The Varied Australian National University Enterprise Agreement 2005 - 2009

Part Two – Appointments

15.    Senior management appointments

15.1. Senior management appointment means employment in a senior management position excluded from certain conditions contained in this Agreement as listed in clause 15.3. A staff member appointed to a senior management position will have a performance-based employment contract and be employed in one of the positions in clause 15.2.

15.2. For the purposes of this Agreement, “senior management position” means one of the following positions howsoever titled, retitled or restructured from time to time:

• the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research), Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education), and any other appointee to the senior management of the University as determined by Council from time to time;
• a director of an ANU College or other body of the University as determined by Council from time to time;
• a head of a Research School, Faculty, School of Art or School of Music;
• a head of a Centre determined by the Council to be a University Centre;
• a head of a Hall of Residence;
• a head of an administrative division or cognate area of the University; any administrative unit, academic support unit or teaching and/or research centre which, during the life of this Agreement, is determined by Council to be of equivalent seniority to the specified positions;

who at the date of entry into the employment agreement with the University receives a salary package (excluding superannuation) of not less than $125,000 (general staff) or $145,000 (academic staff).
These amounts, effective from date of certification, will be indexed to the general rate of salary increases in this Agreement.

15.3. Clauses 28 (Probation), 29 (Salaries), 30 (Incremental salary progression), 39 (Hours of work), 65 (Managing change), 66 (Redundancy), 67 (Managing underperformance), 68 (Managing misconduct, serious misconduct, suspension and disciplinary action), 71 (Review of decisions), 74 (Ceasing employment and general notice periods), 74.8 (Expiry of fixed term employment), 77 (Severance pay), and S4.2 (General staff allowances) of this Agreement will not apply to a staff member entering into an employment contract after 13 October 2000 for employment in a senior management position as defined above.

15.4. The University and the senior manager will be bound in regard to the matters contained in those clauses by the provisions of the contract between them.

15.5. Where the contract of a senior manager provides the right of reversion to a substantive position within the University, all the provisions of this Agreement will apply on reversion.

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