The Head of Institution (HOI) is the Head of Department, the Chair of a Faculty not organised in departments, Directors of Non-School Institutions and UAS Divisions. It is their responsibility to ensure that University policies are implemented and relevant University regulations and procedures are followed.
The Financial Regulations state that the HOI should ensure:
Acting Heads of Department may be appointed during a vacancy and count as Head of Department
The HOI works closely with the departmental/faculty administrator (and/or Institutional Finance Manager where such posts exists), to whom they will delegate many of their non-academic responsibilities