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Chair Appointments Committee

Terms of Reference

The Chair Appointments Committee is a Committee of Senate and has delegated authority to :

  • approve appointment of:
    - a Pro Vice-Chancellor
    - a Dean
  • approve appointment to:
    - a University Chair
    - a Chair - including Challis Chair and McCaughey Chair, and appointment by invitation or on nomination or without advertisement
  • approve variation of contract at Level E
  • approve the award of academic title for non-professorial staff who occupy the position of:
    - Deputy Vice-Chancellor
    - Pro Vice-Chancellor
    - Dean
    - other senior exective positions as approved by Senate
  • approve the award of the title of:
    - Emeritus Professor
    - Conjoint Professor, includes holders of NHMRC, ARC and other nationally competitive fellowships
    - Bosch/Challis/Kellion/McCaughey/Peter Nicol Russell Professor
    - Visiting Professor (12 months or more)
    - Adjunct Professor (12 months or more)
    - Clinical Professor (12 months or more)
    - Senior Principal Research Fellow - for non-staff members (12 months or more)
  • approve promotion of academic staff to Level E
  • approve proposals for the establishment of/change of name of named lectureships, senior lectureships, associate professorships and chairs
  • advise the Vice-Chancellor on appropriate procedures relating to senior academic appointments

Constitution

Ex-officio members:
The Chancellor (Chair)
The Deputy Chancellor
The Vice-Chancellor and Principal
The Chair of the Academic Board
A Deputy Vice-Chancellor on the nomination of the Vice-Chancellor (currently the Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor)

Five other Fellows of Senate, elected by Senate for two years

Attendees

Registrar

Committee Secretary

As required, to speak to their reports:
- Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)
- Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Community)
- Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International)
- Acting Deputy Provost (Learning and Teaching) and Pro Vice-Chancellor
- Acting Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research)
- Pro Vice-Chancellor (Strategic Planning)
- Executive Dean, Faculties of Arts
- Executive Dean, Faculties of Engineering and Architecture
- Executive Dean, Faculties of Health
- Executive Dean, Faculties of Science

Frequency of meetings

The Committee meets prior to each meeting of Senate, and normally commences at 3.45pm.

The Committee has resolved:
(i) that unanimous recommendations of Selection Committees meeting during the holiday period, including any second and third choices, be considered by the Chair Appointments Committee by circulation;
(ii) that they would need to be approved by the Chair Appointments Committee nem con; and
(iii) that any recommendations of Selection Committees which were not unanimous would need to be considered by a meeting of the Chair Appointments Committee.

Report to Senate

The Vice-Chancellor reports decisions of the Chair Appointments Committee in the confidential section of the Senate agenda. (Names of those promoted to Professor and those awarded the title of Emeritus Professor are reported to Senate; where offers of appointment or titles have been made, names are not reported.)

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