AddressEmbark on a rewarding career and be part of a team where your dedication makes a difference in people’s lives.
About the Role
We are excited to announce a permanent full-time position for a Health and Wellbeing Lead at Monash Health. The Wellbeing team is an integral part of the Health, Safety and Wellbeing team and has a key role in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of Monash Health employees.
Are you passionate about promoting employee wellbeing? Ready to make a real difference in people's lives? This is your chance! As our Health and Wellbeing Lead, you'll play a pivotal role in promoting and supporting employee wellbeing through our Workforce Wellbeing Strategy and associated programs. You will drive change and support the development of wellbeing initiatives to cultivate a mentally healthy workplace. Reporting directly to the Workforce Wellbeing Manager you will collaborate closely with various teams and stakeholders across the organisation. Together, we'll shape and implement a comprehensive Health and Wellbeing strategy that reflects our values and goals. Your efforts will empower managers to lead a mentally healthy workplace, enable employees to thrive, and establish a Wellness Culture at Monash Health.
Join us at our Kingston location, with opportunities to travel to multiple Monash Health sites. Let's create a healthier, happier workplace together!
In this role you will be required to:
Support the planning, executing and evaluation of innovative initiatives to enhance employee health and wellbeing. You’ll also provide proactive advice and support for initiatives and programs aligned to Monash Health’s strategic Wellbeing goals.
Build effective working relationships with key external (e.g. EAP provider) and internal stakeholders including HR, management and operational areas across the organisation to support timely service delivery and implementation of the strategy. You'll also set up and coordinate key stakeholder groups to inform Wellbeing strategy as well as promote and support Wellbeing within the organisation, e.g. Peer Support Program and Wellbeing Champions.
Assist in the development of health and wellbeing systems, including psychosocial risk management, to ensure compliance with regulations and minimising risk exposure and liabilities.
Raise awareness and build capabilities among leaders, employees, and stakeholder groups. This can include creating and maintaining a wellness calendar, organising health promotion events and timely, reliable communications of workplace health and wellbeing information.
Use a data-led approach to health, safety and wellbeing to inform, monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of wellbeing initiatives, enable sound decision making and guide our journey towards improved wellbeing.
Keep updated on industry trends, best practices, and emerging research in health and wellbeing to continuously improve wellness programs and psychosocial risk management.
About You
To ensure your success in this role you will bring the following demonstrated skills, experience and knowledge:
- Proven experience in supporting the continuous improvement of Work Health and Safety and Wellbeing programs across all levels of the organisation.
- Strong knowledge of evidence-based Mental Health and wellness strategies, tools, and incentives.
- Demonstrated communication, project and program delivery skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with a variety of stakeholders, with the ability to influence for decision making.
- Passion for promoting a mentally healthy workplace, health and well-being, and a commitment to making a difference in the lives of employees.
- Proven experience in supporting the implementation of a Workforce Wellbeing strategic plan which has delivered demonstrated improvements.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written including a demonstrated ability to producing quality promotional communications and provide expert advice on Health and Wellbeing health issues.
- Demonstrated experience in coordinating and promoting employee events to foster a positive wellbeing culture.
- Demonstrated ability to collate, manipulate, analyse and interpret workforce data to inform decision making.
- Well-developed computer literacy
Qualifications/ registrations/ licences
- Tertiary qualifications Psychology, Organisational Psychology, Health Promotion, Psychological safety and mental health, Health Education, Public Health or related field.
- Workplace Health and Wellbeing or related
- Current driver’s license
For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Alida Hanekom on 0408 983 ***.
In Return,
Our employees enjoy a range of benefits including:
- salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay
- a comprehensive Health and Wellbeing program
- free vaccinations
- private health insurance at discounted rates
- health imaging services
- + more
Monash Health is a great place to work
To learn more about our organisation visit monashhealth.org.
To see first-hand what our colleagues think about working here, look at the following short videos: monashhealth.org/careers.
Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare for people at every life stage. With 25,500 employees, we provide care to south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations, via telehealth, within local communities and in people’s homes.
We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.
How to Apply
Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online Mercury System (e-recruit).
For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, refer to attached ‘Application Guide’ located under Position Documents
Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may start before the closing date.
Respectfully, applications from Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted.
