As the person with overall responsibility for the University’s employees and HR support matters, the Director of Human Resources has the following responsibilities:

1. Serves as a member of the Management Team.
2. Ensures that the Human Resources support system is suitably prepared to respond to an emergency situation.
3. Upon receiving notification of an emergency which may lead to media coverage, liaise with the employee’s manager / head of department to provide relevant information to the Communications and Marketing Division who will summarise the facts in a public statement.
4. Ensures that employee support is provided in the aftermath of an emergency situation.

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