Health, Safety and Wellbeing
The Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Awards for Health, Safety and Wellbeing recognise individuals and teams who have made an outstanding contribution by implementing innovative and exciting ideas in the area of health, safety and/or wellbeing at Monash.
Award Themes
The Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Awards recognise staff whose contributions to the University have gone beyond the regular scope of their roles to demonstrate significant and sustained achievement.
To be considered the nominee's contribution must go beyond the usual scope of their position at Monash, and must exceed the role of a volunteer in a program or initiative.
Nominations should address the following themes:
- Fostering cross-University collaboration to implement an innovative health and/or safety strategy to improve the University’s work or study environment
- Implemented a health and safety initiative resulting in a significant reduction in incident or injury rates
- Fostering a positive health, safety and/or wellbeing culture to achieve effective outcomes for the Monash community
- Successfully promoting an occupational health initiative. This award theme is in memory of Helen Powell.
This theme is dedicated to the memory of Helen Powell, a deeply valued Occupational Health Nurse at Monash University. A qualified nurse for over 20 years, Helen brought infectious positive energy, profound empathy, and an incredible sense of purpose to her role. She was a natural educator and a cherished friend, known for her ability to connect with people and rally communities together.
Following her own cancer diagnosis, Helen channelled that same passion into becoming a fierce advocate and public spokesperson for ovarian cancer research, raising tens of thousands of dollars and launching major community health initiatives, like the Wonder Woman Walk.
Helen’s legacy is defined by her ability to bring people together to create positive, lasting change for health and wellbeing. This award honours Helen’s memory by celebrating those at Monash who embody her energy, dedication and commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of Monash staff.
Award Criteria
Nominations should address the following criteria:
