Accountability and Approval Pathways

Policy development roles

Each Policy, Procedure and Schedule will have an author, owner, endorser and approver. Owner, endorser and approver are specified as roles or committees, not named individuals. In some situations there may be one or more endorsing bodies prior to approval.

• Author is a nominee of the policy owner and is responsible for:
  • creating a document or reviewing and amending an existing document;
  • managing the appropriate consultation with relevant stakeholders; and
  • managing the transmission of the document to endorsement and through to approval.
• Owner is responsible for:
  • the ongoing relevance and currency of the document;
  • the document, once approved, is appropriately communicated to all relevant stakeholders, including students; and
  • implementation of a policy, procedure or schedule.
• Endorser is responsible for:
  • endorsing a document to be submitted to the final approver.
• Approver is responsible for:
  • approval of the document, after which the policy may be  implemented and published.

Approval pathways

Approval pathways for all policy, procedures and schedules are listed in the table below.