Wellbeing Champions

Want to help build a healthier Monash community? Join our wellbeing community of over 150 champions to help:

  • promote wellbeing initiatives in your local area
  • encourage colleagues to get involved
  • share success stories and advocate engagement and participation
  • choose bespoke initiatives that best represent your people
  • provide feedback to improve wellbeing at Monash
  • highlight the benefits of participation.

As a Wellbeing Champion, you’ll play an important role in fostering a thriving Monash community, in line with the goals in our Health and Wellbeing Objectives (2024–2026).

Benefits of the role

You’ll gain:

  • Leadership experience in culture and wellbeing

  • Training and access to resources that will support your growth

  • A chance to make a real impact on your colleagues’ daily experience

  • Recognition as a wellbeing ambassador within the organisation

What’s involved

Wellbeing Champions are responsible for promoting engagement with health and wellbeing events and programs suitable for their area.

Wellbeing Champions get together regularly throughout the year – it's an opportunity to prepare for upcoming events and share your ideas and success stories.

As the main point of contact for wellbeing in your area, Wellbeing Champions are responsible for keeping up-to-date with our wellbeing events and newsletter items, and sharing relevant opportunities with colleagues to promote engagement.

Wellbeing Champions gather feedback about the wellbeing activities run for their area and evaluate their programs by reflecting on what’s working well, what could be improved and potential solutions.

Becoming a Champion

Do you care about creating a workplace where people feel supported, energised, and able to do their best work? We’re looking for passionate team members to step into the role of Wellbeing Champion – someone who helps shape a positive, healthy, and inclusive culture. If that’s you, speak to your supervisor about assigning you the role in SARAH and we’ll get in contact with you.

Recruiting Wellbeing Champions

If you’re a manager or supervisor looking to appoint a Wellbeing Champion for your area, we’d love to have them – just make sure your staff member is able to meet the responsibilities for consulting, communicating and monitoring wellbeing in your area.

More information

To find out more, email wellbeing@monash.edu.