Crisis Management & Recovery Planning

Monash University has invested considerable resources on the implementation of crisis management and recovery planning:

1. Crisis teams have been established at all Monash campuses;
2. Members of these teams have been trained in aspects of crisis management;
3. Comprehensive crisis plans have been developed and documented in manuals for each campus.

The Audit Committee of Council has put in place the following arrangements in relation to crisis management planning, effective immediately:

1. The Vice-President (Administration) office will

• assume overall responsibility for crisis management planning and recovery across the University;
• ensure that crisis teams on each campus meet at least annually to identify current threats and review the adequacy and currency of their crisis plans;
• ensure that the plans are regularly tested with full-scale crisis simulation exercises held on each campus at least, every two years.

2. The University Security Manager will

• provide on-going administrative support to the Vice-President (Administration) office in this area;
• prepare regular email advices to staff on crisis management;
• develop and maintain the crisis management and recovery website;
• co-ordinate and review the activities of the various campus crisis teams;
• ensure that information in the various crisis manuals is current.

3. A general email advice on crisis management is to be issued to all University staff every 6 months.

4. The Audit & Risk Management Office will

• review the above arrangements;
• provide an annual report to the Audit Committee on the adequacy and currency of crisis plans on each campus.