The Office for Human resources main mission is to process Human Resource Management, which involves development of HR-policies, employment issues, organisational development and salary administration.
The task consists of
Appointment procedure for teachers at Umeå University
The Office of Human Relations consists of two units, Personnel and Organizational Development and Salary Administration. We are also responsible for international staff support.
Personnel and Organizational Development (POU) are working mainly with HRM related questions and provides advice, support and service to both managers and employees at all levels of the organization.
Our premises are located with the university administration, in Förvaltningshuset.
Our field of work is:
Labour legislation and job security issues
Issues of inclusion
International staff support
Equal opportunity
Qualifications development
Leadership development
Salary structure
Adaptation and career coaching
Organisation development
Personnel planning
Working environment issues of psychosocial nature
Rehabilitation issues
Cooperation and negotiation with employer organisations
Shortage of work and redundancy
Development, information and support regarding our workforce management system and recriutment system
The unit's main duty is to administer salaries and pensions.
We use the personnel- and salary system Primula for our daily work. We pay salaries and other expenses for about 5 000 people each month. We are located in Förvaltningshuset, west wing, floor 4. This is what we do:
Administration of salaries
Insurance
System administration
Administration of pensions
We offer support to new international researchers and staff members during recruitment, relocation and introduction at Umeå University. International Staff Support is the Euraxess Centre at Umeå University. We support researcher mobility in cooperation with other universities in Europe.
Employees
I am a Professor of Ethnology since 1999. My main research interests are gender studies, medical humanities and One Health. During the years 2016-2018, I am a member of the board of Swedish Research Council.
PhD in Social Science in 2006. Director of Human Resources at Umeå University since January 2016. Before that I was Head of department at the department of Social Work at Umeå University.
I am a psychologist, working with Management and Leadership training at Umeå University, and career support for reseachers through ReaL, the Research & Leadership Programme.
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