Freedom Solutions Australia – Northmead NSW

Freedom Solutions Australia operates across NSW and Victoria. We are a volunteer-based, not for profit organisation providing assistive technology solutions for people with disability and older people.

For over 50 years we have been a valued stakeholder in the disability services sector, enabling our clients to achieve their goals through:

- The design and construction of custom assistive technology otherwise commercially unavailable;
- Modification of commercially available equipment to suit clients’ individual needs;
- The Freedom Wheels customised Bike Service;
- Provision of specialised technical advice to clients.

Our Purpose

Freedom Solutions changes the lives of people with disability by providing personalised technology, equipment and services.

Position Purpose

The purpose of this role is to lead and deliver Freedom Solutions Australia’s - Co-Designing Inclusive Futures: Women with Disability in Assistive Technology project.

The Project Lead will manage the budget, facilitate lived experience-led co-design, coordinate university engagement, supervise interns, work collaboratively with volunteers, support prototype development and undertake project evaluation and reporting.

The role will work closely with women with disability, university partners, students, volunteers, interns and FSA personnel to support inclusive assistive technology design and achieve the outcomes and participation targets of the funded project.

Key accountabilities

Project Delivery

- Lead the day-to-day delivery of Co-Designing Inclusive Futures: Women with Disability in Assistive Technology.
- Develop and maintain the project plan,



delivery schedule, risk register and milestone reporting.
- Coordinate project activities across FSA’s Northmead site and partner universities.
- Ensure delivery meets funding commitments, approved outcomes, timelines and participant targets.

Lived Experience Co-Design

- Recruit and engage women with disability as paid lived experience contributors.
- Facilitate accessible co-design sessions online and at Northmead.
- Work collaboratively with participants to identify unmet equipment needs and develop clear assistive technology design briefs.
- Coordinate accessibility adjustments, participant payments, consent and feedback processes.

University Engagement

- Maintain and expand relationships with university partners, academics and unit coordinators.
- Coordinate and attend university classes, including in-person attendance as required, to engage with students and introduce FSA, assistive technology and lived experience-led co-design approaches.
- Deliver design briefs, respond to student questions and provide ongoing feedback and guidance throughout each university unit.
- Coordinate student presentations, design reviews and visits to FSA’s Northmead workshop.
- Track participation and support achievement of the funded project participation target of approximately 750 female students.





Internships and Volunteers

- Coordinate the recruitment, onboarding and supervision of six (two per semester) paid 168-hour internships.
- Work alongside FSA’s existing volunteers to support student projects, technical review and prototype development.
- Support recruitment and onboarding initiatives to achieve the funded project target of at least 25 recent women volunteers.
- Coordinate and support volunteer and intern involvement within established workshop practices and safety requirements.

Prototype Development Support

- Coordinate the progression of suitable student concepts into practical prototype development.
- Work collaboratively with volunteers, workshop personnel and lived experience contributors to review the feasibility, functionality, and safety of assistive technology designs and prototypes.
- Schedule workshop activities, materials, testing and design refinement.
- Maintain records of design decisions, participant feedback and prototype outcomes.

Budget and Administration

- Manage the approved project budget, expenditure, forecasts and supporting records.
- Monitor project costs, including staffing, travel, participant payments, materials, internships and university.
- Record and reconcile expenditure and prepare grant acquittal information.
- Identify budget pressures, delivery risks and required variations for management review.

Evaluation and Reporting

- Implement project evaluation tools, participant surveys and data collection processes.
- Maintain accurate records of students, lived experience contributors, interns, voluntee

📌 Project Lead (Sydney)
🏢 Freedom Solutions Australia
📍 Sydney