Digital Enablement Committee

Terms of reference

Objective

To advise the Vice-Chancellor on governance of digital enablement across the University including:

  • Supporting the development and delivery of the University strategy and supporting transformation
  • Delivery of the digital agenda and the value from investments
  • Information Technology (IT) risks (cyber security is seen as a University wide business risk)
  • Monitoring University performance against the digital strategy
  • Looking to the future and beyond pure IT

Responsibilities

  1. Oversee the process of creating the University’s Digital Strategy to support the overall University strategy, and endorse for presentation to University Executive Committee (UEC)
  2. Ensure that digital is a core part of a transformed University, and represented in relevant business strategies
  3. Endorse IT policies for presentation to UEC
  4. Provide comment, direction and endorsement for relevant IT reports, strategies, policies and plans
  5. Monitor delivery of the Digital Strategy (The IT Portfolio Governance Board oversees the prioritised IT projects, activities and investment)
  6. Monitor the operational performance of delivering digital services
  7. Ensure appropriate channels are in place, and embraced for consultation and engagement with the University community
  8. Provide an annual report to Senate on the activities and involvement of the committee

Membership

  • Director Vice-Chancellor Operations and Registrar – Chair
  • Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research
  • Provost or delegate
  • Director, Libraries & Learning Services or delegate
  • Four academic leaders or staff with relevant expertise appointed by the Committee
  • UniServices representative
  • Chief Digital Officer
  • Director Digital Strategy & Architecture
  • Chief Technology Officer

Committee members and term of office

Deputy Vice-Chancellor Operations & Registrar – Chair Holds office until
Mrs A Cleland Ex-officio
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research
Holds office until
Professor F Bloomfield
Ex-officio
Provost
Holds office until
Professor V Linton
Ex-officio
Director, Libraries & Learning Services
Holds office until
Ms S Roberts
Ex-officio
Four academic leaders or staff with relevant expertise appointed by the Committee
Holds office until
Professor M Gahegan
 
Professor S Holdaway  
Professor J Hosking  
TBA  
Uniservices representative
Holds office until
Mr A Shenk
Ex-officio
Chief Digital Officer
Holds office until
Mr M Mangan
Ex-officio
Director Digital Strategy & Architecture
Holds office until
Mr J Pye
Ex-officio
Chief Technology
Officer
Holds office until
  Ex-officio

Schedule of meetings

Date Time
13 March 2024 9am
15 May 2024 9am
18 July 2024 9am
16 September 2024 10am
13 November 2024 9am

Committee secretary

Ranmali Mada
Phone: +64 9 923 3350
Extn: 83350
Email: r.mada@auckland.ac.nz