Do you have an interest in health and well-being? Do you want to help create a healthy workplace culture? If you answered YES, then consider becoming a Berkeley Lab Wellness Ambassador.
Any Berkeley Lab staff can volunteer to become a wellness ambassador. Their role is to promote health and wellness programs to their co-workers, division, or friends and the commitment can be as little as 10 minutes per month.
Check the list to the right to see if your area or division needs a Wellness Ambassador.
See below to learn more about the Wellness Ambassador program.
For any questions, email Kelly Perce, kfperce@lbl.gov
Application Deadline: Friday, July 4th
We are looking for Wellness Ambassadors for the following divisions and offices:
NERSC
Nuclear Science Division
Project Management Office
Projects & Infrastructure Modernization Division
Scientific Data Division
Strategic Partnerships Office
Government & Community Relations, K-12 Outreach & WD&E
Berkeley Lab Wellness Ambassadors are staff volunteers who play a key role in supporting the Lab’s health and wellness resources by promoting them to their areas, divisions, departments, groups and friends. Any LBNL employee can volunteer as a Wellness Ambassador.
Voluntary role to help increase employee participation and engagement in wellness activities and, by doing so, promote a culture of whole-person wellness at LBNL.
Share health and wellness resources with your area, division, group and area communications team
Share your enthusiasm for health and wellness and advocate for a healthier lifestyle, wellness, self-care and resilience
Act as a resource for fellow staff who are seeking information
Participate in wellness programs and activities
Wellness Ambassadors are asked to commit to this role for at least one year
Provides motivation to stay committed to your own health and wellness goals.
Enhances your communication and planning skills.
Contribute to a healthy workplace and work culture at Berkeley Lab
Support the LBNL Culture Survey results and institutional priority areas (see below)
Receive annual recognition
Add to your PMP
As leaders and citizens of the Lab, we are entrusted to care for the people, research, and resources that make our mission possible, a responsibility we call stewardship. Of the five Stewardship Values, Service and Respect tie directly to the role of a Wellness Ambassador.
SERVICE - We Serve Humankind - We are driven by a commitment to public service, excellence and solutions to the real-world challenges faced by people, the planet, and the nation.
RESPECT - We Care for One Another- We depend on contributions from many people, disciplines, and roles to unlock the potential of individuals and teams. Each of us takes responsibility for the well-being, safety, and belonging of others in our communities.
Image above is inspired by The Surgeon General's Framework
for Workplace Mental Health & Well-Being
The five culture themes in the image to the left are the basis for the 2024 Culture Survey.
Wellness Ambassadors support the connection and community, opportunities for growth and learning, and work-life harmony areas through sharing events, programs and information, encouraging participation in workshops and communities of practice, and building connections within their areas, divisions and groups.
Connection and Community: Mindfulness and gratitude communities of practice, weekly stretch breaks, EAP support groups, EAA soccer, running, softball, yoga, meditation clubs, UC Moves
Opportunities for Growth & Learning: Be Well at Work workshops, mindfulness practices, financial health workshops, nutrition information, mental health information
Work-Life Harmony: break reminders and suggestions, ways to explore nature, exercise and movement, mindfulness practices, social connections, volunteering
Minimal time commitment - approximately 10 - 20 minutes per month.
Once approved, you will be asked to attend a short training and then you will be added to a Google Group email list and will receive monthly updates with a variety of resources to share with your area, division and/or groups.
We would like to have one Wellness Ambassador per division/office. Take a look at the list to right to see if your division or office needs a Wellness Ambassador.
Discuss your interest in becoming a Wellness Ambassador with your supervisor.
Sign up via our Wellness Ambassador Sign Up Form
Please be sure to provide your supervisor's name and email in the form so we can contact them for their approval.
If you have questions, please contact: wellness-coordinators@lbl.gov
We are looking for Wellness Ambassadors for the following divisions and offices:
NERSC
Nuclear Science Division
Project Management Office
Projects & Infrastructure Modernization Division
Scientific Data Division
Strategic Partnerships Office
Government & Community Relations, K-12 Outreach & WD&E