International American Football Officials Association

Scheme of responsibility

Updated 23rd October 2016

This document sets out who is responsible for what in IAFOA.

Role	Board (collectively)	Specific directors	Sub-directors (i.e. deputy and assistant directors)
Main responsibilities	Approval of policies Approval of budgets Appointment of directors and sub-directors Issuing public statements	Setting procedures within their department Spending to an allocated budget for items up to a specified value (Director of Finance or Board required to authorise all spending over the limit below) Appointment of staff below the level of assistant director	Setting procedures within defined areas of their department Spending to an allocated budget for items up to a specified value
Emergency responsibilities	Chairman can act for the Board in an urgent situation. If the Chairman is unavailable, any director may act on the Board's behalf. A specific responsibility can be delegated to a director or sub-director, either on a one-off or ongoing basis.	Chairman can act for any director in an urgent situation If the Chairman is unavailable, any director may act on the Board's behalf. A specific responsibility can be delegated to another director or a departmental sub-director, either on a one-off or ongoing basis.	Departmental director can act for a sub-director in an urgent situation The Departmental deputy director can act for another sub-director where the Departmental director is unavailable If the Departmental director is unavailable, the Chairman can act on his behalf

Overall budget limits apply - no budget holder can go over budget without authorisation from the Board (or the Director of Finance in an emergency.

Within a budget, additional authorisation is required as follows:

Limit	Authorisation
less than £100	Budget holder only
£100 to less than £500	Budget holder and Director of Finance
£500 and above	Board