People@Work is a non-for-profit organisation that has its origin in regional Victoria. Our core business revolves around people – temporary or permanent staff in a diverse range of industries and functionalities. Your business has the advantage of using a local agency who has a clear directive to put more people into local jobs.
We are not measured on time and “tick the box” candidate interviews. All our consultants are allocated an hour of their time to speak with candidates, to give them the best chance of uncovering strengths, allowing them to feel that they have a genuine chance of showing their best features in Geelong’s current and competitive job market.
We are part of the Gforce Group, a registered Not-For-Profit organisation in Geelong.
Bill is Chief Executive Officer of Geelong’s leading philanthropic organisation, the Give Where You Live Foundation. Through this role he has a strong understanding of the Geelong Community Services sector and an involvement with many not-for-profit organisations. Prior to this he was the Australian Operations Director at Save the Children Australia and responsible for all their Australian programming, commercial operations, volunteers and members.
Bill also has extensive commercial experience and previously held company directorships and equity shareholdings in a range of small and medium private enterprises as well as working in senior Retail Marketing and Franchise Management positions with multinational oil company, Caltex. Bill is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors Course and holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Management and Masters of Business Administration from the University of New England.
Elaine Carbines AM (BA Monash, Dip Ed Monash, GAICD) is the CEO of G21 – The Geelong Region Alliance. G21 is the Regional Strategic Planning Committee covering the municipalities of Greater Geelong, Surf Coast, Colac Otway, Golden Plains and Queenscliffe in Victoria, Australia.
Elaine’s career has been diverse. She worked as a humanities teacher in Victorian State Schools during the 80s and 90s before entering State Parliament.
From 1999 – 2006 Elaine was the Member for Geelong Province. During this time she held the positions of Parliamentary Secretary for Education and Environment. Following her parliamentary career, Elaine worked as the Manager of Strategic Relations at Parks Victoria from 2007-2010.
Elaine currently holds the following positions:
Barwon South West Regional Development Committee
Karingal Foundation
Todd holds a Bachelor of Business (Property), is a Certified Practicing Valuer and member of the Australian Property Institute.
For over 20 years he has worked in the property industry as a valuer and property consultant predominantly within Victoria. He established his own consultancy practice, Devine Mapleson Property Consultants in Geelong in 1999 which he successfully managed until 2009 when it merged with other businesses to create Opteon (Victoria), the largest independent valuation and property consultancy firm in Victoria.
In 2012 he sold his interests in this business and his current role is as General Manager, Property for Costa Asset Management. Todd is a graduate of the Leaders for Geelong program and is an active member of the Geelong community, including being a committee member of the St Joseph’s Football and Netball Club, a Director of St Laurence Housing Ltd and is an external committee member of the Central Geelong Task Force Special Committee (overseeing the redevelopment of Central Geelong).
Joanna Monahan is the principal at Monahan Legal.
Joanna is a taxation and superannuation expert and has a Master of Laws, with a focus in taxation. Joanna is a Law Institute of Victoria Accredited Specialist in Tax Law. In these areas she provides practical advice to accountants, businesses and individuals in relation to business structuring, succession planning, business agreements, agribusiness and asset protection.
As the next step in Joanna’s career she has opened a practice on the Bellarine Peninsula to provide legal advice in relation to broader issues such as commercial contracts, property transactions and wills and estates, whilst also advising in the specialist areas such as tax and superannuation.
Joanna is looking forward to sharing the knowledge she has acquired to support her local community and to continue working in the areas of tax and superannuation.
Michelle Whyte is the Executive Officer of Leadership Ballarat & Western Region with a strong interest in developing of emerging community leaders. After spending over a decade working and volunteering for not-for-profits Michelle has a lead transformative initiatives across employment services, adult education and community sectors. Skilled in stakeholder and community engagement, adult education program design and innovation, Michelle enjoys working with individuals to develop their very best version of themselves.
Michelle continues to give back to the sector that she learnt so much from serving as the Chair of the Ballarat and Wendouree Neighbourhood Centres in Ballarat. In her tenure as the Executive Manager at Ballarat Neighbourhood Centre she oversaw the rapid growth of the organisation. The success of the organisation was acknowledged with several local and industry awards including the Learn Local Legend Award, Adult Community & Further Education AMES Diversity Innovation Award and finalists two years running in the Federation Business School Commerce Ballarat Business Awards.
Michelle holds a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Accounting and Human Resources from Deakin University.
Libby holds a Master’s Degree in Health Sciences, majoring in health promotion and is deeply committed to making an impact on the way our communities grow, engage and support all members to participate in valued, meaningful ways.
Libby has a strong background in the non-profit, government and human service sectors. She has held senior roles in state government and the TAC with responsibilities in stakeholder engagement, policy development and has been CEO of Leisure Networks since 2013, leading significant growth and business transformation in response to the opportunities provided by the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Libby spent eight years as a local councilor, with two mayoral terms with the Surf Coast Shire and five years as Chair of the Victorian Coastal Council, advising state government on coastal policy.
Libby holds a number of Board roles including as Trustee of the Kardinia Park Trust appointed in June 2016 and Chair of the Kardinia Park Advisory Committee, Director, Surfing Victoria and most recently appointed to the Board of Gforce in June 2019.
