Lynne Wannan AM
Lynne Wannan is the Director of the Office for the Community Sector, Department of Planning and Community Development, Victoria. Lynne comes to this new role with a background as a policy analyst and manager who has worked as a consultant and community leader and been an adviser to government at local, state and national levels over the past two and a half decades. Lynne has worked in State and Local government and in the not for profit community sector. Prior to taking up this position Lynne chaired the Victorian Government's Children's Council, Adult Community and Further Education Board, Community Support Fund Advisory Council and been a Commissioner on the Victorian Skills Commission. Lynne has also held the position of Deputy Chancellor Victoria University of Technology, Convenor of the National Association of Community Based Children's Services, Chair Community Child Care Victoria and is currently Deputy Chair Western Chances.
Lynne Wannan was recognised with an Australia Day award in 2007 for her leadership in community services and education.
Keynote Abastract: Skills for Life - Creating Sustainable Future
It is likely that our future will be less predictable than it has been for the past several decades. Apart from the GFC, which challenges the rules and assumptions made about how economies best operate, there is the probable impact of climate change, with outcomes unexpected, such as the ferocious bushfires Victoria experienced in February. Within this uncertain and different future community organisations will be needed - their roles in supporting damaged and threatened communities will be increasingly important. Their role in bringing people together will be key to the building of strong resilient communities. Is the sector readying for this, what does ‘it' need to be, what skills and capabilities does the workforce and now and into the future need to have? This is a challenge the Office for the Community Sector in Victoria must address and with a mandate to work across the Victorian government and a requirement to work with the sector, the Office is working on this challenge - creating sustainable organisations for the future.
Lynne Wannan, Director Office for the Community Sector, Department of Planning and Community Development