Mark Hands Email & Phone Number

Bendigo, Vic, Au

Bendigo, Australia

Goldfields Library Corporation is a regional public library service with branches and agencies across 13,000 sq km in Central Victoria. The Corporation serves a population of around 180,000 people and has more than 1.5 million visits to it's libraries every year. Mark is a CEO with an absolute belief that contemporary libraries provide an integral place for all people to learn and relate to one another as well as providing a sense of connection to community and a wider, human experience.

Bendigo, Australia

Working as part of the senior management team with the Goldfields Library Corporation to deliver and support a range of partnerships with organisations and community linked to lifelong learning, literacy and creative outcomes. Developing the library as a genuine community hub and a service that reaches out into it's community is a key part of the role. The position also directly supports the excellent management team for GLC branches based in Mount Alexander and Macedon Ranges Shires.

Bendigo, Australia

Working as part of the senior management team with the Goldfields Library Corporation as the organisation undertakes strategic planning and major shifts in how library services are delivered and how library facilities are used by community. Key projects involve staff and board workshops and planning, strategic positioning of library services, corporation strategy, staff development, team planning.

Bendigo, Australia

As Director of Public Place, Mark is able to use his experiences to assist clients deliver great strategic outcomes in the field of community health and wellbeing. He delivers major projects for clients across Victoria in the areas of community infrastructure planning, feasibility studies, strategic plans and needs assessments.Public Place is a company aiming to ensure that all the planets align for your project or strategic plan, ensuring outcomes that are reflective of stakeholder input, economic and technical requirements and environmental considerations. Mark is a great facilitator and provides a genuine, engaging and friendly style to a range of stakeholder engagement activities.

Bendigo And Central Victoria

Undertaking planning and management of the Philanthropic Trust known as Community Foundation for Central Victoria. The Community Foundation has a $1,000,000 plus corpus (invested funds) that provide income that is distributed to projects each year as part of annual grant rounds. The broad vision of the Foundation is to be part of a community strengthened by philanthropy. It works toward this vision by gathering funds to invest and uses the income generated to unlock opportunities for community growth across the Central Victorian region.

Bendigo

Working with a range of clients on community planning and infrastructure projects, with a particular focus on master planning, strategic planning, feasibility studies and community engagement in the field of community places and spaces.

Mark managed the dynamic team that delivered recreation and youth services, infrastructure and programs for the City of Greater Bendigo. He was actively involved in developing a range of exciting program and planning initiatives at Bendigo including the Commonwealth Youth Games, Summer In The Parks Program, Streets Ahead program and a variety of strategic planning projects.

Graduate Diploma, Management

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Human Movement

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