Operations

This policy is intended to give guidance to the operations personnel of the College, to ensure integrity in all its commercial transactions as they relate to service agreements, banking (including cash handling), inventory control, asset purchases and contractual obligations. This policy is read in conjunction with the Financial Policy and Procedure Manual.

Eastern College Australia is a Christian Higher Education Provider committed to faithfulness to Scripture, integrity in conduct, and the pursuit of godliness in all aspects of its life and ministry. This Conflict-of-Interest Policy exists to protect the integrity, mission, governance, and witness of the College by ensuring that all decisions and relationships are conducted with transparency, accountability, and impartiality, consistent with biblical principles and good governance.

This Cyber Security Policy has the following purposes:

• Protect the operational integrity and availability of the College’s normal operations facilitated by its personnel and IT resources;
• Protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data and information managed and retained by the College;
• Protect against external intrusion, denial of service, ransomware, and all other malicious breaches of the College’s IT environment, whether internal or external in origin;
• Ensure all personnel are aware of potential cyber risks and are trained to detect, respond and recover from cyber events;
• Prevent unauthorised and unapproved IT activity of any type within the College’s IT environment;
• Govern IT practices to ensure cyber security is a normal and expected part of the way the College operates internally, and with its students, staff and external stakeholders;
• Manage and recover from any adverse cyber incident in the most effective and efficient manner to restore normal operations as quickly as possible;

Continually review and improve cyber security as the College’s IT environment and the real-world cyber security environment evolve.

The IT Acceptable Use Policy aims to give clear guidelines for the acceptable and unacceptable use of the College’s IT equipment and systems.

This policy establishes clear and consistent requirements for the use of private motor vehicles for work-related purposes at the College. It seeks to ensure the safety of staff and others, prudent stewardship of resources, compliance with legal obligations, and appropriate risk management when private vehicles are used in the course of College business.

To provide clarity to all College staff (including volunteers) on the College’s social media policy and how to conduct themselves on social media. It is not the intent of this policy to prohibit the use of social media by members of the College community.  Rather, the policy establishes clear standards and guidelines in relation to the use of social media, where such use potentially impacts adversely upon: the operations, interests or reputation of the College; individual members of the College community; relationships with or between members of the College community. 

This policy outlines the conditions and principles that apply to Staff Study Discount for College staff, board members and their immediate families (spouses and children).

This Records Management and Archiving Policy is necessary to ensure the safety, security and confidentiality of its student and administrative records 

To establish mandatory requirements for Working With Children Checks (WWCC) to ensure compliance with Victorian legislation and uphold MST and Eastern’s commitment to child-safe environments in accordance with the Child Protection Policy and Code of Conduct.

This policy outlines the College’s commitment to managing psychosocial hazards in the workplace in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act 2004 (Vic), and the Model Code of Practice: Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work. It aims to ensure a psychologically safe and healthy work environment for all workers.

The purpose of this policy is to proactively protect, manage, and support the psychological safety and wellbeing of all students, staff, and faculty at the College. This policy aims to create a psychologically safe environment where individuals feel empowered to address mental health challenges and are provided with the necessary resources and support.