Graeme Mawson Email & Phone Number

Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

Camberwell, Victoria, Australia

Experience includes acting roles as Manager Health & Wellbeing Services and Manager Arts & Culture• Developed new Children and Young People’s Action Plan 2020-2025.• Successful advocacy and Victorian Government funding of over $2m for early childhood infrastructure.• Oversight of significant early years infrastructure renewal works.• Developed online portal for families of zero to ten-year olds, launched as Boroondara Families.• Quadrupled youth engagement from 2018 to 2023, with over 20,000 engagements in 2023/24.• Rebranded Council’s youth programs and service delivery.• Redevelopment of Kew Traffic School party room and education resource facilities.• Negotiated with Victorian Government for Kindergarten Infrastructure and Services Plan (KISP).• Supported Council accreditation as a child-safe organisation with Australian Childhood Foundation.• Supported Council’s COVID-19 emergency management response team and Black Summer bushfire recovery in East Gippsland.Awards• Winner of Boroondara Excellence Award for Child Safe accreditation project.• Highly Commended MAV Technology Awards for Excellence – Boroondara Families.• Finalist – LGPro 2022 Awards for Excellence – Social Imagination Project (GoYA – FReeZA).• Finalist – LGPro 2021 Awards for Excellence – Boroondara Families.• Winner of Boroondara Excellence Award for Boroondara Families online portal.• Winner of Boroondara Excellence Award for COVID-19 Relief and Recovery Team.

Lilydale, Victoria, Australia

Cire Services is a large, not-for-profit organisation delivering multi-campus community school for over 350 primary and secondary students; early years manager for long day care, sessional kindergarten, vacation and outside school hours care; manages community hubs; and delivers accredited training as a registered training organisation (RTO). Board highlights include:• Developing and adopting new five year (2023-2027) organisational strategy.• Securing and opening new RTO training centre and corporate office in Lilydale in 2022.• Expanding RTO delivery into City of Casey in 2022.• Expanding kindergarten service delivery into second local government area, Cardinia Shire Council, in 2023.• Purchase of property for fifth school campus, based in Monbulk, in 2023.• VRQA approval and successful opening of fourth school campus, based in Lilydale, in 2022.• VRQA approval and opening of the third school campus, based in Berwick, in 2021.• Increase year-on-year in operating revenue, with 2023 revenue in excess of $27m.• Successful $2m grant for new integrated children’s centre in Yarra Junction.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

The Inner Eastern Local Learning and Employment Network (LLEN) is part of a state-wide network of LLENs committed to working with their community to improve the education, training and employment outcomes of all young people in Boroondara, Stonnington and Port Phillip. The IELLEN is funded by the Victorian Government to build sustainable partnerships between schools, industries and the community.

Acting Executive Officer leading Council’s community development team, engaging and supporting neighbourhood houses; U3A’s; township groups; Men’s Sheds; and youth programs and service delivery across 55 townships and localities.

Coordinating the delivery of a range of universal and targeted programs that are responsive to the diverse needs of 26,000 young people across the Yarra Ranges. Programs within the team include School Focused Youth Service, L2P, mentoring, youth holiday program, youth reference group, LGBTIQ+ social and support groups, FReeZA music and cultural events, and Youth Ambassadors.• Implemented service review re-structure and change leadership.• Implemented new Indigenous Community Development Traineeship with AFL ArtsReady in 2017.• Identified and established Youth Reference Group and Youth Ambassadors.• Instigated leadership program partnership with Healesville Indigenous Community Services Association.• Leadership of Victorian Government funded programs including Engage, FReeZA, Victorian Youth Week, L2P (VicRoads), HEY Grant, Department of Justice and Regulation and VicHealth funded programs.• Deputy Municipal Recovery Manager (MRM) and Emergency Relief Centre Manager.• Mental Health Week, White Ribbon Day, Men’s Health Week and Champions of Change events leadership.

Delivered ‘No Wrong Door’ service referral philosophy and support framework across Melbourne’s Outer East (Knox, Maroondah & Yarra Ranges Councils). Project funded by Victorian Government Youth Partnerships. Project Officer in May and June 2013, Project Coordinator from July 2013.

South Barwon, Geelong

Leadership of the children, young people and families programs, including overseeing employed youth worker and over 50 volunteers.Includes acting Corps Officer role, including oversight of two op shops, family support services and community programs.• Implemented primary school mentoring program at Oberon South Primary School.• Partnered with three primary schools to deliver free, weekly breakfasts and free in-school and outside-school music program for over eighty children.• Established partnership with City of Greater Geelong Youth Development Unit and batforce (Barwon Adolescence Taskforce).• Support of Just Brass children's music program, with over one hundred children participating weekly.

Healesville

Leader of The Salvation Army Healesville Corps & Community Centre.• Led emergency response to Black Saturday bushfires in Healesville and surrounds.• Member of The Salvation Army’s Multicultural & Indigenous Australians Council – Indigenous Australians Forum.• Established Healesville High School volunteer breakfast program, serving over 5000 breakfasts.• Expanded Year 9 City Experience camps, including providing walking tour exploring the hidden, human suffering in inner Melbourne.• Instigated pre-school music program and school holiday programs for local children.• Purchased and fitted-out of property for community services hub.

Eastern Victoria Divisional Headquarters, Mitcham

Regional youth and children's support worker involved in facilitating camps, training, and other events.

Working within the Corps Programme Department team, with a particular focus in youth andchildren’s work, and development of the departmental web pages, conference planning and eventcoordination, including overseas mission trips, youth workers conference management, andproject working including development of training modules. Included liaising with para-churchorganisations including Scripture Union for the promotion, ordering and delivery of resources.Managed department finances including budget and general office administration.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Master Of Business Administration (Executive)

Graduate Certificate In Arts, Leadership

Certificate Iv Youth Work

Cert Iv Training & Assessment

Bachelor Of Ministry

Cert Iv Youth Development