Michael Mcstephen Email & Phone Number

Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia

Threat management in the Regional Operations Team. Working with weed contractors on the areas burnt during the 2019-20 bushfires in East Gippsland.

I am member of the AES which is a professional body for the promotion and development of Evaluation methods and theory throughout Australasia. I regularly attend seminars on relevant topics and training courses in evaluation.

Gippsland

As the Emergency Management Coordinator for Wellington Shire Council, I am responsible for ensuring that council meets its emergency management obligations and community expectations. This involves maintaining strong working relationships with fire and emergency agencies prior to, during, and after emergency events to ensure a comprehensive and coordinated.

Sale, Victoria, Australia

• As the Emergency Management Fire Coordinator, I develop the council’s capacity in fire and emergency management through the State Government funded Municipal Emergency Resourcing Program (MERP). This work includes:
• Bushfire mitigation planning
• Using local government regulation to support other agencies in fire mitigation
• Leading working groups and representing Wellington Shire on municipal emergency committees
• Developing internal processes to bring emergency management activities into a business-as-usual framework within council
• Presenting case studies in a joint CFA/Wellington Shire Council poster at the 2015 AFAC conference

East Gippsland, Vic

I was the Chair of the East Gippsland Shire Council Audit Committee, with responsibility for periodic review of council reports to ensure appropriate risk management and governance processes are maintained.

Gippsland, Victoria.

This position was primarily a project management role in which I developed engagement material and implemented Fire-Scape, a community engagement and fire planning program. I also had responsibilities as a Vegetation Management Officer (Fire Ecology) in the Gippsland Region which included burn planning and incident management roles during emergencies. In.

Bairnsdale, Vic, Australia

• As Manager of Environmental Surveys, developed the natural resource surveying capacity of the company by identifying opportunities for expanding this area of service provision. In this role I managed the provision of.
• Identifying and negotiating contracts,
• recruiting and training field crews,
• managing the delivery of survey work often in remote areas of VictoriaClients of EMA included Parks Victoria, DEPI, VicForests, Department of Defence, Gippsland Water, East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority, and.

Bairnsdale, Vic

• I joined BRHS as Clinical Quality Coordinator and took on the role of Quality Manager in May 2006. Subsequently BRHS achieved the best possible Accreditation score under the Aged Care Accreditation framework in 2007.
• Implemented an electronic incident reporting and risk management system
• Investigated serious incidents in line with the Department of Health’s Sentinel Event protocols
• Established risk register across the organisation
• Managed a database of policies and procedures

Melbourne, Australia

Contract deliveryStaff managementAnalysis and ReportingQuality AssuranceManagement of product developmentLicensing and outsourcing

Master Of Emergency Management, Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management

Diploma In Conservation And Land Management, Natural Resources Management And Policy

Bachelor'S Degree, Science, Hons. (Statistics)

Activities and Societies: University Blacks Football Club

Graduate Diploma, Computing