Emmalene Stevens — Coordinator
About
Emmalene brings a practical, people-focused approach to her work at Beacon Strategies, shaped by over a decade in education. As a teacher and coordinator, she has worked across program delivery, stakeholder engagement and team leadership, while also supporting students and families through challenges within and beyond the classroom. This experience shaped her view that progress depends on people feeling safe, supported and clear on what to do next.
Capabilities
Emmalene’s background in education and event planning underpins her strength in communication and engagement. She is skilled at working with diverse groups, building respectful relationships, and creating environments where people feel comfortable to contribute, raise concerns and stay involved.
She has experience managing programs end-to-end, including multi-level planning, coordinating timelines and supporting delivery in environments with competing priorities and shifting needs, translating plans into actions that are structured and sustainable in practice.
Emmalene uses data to monitor progress and inform decisions, while remaining grounded in the lived experiences of communities and stakeholders to ensure approaches are realistic and workable in practice.
Approach to Work:
Emmalene focuses on understanding priorities, context and what success looks like from the client’s perspective, using this to guide planning and delivery.
She brings a creative and flexible mindset to problem-solving, adapts to changing circumstances, and maintains steady progress through clear communication, responsiveness and a collaborative approach.
Known for being reliable and easy to work with, she builds trust through consistency, and contributes as a calm presence within teams.
Achievements at Beacon:
Since joining Beacon Strategies, Emmalene has supported the early rollout of the Distress Brief Support initiative across the Ipswich and Somerset regions. Her work has focused on building local connections, engaging community organisations and introducing the model in a way that is practical, accessible and responsive to community needs.
She has played a key role in establishing a strong local presence, supporting partnership development, facilitating community capacity building sessions, and strengthening the foundations to support ongoing implementation.
Professional Experience
Prior to joining Beacon Strategies, Emmalene held a range of positions, mostly in the field of Education:
Senior Teacher (English & Japanese), Ripley Valley State Secondary College (2024–2025)
Teacher (Inclusion), Fernbrooke State School (2023–2024)
Teacher (Japanese), St Augustine’s College (2021–2022)
Relief Teacher, Various Schools, Ipswich Region (2019–2024)
Owner/Event Planning & Coordination, Fox & Sage Pop-Up Events (2019–2023)
Teacher (English & Japanese), Beaudesert State High School (2013–2018)
Academic Qualifications:
Bachelor of Education (Middle Years of Schooling), University of Queensland (2012)
Professional Associations
QLD College of Teachers
Career Highlights
Coordinated international and extracurricular education programs including an inaugural study tour to Japan, and hosting accredited international program visits, with a focus on stakeholder engagement, risk management, and student wellbeing support.
Delivered large-scale community events and managed projects end-to-end across client engagement, budgeting, logistics, supplier coordination, and event delivery before successfully selling the business as a going concern.
Led curriculum and subject-area coordination across secondary school settings, supporting consistent program delivery, team collaboration, moderation processes, and inclusive teaching practices.
Fostered student engagement and wellbeing throughout more than a decade in education, building supportive learning environments that enabled students facing personal or external challenges to develop confidence, participation, and ownership of their learning.
Personal Interests
Outside of work, Emmalene enjoys camping with her young family, cooking nutritious treats and spending time by the water — simple ways she resets and stays connected to what she values.