Consumer Involvement Lead

About the opportunity

Join the Sydney Musculoskeletal Research Centre (SydneyMSK) in bringing together researchers, clinicians, consumers, and community partners to improve musculoskeletal health outcomes through world-class research, collaboration, and translation. We are seeking a Consumer Involvement Lead to play a key role in establishing and delivering the SydneyMSK Consumer Involvement Lab, an exciting pilot initiative designed to embed consumer voices across the research lifecycle.

Working closely with the Centre Director, Prof Mandy Nikpour, Centre Manager, Stephanie Beshara, and senior academic leaders, including Prof Claire Ashton-James, you will support the coordination of consumer involvement activities, build meaningful partnerships between researchers and consumers, and contribute to the development of practical tools, resources, and engagement processes that strengthen consumer participation in research.

This is a unique opportunity to help shape an emerging initiative with real impact, applying your expertise in consumer engagement, stakeholder collaboration, and project delivery to influence how research is designed, conducted, and translated into better health outcomes.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Support the establishment and day-to-day coordination of the Consumer Involvement Lab, working closely with senior academic leaders to embed meaningful consumer involvement across research activities.
• Develop and implement processes, tools, and practical resources that strengthen consumer participation and support high-quality consumer-researcher partnerships.
• Coordinate workshops, consultations, training sessions, and other engagement activities that build capability in consumer involvement across research teams and communities.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including researchers, consumers, and community partners, to support Lab priorities and initiatives.
• Monitor engagement activities, collect participation and feedback data, and contribute to reporting, evaluation, presentations, and other team-based outputs.
• Foster a collaborative and inclusive environment that values diverse perspectives and promotes best practice consumer involvement in musculoskeletal research.