining HCCA. Please note all HCCA consumer representatives must be members of our organisation and complete consumer representative training.
If you already know the details of the opportunity you want to apply for, you can go directly to the nomination form here.
For help with nominating, call the HCCA office on 62307800 or email [email protected]
HCCA Internal Committees and Opportunities
None at present
ACT Opportunities
ACT Mental Health Consumer Network – Consumer Advisory Group
The ACT Mental Health Consumer Network (the Network) is establishing a Consumer Advisory Group (CAG) for the purposes of developing a new, non-clinical and nontransactional model of peer support groups that foster social inclusion, reduce isolation, and support people stabilising or recovering from crisis.
The Network is looking for eight people who have lived experience of mental ill health to join the CAG. The membership of the CAG will support the production of a scoping paper that will outline the key principles and considerations for establishing social inclusion peer support
groups.
Participants in the CAG will receive a flat rate reimbursement to cover costs related to their participation in the monthly meetings.
The CAG will be coordinated and supported by the Network’s Policy and Participation Coordinator, Dia Andrews. The CAG project is funded by the National Mental Health Consumer Alliance (the Alliance) in collaboration with the Network.
The work of the CAG involves reading, engaging in group discussions and activities, and providing verbal and/or written feedback.
Applications close midnight 26 October 2025
Meeting Frequency: Meetings will be held at least once a month from November 2025 to December 2026. A set date and time will be determined with successful nominees.
Duration: 2 hours.
Location: Meetings will be held online via Zoom.
How To Apply: To nominate for the CAG, please complete the online Nomination Form.
Contact #02 6230 5796 if you have any further questions.
National/Interstate Opportunities
Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre Consumer and Community Connection Committee
Based at the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre (ANZIC-RC), Monash University. The Consumer and Community Connection Committee is a registry of interested consumers and carers who have lived experience with intensive care and wish to inform future research activities.
To view the terms of reference, please click here.
Applications close Sunday the 29th of November at 11:55pm.
To learn more and to apply, please fill out the Expression of Interest form or go to the ANZIC-RC website.
Other opportunities
Become a peer facilitator for the “Getting Ready” project
With voluntary assisted dying coming to the ACT later this year, a group of researchers are working with ACT communities to learn more about what education we feel we need when we’re planning end-of-life choices.
These researchers would like to train and pay community representatives to become “peer facilitators” and help their community participate (through surveys and discussions) in the Getting Ready research project. Some communities need extra support to be heard. The researchers are particularly keen to partner with people who identify as a member of communities like:
- People with lived experience* of poverty or financial stress
- People without stable or appropriate housing currently/previously
- People with lived experience of the criminal legal system
- People with lived experience of mental illness
- People with a disability unrelated to a life-limiting illness
- People with lived experience of harmful use of tobacco, alcohol, or other drugs
- People who identify as LGBTQI+
- People from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
- People of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent
- People with veteran status
- People living in residential aged care or receiving a level 3 or 4 home care package
Read more about this opportunity in the role description. Express your interest in the role using this form. If you have any questions, contact the Getting Ready Research Team: 0435 104 932 or [email protected].
Conference Sponsorship Opportunities
None at present