Healthy Workplace
We value and understand the importance of health and wellbeing for our staff, students and community. That's why we're involved in initiatives promoting the importance of a healthy body, mind and lifestyle.
Our award-winning health and wellbeing initiatives and programs, alongisde our state-of-art sporting facilities and a wide range of staff discounts make Monash a great place to work.
A brief summary of the programs, activities and facilities we have available are listed below.
Physical Activity
- Staff Wellbeing Activity Program (including classes such as Pilates, Boxing and Yoga)
- 10,000 Steps Challenge
- Monash Walk & Fun Run
- Zumba After Dark
- Monash Sport Fitness and Aquatic facilities, programs and events
Mental Health
- Mindfulness and Mental Health Programs
- On-campus counselling
- Employee Assistance Program: 24-hour assistance for our staff and their families on work or personal matters
- Manager assist : a phone consulting service providing practical advice and support to supervisors and managers
- Mental Health First Aid training: learn how to help someone with a mental health problem before seeking professional help
Nutrition
- Smart Eating Week
- Planetary Health Campaign
- Try for 5 Campaign
- Nutrition webinars/ seminars
- Access to recipe and resource bank
- Online courses including Food as Medicine
- Provision of healthy snacks in vending machines
- Healthy catering guide for meetings and events
General Health
- University Health Checks
- Ergonomics and computer use guides for optimal set up of desk and working spaces
- Flu vaccination program
- Hearing Tests
- First Aid training and provisions
- Smoke-free Monash
We encourage you to learn about the full range of staff benefits available to you here at Monash.
Further information is available at https://www.monash.edu/staff-health-wellbeing
Welcome to the Monash team!