Chief Operations Officer

The purpose of this policy is to ensure that Corporate Cards are:

• issued appropriately;
• used solely for legitimate College business; and
• properly approved, documented, acquitted, and reviewed.

This policy applies to both Melbourne School of Theology and Eastern College Australia

This policy outlines how Eastern College Australia (the College) will mitigate disadvantage to students who are unable to progress/continue in a course of study due to unexpected or planned changes in the College’s operations.

This Policy sets out the processes to be followed by Eastern College Australia (ECA) staff if the College experiences a data breach or suspects that a data breach has occurred.

This Policy should be read in conjunction with the College’s Privacy Policy

The purpose of this policy is to provide practical care for the wellbeing of staff by facilitating access to confidential professional counselling support. The College affirms that every person is created in the image of God and is called to faithful stewardship of life, relationships, and vocation. The College recognises that personal, family, and work-related difficulties may arise and seeks to offer appropriate support in times of…

To outline how persons can report Gender-based Violence, Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment (SASH) incidents, the support a person who reports GBV & SASH incidents will receive; and processes for responding to and preventing incidents of GBV & SASH.

To articulate and demonstrate Eastern College Australia’s active commitment to its compliance requirements as well as measures put in place to ensure that all staff and students are kept informed of, and adhere to, relevant legislation. 

This procedure outlines the process for raising and resolving staff grievances in accordance with the Staff Grievance and Resolution Policy.

The purpose of this policy is to ensure that:

• All supervisors and staff have an understanding of the use of time in lieu arrangements in the College.
• All supervisors and staff are aware of the procedures for time in lieu.
• All staff are treated consistently.

The aim of the Policy is to outline the standards of behaviour, code of conduct and procedures expected of all volunteers at the College. 

To promote copyright compliance by staff and students.

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

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. 

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.

The purpose of this policy is to set out the circumstances under which tuition fees may be refunded when a student withdraws from a course or unit of study, and to ensure that refund arrangements are reasonable, equitable, and compliant with legislative and regulatory requirements. 

This is a revision test July 2