Web responsibilities and roles: approval

Optional title or role/descriptor

Approver

Responsibilities

Approving new content or changes to existing content before publication.

Checking accuracy and integrity of web content.

Approving new sites and URLs before publication.

Typical skills required

The following skills would be beneficial to a staff member performing Approval tasks:

• Management or high level decision making
• Understanding content and communication needs
• Ability to see strategic relationship of site to university message

Approval web tasks should be assigned to staff members with an aptitude for detail. This particular group of responsibilities is part of an ongoing quality assurance method for maintaining the integrity of the published content. It is recommended that the staff member or members in this position are assigned specific site/ site areas to manage.

Typical current role

In the present University environment, the following positions and/or hybrids of, would already be taking ownership of the above responsibilities:

• Content experts: Academic or General

• Web Maintainer

• Web Developer

• Online Communications Manager