Mitchell Stalker, Director.
About
Mitch oversees health and service planning, co-design, and organisational or program review projects for a variety of clients. He is driven to address complex challenges in systems, organisations, programs, and services, aiding decision-makers in making well-informed choices that lead to positive impacts. Mitch focuses on projects that need careful stakeholder management, ensuring outcomes are embraced by all partners. With a strong background in the government, NGO, community, and primary care sectors, he is skilled in collaborating with CEOs and senior executives in a service and commissioning context.
Capabilities
As the director of Beacon Strategies, Mitch brings a diverse skill set to support client partners, grounded in a robust foundation of agile project delivery. His approach ensures projects are completed on schedule and to a high standard, fostering collaboration and meaning.
Committed to understanding clients unique challenges, Mitch offers customised, insightful solutions to meet their needs. With a strong skill in visual communication, he effectively conveys complex advice through well-designed and impactful slide decks, enhancing project clarity and engagement.
In service design, Mitch excels at facilitating the collaborative creation of programs and services, informed by comprehensive insights and aligned with community needs and expectations. Mitch's expertise also extends to organisational strategy, assisting organisations in crafting and implementing comprehensive strategic plans, managing change, and realising strategic objectives.
Mitch's leadership reaches beyond project management to include the broader organisational ethos, championing a people-positive, complexity-aware operating framework that propels the team and clients towards sustained success.
Achievements at Beacon Strategies
Led the development of the Cairns and Hinterland Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan, achieving an agreed systems-based suicide prevention response among key stakeholders.
Led the development of strategic plans for numourous not-for-profit clients, contributing to their organisational growth and maturity.
Led a national consumer journey mapping project for people with Epilepsy, resulting in the co-design of a nationally consistent service delivery model.
Led a co-design process for an after-hours primary care model in Brisbane North, leading to the commissioning of a suitable model and service provider.
Led the delivery of a suicide prevention care pathway in Brisbane North, resulting in the pathway being published and accessible for the local community and service delivery sector.
Academic qualifications
Master of Public Health, University of Queensland.
Bachelor of Health Science (Health Promotion and Population Health), University of Queensland.
Professional experience
Mitch has held positions across multiple sectors and has spent time in both local and state government, state peak bodies, regional primary health care commissioning bodies, international humanitarian work and independent consultancy prior to starting Beacon Strategies.
Co-founder and Director, Beacon Strategies (2015 — current)
Independent consultant (2015 — 2017)
Statewide Data Coordinator, Queensland Council of Social Services (2014 — 2015)
Planning Manager, Brisbane South PHN (2013 — 2014)
Program and Policy Coordinator, Christina Noble Children’s Foundation (2012)
Health Promotion Officer, Queensland Health (2011 — 2012)
Healthy Lifestyles Officer, Ipswich City Council (2008 — 2011)
Career highlights
Prior to co-founding and becoming a Director at Beacon Strategies, Mitch attained a number of notable achievements in the health and social services sectors that laid a strong foundation for the work that Beacon Strategies does:
Led the data collection and analysis of a state-wide homelessness survey, engaging with over 3,500 Queenslanders experiencing homelessness and resulting in local services working in collaboration to reduce homelessness.
Led the development of a regional palliative care and end-of-life planning strategy in Brisbane South, resulting in an agreed path forward for the collaborative delivery of palliative care services in Brisbane South.
Authored ‘The Future of Mental Health in Brisbane South: The Roadmap to Mental Health Reform’, informing significant changes to mental health service delivery in Brisbane South.
Led the delivery of school-based active transport, nutrition and physical activity program in Ipswich, resulting in 10 local schools having improve capacity to provide healthy environments for their students.
Personal interests
I'm a fan of travel, get me to a big city and some free time to explore and I'm in heaven. Food-wise, I'm on a constant hunt for new vegan options, with a special love for Asian cuisine (but will happily devour anything). When I'm not out and about, I'm probably binge-watching Grand Designs, especially the New Zealand series. It's my go-to unwind show.
Get in contact with me
Follow me on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchellstalker/
Get in contact via email: mitch@beaconstrategies.net
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