The Organisation
The National Mental Health Consumer Alliance (Alliance) believes people with lived and living experience must shape the decisions that affect their lives.
Australia's national peak body for mental health consumers, the Alliance is a federation of state and territory consumer peaks, led by and for people with lived and living experience. They carry the voices of consumers and survivors into national policy and reform, guided by the values of frank and robust collaboration, challenging the status quo, supporting diversity of experience and expertise, and openness and equity.
The Role
Elected by the Board as an independent Director, the Chair will lead the Alliance Board into its next chapter, keeping the federation united around a shared purpose and true to lived experience values.
The successful candidate will help shape how the Board and CEO build a trusted partnership, how strategy and performance frameworks stay focused, and how consumer and survivor voices are carried with unity into national reform. You will lead constructive Board meetings, oversee financial sustainability and risk, and guide Board performance, CEO review and succession planning.
As the Board's representative, you will build trust across the state and territory peaks and with Government, alongside the CEO.
The Candidate Profile
This is a renumerated position, and the candidate can be based anywhere in Australia.
The Alliance is seeking a collaborative Chair who connects people around a shared purpose, builds trust and alignment through influence, and develops an open, honest partnership with the CEO, while maintaining the important distinction between governance and operational leadership.
The ideal candidate will bring Board experience and sound governance knowledge, with Chair experience highly regarded but not essential. Experience in a federated, membership-based peak body or similarly complex environment, financial literacy and skilled facilitation will be valued. Formal governance qualifications are not required.
Having a lived/living experience of mental distress as a consumer (rather than as a carer or supporter) is essential.
Knowledge of the consumer and survivor movement will be highly regarded. Most importantly, the successful candidate will be guided by lived experience values and committed to amplifying consumer and survivor voices in national reform.
How to Apply
To request a Candidate Briefing Document or for a confidential conversation, please contact Alma Raheem (alma.raheem@beaumontpeople.com.au) / Mia Fitzgerald (mia.fitzgerald@beaumontpeople.com.au) at Beaumont People.
To apply, please submit your CV and a brief (not more than one page) cover letter.
Applications close Sunday 29 November at 11:59 PM. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and candidates may be progressed throughout the advertising period. We encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.
At Beaumont People, we believe a diverse workplace is a happy workplace, and we love working with organisations that feel the same way. We encourage applications from people of all different backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from CALD backgrounds and people with disabilities or barriers to employment. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or marital or parental status. Should you require a reasonable accommodation to be made for your application to be assessed we would be more than happy to discuss how that can be arranged.
Beaumont People has been engaged to conduct the search and appointment of the Chair for the National Mental Health Consumer Alliance. All applications will be managed through Beaumont People.
Chair (Renumerated | Lived Experience Identified)
Chair (Renumerated | Lived Experience Identified)
Posted
10-Nov-2026
Location
Remote
Sector
Executive Search
Salary
Work Type
Permanent, Part Time
Reference
4092292
