~ [[130 - Governance]] # Salford SU Scheme of Delegation of Authority Approved at the [[2025-04-16 - Board of Trustees]] meeting. Follows the [[Salford SU Risk Appetite]] approved in February 2025 and develops the principle discussed when [[2024-11-20 - Board of Trustees|the Board approved the HR delegation model in November 2024]]. ## Core Principle: Subsidiarity Decisions should be made at the lowest appropriate level within the organisation. The Board focuses on strategic leadership and oversight — not operational management. Controls should be proportional to risk. ## What Requires Board Approval - Strategy: approval of the strategy and amendments requiring resource - Articles of Association: amendments (subject to All Student Meeting and University Council approval) - Byelaws: approval of new or substantially altered byelaws - Budget: annual income/expenditure and capital expenditure budgets - Audit: sign-off on annual audited accounts and Trustees' Annual Report; approval of external auditors - CEO: recruitment, appointment, dismissal, and performance management - Major restructures: significant organisational changes or redundancies - Risk Register: annual approval - Health & Safety: approval of H&S policies and procedures - Trustee appointments: confirmation of external and student trustees ## What SLT Can Approve Without Board - **Policy changes** that do not add organisational risk and do not involve new matters of legal compliance — these can be agreed by SLT - Monthly management accounts (reported to Board but approved operationally) - Staff appointments below Senior Manager level - Day-to-day management of all departments - Minor departmental restructures (no significant changes or redundancies) - Regradings, subject to Pay Policy and agreed budgets - Business continuity planning ## Key Delegated Roles | Decision Area | Board | SLT | CEO | |---|---|---|---| | Strategy approval | ✓ | | | | Policy changes (no added risk) | | ✓ | | | Annual budget | ✓ | | | | Monthly management accounts | | | ✓ reports | | CEO performance | Board | | | | Staff appointments | | | ✓ | | Risk Register | ✓ annual | | Manage | ## Relationship to Risk Appetite The delegation framework explicitly links to the [[Salford SU Risk Appetite]]. The SLT has delegated authority to take "Tolerant" and "Neutral" risk decisions. Decisions requiring "Seeking" appetite sit with the Board. The CEO reports major incidents to the Board; the SLT manages and reports actions against the Risk Register. ## Source Document `Salford SU Scheme of Delegation of Authority_2025.docx` — Board of Trustees Meetings / 2024-25 Year / 2025.04.16