Risk and Compliance Services
Risk Management
The Risk Management area provides specialist risk management support and advice to the University’s organisational areas.
The Enterprise Risk Management strategy is a five year plan providing pathways to embed a supportive culture of risk identification and management to assist in achieving the University’s strategic goals. The strategy, through a comprehensive risk management program and implementation plan, builds on Deakin’s current risk management framework and integrates with the University’s budget and strategic planning processes.
Compliance Management
Compliance obligations are managed through a university-wide compliance program, coordinated by the Risk and Compliance Manager. The Vice-Chancellor is responsible to the University Council for the management of the University’s compliance obligations and the Council receives an annual report on the status of the compliance program.
Each organisational area in the University is required to maintain a compliance register which lists the compliance obligations relevant to that area together with actions taken to achieve and maintain compliance. There are designated staff in each organisational area that have access to the compliance register database.
Deakin University Risk and Compliance Management includes:
- a system designed to achieve compliance by the university regarding legislative obligations and non-academic policies and procedures
- annual compliance certification by heads of organisational areas
- advice regarding compliance obligations and the compliance program generally
- risk management advice relating to contracts and agreements
- assistance to faculties and other areas to manage and record information in risk registers
- facilitation, development and management of the Deakin University risk and compliance registers
- support and maintenance of the web-based risk management software
- a watching brief on current risk and control practices
- preparation of committee reports on corporate risk assessment and controls, and review of risk policies
- further information about the Compliance Program.
For more information, please contact karyn.hughes@deakin.edu.au or snezana.hristovska@deakin.edu.au
