Welcome for New Staff

Congratulations on your appointment with the College of Health and Enablement at Flinders University. On behalf of the College Executive Leadership Team and all staff, welcome! 

Our community-connected College enables better health, equity, inclusion and participation through collaborative education, research and practice is about helping us face this reality with ambition, boldness and courage. We will achieve our goals through the pursuit of excellence in our teaching, learning, research, and service to communities.

As a College and a University, we are imagining a future where the highest standard of health and care is available for all who need it. We bring together leading disciplines across health, care, disability, and community services to support inclusive outcomes and address some of society’s most complex challenges. We are delighted that you are now part of this vision, and we look forward to enabling you to achieve your personal goals and ambitions, and at the same time serve your profession, university, and wider community.

There are many things for you as a new staff member to get to know at Flinders - from navigating the campus, to parking, and performing your workplace tasks.

To make your settling-in period easier, a range of college specific resources are provided below.  Please also refer to the University webpage, information for new staff, to access a range of useful resources that all new staff members will need in their first months of employment. Information provided covers the requirements for academic, research and professional staff members.

Professor Tracy Humphrey

CHE Vice-President and Executive Dean

Professor Tracy Humphrey
Vice-President and Executive Dean
College of Health and Enablement

• Onboarding Guide - CHE Academic Staff 2026
• Onboarding Guide - CHE Professional Staff 2026
• Onboarding Guide - Discipline Specific
• Local WHS Induction Checklist (All Staff)
• Workstation Checklist
• CHE 2023 – 2027 Strategic Plan
• CHE Governance Structure
• CHE Organisational Chart
• CHE Professional Services Directory
• CHE Onboarding Presentation Slides
• CHE Teaching Programs Structure
• CFI Research Strategy 2024-2028
• Campus Maps
  • Main Campus Map
  • Sturt Campus Map — including directions to The Deanery

We invite all new staff to take part in our College Welcome Sessions held each month. These sessions provide a formal welcome to the College by senior staff, and an overview of the College and key information designed to help new staff settle in.

New staff will be invited to join an upcoming College Welcome Session when they start a new fixed-term or ongoing role.

The College Welcome Sessions cover information such as:

• College of Health and Enablement (CHE) Strategic Plan
• University Vision, Mission and Values & CHE Culture
• Executive Leadership Team overview
• Research portfolios
• College matrix structure & support available
• People & Culture overview
• Work Health and Safety overview 

Please email che.operations@flinders.edu.au if you have recently moved into a new fixed-term or ongoing role, and you are interested in attending.

‘Welcome to Flinders’ Events

An additional optional event new staff may like to attend is the ‘Welcome to Flinders’ event, held at Bedford Park. It is an opportunity for new Academic and Professional staff of all classifications to hear from our Senior Leaders, ask questions via a facilitated Q&A session, and network with other new starters from across the organisation over morning tea. To learn more and to enrol, please click here (look under Courses and either type ‘Welcome to Flinders’, or filter by topic > New Staff). If you are a rural and remote staff member who would like to attend via a Teams link, please let the organising team know via professional.development@flinders.edu.au.