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Developing effective and influential Mayors & Deputy Mayors
The VLGA’s Mayoral Leadership Program provides mayors and deputy mayors with the skills they need to fulfil their respective roles with a high degree of competency. The program is directly aligned with the mandatory regulatory requirements outlined by the Victorian Government in their new Governance and Integrity Regulations. In addition to upskilling their capabilities and competency, the program also presents an opportunity for mayors and deputy mayors from across Victoria to foster and strengthen connections and establish support networks at the beginning of their term.
We have secured an impressive list of experienced trainers and facilitators to deliver this program which has been designed to meet the mandatory mayor and deputy mayor training requirements.
Facilitators include:
Doug Weller: Media training specialist and journalist, Doug Weller combines his practical and driven approach with extensive media insight to help effectively manage this fast moving, unpredictable and powerful medium that can easily ruin an individual or organisation’s reputation. Doug provides strategies and advice to empower people to successfully control their message and display calm, confident leadership when dealing with the media and delivering presentations.
Tony Raunic: Tony is one of Victoria’s leading local government and public law legal advisors and leads Hunt & Hunt’s Melbourne office as Managing Principal. Tony advises for more than 40 municipalities in Victoria, providing advice on commercial, property and governance matters. He brings the benefit of his own experience as an elected councillor having served two terms on the Shire of Nillumbik as Mayor and Councillor. He has also served on not-for-profit boards in the financial services and health sectors.
Melissa Scadden: Managing Partner of Justita Lawyers, Melissa advises employers on the full gamut of employment law matters. She has a particular interest in assisting clients to take a proactive approach to building workplaces where people can thrive, rather than just mitigating risks when problems arise. Melissa has experience working with large private sector clients across various industries including education, local and state government, statutory authorities, healthcare, professional services and labour hire. She has a keen interest in alternative dispute resolution, is a trained mediator and regularly conducts workplace training.
Rhys Thomas: With a career spanning 30 years in local government, Rhys is recognised as a leading thinker and problem solver in local government circles. He is often called upon to provide advice and to act as a sounding board for governance practitioners across the sector, and enjoys sharing and applying what he has learned to support councils and elected representatives - councillors - to deliver positive outcomes for their local communities through high performance leadership and effective governance. Rhys is a trusted voice on all things governance, whether it is technical interpretation of rules, policy and legislation or the strategic long-term direction of the sector itself.
The program will be held on Friday 6 December 2024, 8:30am - 5pm at Monash Conference Centre, Level 7 30 Collins Street, Melbourne.
Cost - $1000 Members / $3500 Non-members
* Please note we are currently aware of a technical issue with our online payment gateway. If you experience any issues with payment an invoice for payment will be sent upon registration to this event. We thank you for your patience and understanding.
At the conclusion of the mandatory induction training for councillors, mayors and deputy mayors, the VLGA will also be launching its schedule of ongoing training and professional development opportunities for councillors, commencing in early 2025.
The VLGA has a long and proud history of enhancing the professional development of councillors over the duration of their four-year-term so watch this space for more information about our exciting training offer for 2025 and beyond.
