The head of the organisational area will ensure that there is a genuine business need or other benefit to the University, prior to purchasing and/or allocating a corporate mobile communication device and/or service.

This includes when staff are:

• Regularly out of their primary work location/office on work duties and/or travel on University business; or
• Required to be contactable or on call out of normal business hours; or
• Not able to access a University landline phone; or
• In a role with security or operational responsibilities that require them to be readily contacted by phone; or
• Able to be more effective and/or efficient by using tablets while working at an approved Deakin location

Corporate devices should only be allocated to staff in fixed-term and continuing roles with the University.

What is the definition of a mobile communication device?

• A mobile phone handset;
• Advanced SIM and/or Wi-Fi enabled devices, including tablets (e.g. iPad)

When do I need approval?

Approval is required for corporate mobile communication devices where staff wish to:

• Request a new corporate service
• Change or upgrade their device
• Replace a broken, lost or stolen device

These will be subject to the approval requirements laid out above, even if the original purchase for the corporate mobile communication device was not subject to these requirements.

How do I get approval?

Approval for a corporate mobile device/service is required from the head of your organisational area (an email is sufficient).

The following table provides some examples—please ensure that you refer to the Deakin University organisational chart to select the correct approvers.