Admin Manager

In the delegations system, an "admin manager" is a senior administrator in any University organisational unit. This could mean a Business Manager, an Executive Officer, or a Branch or Section Head in an administrative division or office.

Budget Unit

A University unit listed on the Academic units and Administrative units web pages.

CAC Act

The Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997. This legislation was enacted to put in place measures to ensure the accountability of Commonwealth Authorities (of which the University is one, by virtue of its enabling Act) and those who govern or manage them. This legislation was in many ways the catalyst for the University’s 1998 system of delegations.

Delegate

A person invested with authority to carry out the functions, powers and duties of, or to act on behalf of or represent others.[1] A person who occupies an official position at the University, that position having been assigned authorities or powers by the Vice-Chancellor by way of the University’s delegations system.

Delegation

A power or authority given to a delegate. A delegation is expressed in and limited by a form of words, and is formally assigned by the holder of the power to the delegate.

Director

Normally, the academic and administrative head of a Faculty, Research School or University Centre. Some heads of administrative divisions are also titled Director. In the delegations tables, Director refers only to a head of a faculty, research school or centre. (Directors of administrative divisions and offices are referred to as DHR, DF&BS, DF&S, etc.)

Executive

Refers to the most senior officers of the University - the Vice-Chancellor, Deputy Vice-Chancellors and Pro-Vice-Chancellors.

Finance 1, Finance 2, Finance 3 

(formerly Staff 1, 2 & 3)

These represent three levels of delegations profile within budget units for staff not occupying the positions of head of budget unit, admin manager or head of department.  The head of a budget unit may assign a profile to any member of the budget unit. 

Typically, profiles would be assigned as follows:

Finance 1 To general staff ANU 8 and above 
Finance 2 To general staff ANU 5-7
Finance 3 To general staff up to ANU 4

Academic staff may also be assigned any one of the three Finance profiles at the discretion of the Principal Delegate.

Head of Budget Unit

A Head of Budget Unit is the head of a unit listed on the Academic units and Administrative units web pages. The term is interchangeable with Principal Delegate, in the delegations policy and tables. The term Head of Budget Unit is normally used when referring to the authorities related to the management of that Budget Unit, while Principal Delegate is used when referring to the authority to assign delegations profiles.

Head of Department

A "Department" is the traditional second-tier organisational unit of a School, Faculty or Centre and is variously referred to as a School, Centre, Division, Group or Program as well as a Department. In the delegations system, Department refers to a second or third tier organisational unit within a larger budget unit, whether academic or administrative, and regardless of the operating name of that second- or third-tier unit.

Officer

1. A staff member of the University. 2. Legal advice received by the University indicates that, under the CAC Act, "officers" may be assumed to include not just members of Council but also Deans and Directors, and the Directors of some central administrative divisions such as Finance and Business Services.

Portfolio

Refers to the broad areas of responsibility of a Deputy Vice-Chancellor or a Pro-Vice-Chancellor. These are set out in the University’s administrative organisation chart. (http://www.anu.edu.au/admin/executive/uniexec.html)

Principal Delegate

A Principal Delegate is a head of a budget unit who has the authority to assign delegations profiles to other staff within the budget unit. Throughout the delegations policy documents and tables, the term is interchangeable with Head of Budget Unit. The term Head of Budget Unit is normally used when referring to the authorities related to the management of that Budget Unit, while Principal Delegate is used when referring to the authority to assign delegations profiles.

Supervisor

A staff member assigned to supervise, manage or direct the work of another staff member(s). A Supervisor delegations profile allows a staff member to approve leave of up to six weeks of staff for whom they are responsible.