The departments

She or he is responsible for the operational implementation of the policy developed by the presidential team. The director or general manager of services is appointed by the minister responsible for higher education, on the recommendation of the university president, and is responsible, under the president's authority, for the organization and operation of the institution's services.

The Accounting Agency is responsible for paying expenses, collecting revenue, managing funds, keeping supporting documents, and maintaining general accounts. It prepares the financial documents presented to the Board of Directors for approval and is responsible for having them certified by the auditors.

 

 

The DAF is responsible for organizing and monitoring the financial management of the institution in line with its strategy and plans.
It implements management measures to ensure the efficiency and control of the institution's financial flows in collaboration with the accounting department.
It draws up and monitors the implementation of the institution's budget; provides the necessary assistance and advice for the financial management of the university, in conjunction with the DAPAC; proposes and organizes the purchasing policy.

The DAF is structured into three departments:

The budget/revenue monitoring department

  • Preparation and monitoring of budget execution in terms of revenue and expenditure
  • Support and advice for departments and services

The Purchasing and Public Procurement Department

  • Development of the institution's purchasing policy
  • Management of public procurement contracts for supplies, services, and works
  • Support and advice to departments on all procedures relating to public procurement

The centralized public procurement service

  • Preparation of purchase orders for the central services of the University of Savoie Mont Blanc for the following purchases: supplies, services, assignments, and travel.
  • Internal and external invoicing and requests for credit transfers from central and shared services for: staff and service exchanges, miscellaneous operating expenses

The DAJI assists and advises the university's governance, management, departments, and components on all legal matters relating to the functioning of the institution.

More specifically, it:

  • provides expertise on agreements involving the institution (excluding research agreements), which it also registers, has signed by the president of USMB, and submits to the board of directors
  • Coordinates the organization and manages professional and statutory bodies in close collaboration with the presidency (academic council, board of directors, social administration committee).
  • Leads, coordinates, or organizes the institution's electoral operations
  • Involved in dispute prevention and handles legal and administrative litigation
  • Organizes disciplinary sections (teachers-researchers/users), ensures compliance with procedures, secures all disciplinary procedures initiated by the university, particularly in conjunction with the human resources department.
  • Monitors the execution of the university's insurance contract (claims reporting, relations with insurers and experts, liaison with the project management assistant)

DAPAC consists of three departments:

  • the Research, Surveys, and Tools Division
  • the Management Control Division
  • the Continuous Improvement Division

It produces indicators and management tools in the areas of HR and payroll monitoring, as well as in the areas of training, professional integration, and research,
It coordinates and drives continuous improvement by supporting the deployment of process-based management and change management,
. It promotes a culture of data-driven management, continuous improvement, risk management, and organizational development,
. Finally, it carries out consulting, analysis, and expertise missions.

 

She is responsible for implementing the institution's external communication policy and supporting internal communication as part of the strategy adopted by the presidential team and set out in the institution's project.

Its purpose is to promote the University of Savoie Mont Blanc, its teaching and research units, its students, and its staff to various audiences: high school and college students, in collaboration with DEVE, institutional partners and economic actors in its territory, the general public, the media, etc.The Communications Department works closely with the teaching and research units as well as the central and shared departments and services. To promote the institution and establish its positioning, the Communications Department deploys a wide and varied range of tools:

  • digital (website, newsletters, social media, etc.)
  • paper media (brochures, guides, booklets, etc.)
  • campaign rollout
  • multimedia materials (clips, videos, etc.)
  • promotion through objects
  • press relations
  • event planning, etc.

 

 

The DDRV's mission is to implement the institution's scientific policy. It provides assistance to the institution's development projects, research units and their projects, and doctoral training. It coordinates activities to promote and transfer the results of public research and offers expertise in research funding, administration, and management.

Its main activities are:

  • the administration of the Academic Council's Research Committee and the implementation of its decisions and recommendations
  • the distribution of financial resources allocated to research
  • budgetary and financial management of research unit credits
  • the production of financial supporting documents for research projects
  • support for research management and evaluation
  • support for the institution's development projects
  • support for research units in setting up and monitoring research projects
  • support for research promotion: negotiating contracts with the socio-economic world protection of inventions, patent portfolio management, technology transfer, assistance with setting up start-ups
  • coordination and support for doctoral studies
  • management of research supervision authorizations
  • support for the dissemination of scientific and technical culture and the promotion of research and the exploitation of research
  • management of Savoie Mont Blanc university presses

DEVE is responsible for implementing the institution's policy in the areas of education and student life.

Its main activities are:

  • training provision: monitoring the development of training provision, its implementation, and its evolution
  • monitoring the accreditation campaign
  • the training and university life committee: preparation, organization, and monitoring of the committee's work
  • Providing information and guidance to high school and college students: participating in the development of information policy, providing information on studies, defining and participating in guidance events for high school and college students (High School Day, immersion programs, participation in Open House events, etc.), leading and coordinating the High School-University Liaison (LLU) initiative.
  • Central administration: supervision of administrative management tasks for students, from enrollment applications to the awarding of diplomas, across all three sites. Management of the APOGÉE school software, the AMETYS course display software, and the application software (Parcoursup, E-candidat, Études en France), assistance to users of these applications.
  • supporting and assisting students in their professional integration process through networking with the university's departments, institutes, and schools, and in close partnership with the Savoie Mont Blanc University Business Club and numerous other partners
  • Student and campus life: organizing activities for students to promote their success and improve their quality of life (collaborative projects as part of the student and campus life contribution (CVEC) and the Student Initiative Solidarity and Development Fund (FSDIE)).The Student and Campus Life Service (SVEC) answers students' questions about practical, social, and cultural life on campus. It coordinates all activities aimed at energizing campus life in conjunction with the relevant university departments and local partners (Campus Day, student residences, event programming, cultural and sporting activities, support for prevention initiatives, etc.).
  • welcoming and supporting specific groups (students with disabilities, high-level athletes and artists, etc.). The Service for Welcoming and Supporting Students with Disabilities (S2AESH) welcomes and supports students with disabilities in collaboration with the various stakeholders within the institution.

DEVE brings together staff from across the department, from the president's office to the registrar's offices on the three campuses.

 

 

Organized into four teams (Management Applications, Projects, Local Support, and Systems and Networks), the DN implements and maintains the necessary resources (workstations, wired and WiFi networks, servers, storage, applications and their connectors, etc.) to provide students and staff (25,000 user accounts) with identical access to the following work tools at each of the four Savoie Mont Blanc University sites: etc.) to provide students and staff (25,000 user accounts) with identical access to the following work tools at each of the four Savoie Mont Blanc University sites:

  • Messaging
  • Intranet/Collaborative spaces
  • Internet
  • Business applications (education, human resources, finance, management)
  • Site licenses for research and/or training (Microsoft, MatLab, ArcGIS, etc.)
  • Digital teaching platforms. Access is also possible from the Grenoble campuses (campus Wi-Fi), from institutions linked to research and higher education (eduroam) or (eduspot), and via the Internet.

The Heritage Department (DirPat) oversees all real estate policy at the University of Savoie Mont Blanc. In particular, it is responsible for implementing the real estate development master plan and monitoring construction and renovation projects. It focuses on identifying areas for improvement and adaptation of the built environment so that it best meets the needs of users, with a view to constant optimization.

To implement the objectives of developing and maintaining real estate assets, ensuring the proper functioning of buildings and their surroundings, and supporting teaching and research missions within the institution, DirPat is composed of various departments divided into three functional areas:

Campus operations

Campus Property Management Services (SEP): located on each campus (Annecy, Le Bourget-du-Lac, and Jacob-Bellecombette), they relay the actions of the property management department on campus by handling day-to-day management (maintenance, mail, minor repairs, keys, access, etc.), routine maintenance, major repairs, and support for the transformations necessary for the development of education and research.

Real estate development and the energy transition

  • The Real Estate Projects Department (SPI): responsible for monitoring prospective studies, organizing and monitoring construction and major renovation projects for the institution in line with its strategic real estate renovation and development objectives.
  • The Energy and Environmental Transition Unit: reporting directly to the SPI, it leads the real estate initiatives defined in the institution's energy and environmental transition policy.

Administrative management and real estate management

  • The Asset Management Administrative Service (SAP): coordinates the various administrative and financial management activities of the Asset Management Department.
  • The reprographics workshop: directly attached to the SAP, carries out the printing work necessary for teaching and, more broadly, for the Savoyard university community.
  • The Asset Management Unit: responsible for monitoring the institution's real estate and land assets, as well as coordinating the schedule management tool (ADE Planete).
The HR department implements the institution's human resources management policy defined by the university presidency, in accordance with the guidelines set out in the institutional project. As such, it has an advisory and informational role with regard to the institution's management and all staff members. The human resources department is the direct point of contact for all staff members for all aspects of their professional lives. The HR department is responsible for collective management (monitoring and managing staff numbers, jobs, careers, and remuneration) and individualized staff management. It ensures the development and support of human resources (skills development, organization and working conditions, social policy). It carries out studies and statistics for the purpose of forward planning for jobs and skills. Finally, it ensures the functioning of joint bodies and is responsible for managing the Technical Committee.
The HR department is made up of 25 employees divided into three departments:
The teaching and research staff department
He is responsible for the administrative and financial management of teaching staff, research professors, tenured professors, and contract professors. He also manages ATERs (assistant professors), foreign language lecturers, associate professors, contract doctoral students, and temporary teaching staff. It is responsible for monitoring teaching services, paying overtime, bonuses, and RAFP (retirement fund for civil servants), as well as monitoring and forecasting budgetary employment. Finally, it prepares the work of the representative bodies responsible for managing the careers of teaching staff in terms of recruitment, promotion, and mobility: restricted CA (administrative committee), restricted CAC (consultative committee), advisory committees, and selection committees.
The BIATSS personnel department
It is responsible for the administrative and financial management of BIATSS staff, both permanent and contract employees. It also manages bonuses and monitors the employment of BIATSS staff. It is responsible for preparing the work of the joint representative bodies responsible for managing the careers of BIATSS staff: CPE and CCPANT. Finally, it is responsible for recruiting contract and permanent BIATSS staff through transfers or secondments, and it organizes, on behalf of the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation, competitive examinations for the research and training sector, as well as direct competitive examinations for category C ATRF and warehouse staff on behalf of the USMB.
Cross-functional Activities Department (SAT)
He is responsible for specific management tasks affecting all staff: continuing professional development, social welfare, retirement for permanent staff, validation of auxiliary services, workplace accidents, occupational illnesses, and disability. He assesses needs and manages the training plan for all teaching, administrative, and technical staff, as well as monitoring staff numbers, jobs, and management tools. He supports employees in their retirement plans: individual interviews, advice, pension simulations.

The DRI implements the institution's international policy and performs the following tasks:

  • international cooperation: hosting delegations, organizing missions abroad, coordinating international networks, implementing and monitoring international conventions
  • student and staff mobility: support for students going abroad to study or do an internship, management and payment of mobility grants, registration, reception and support for foreign students arriving at the University of Savoie Mont Blanc under a cooperation agreement, logistical and financial support for teaching and training mobility
  • Assistance with setting up and monitoring international projects: assistance for university departments, institutes, schools, and research units wishing to propose training projects with other foreign partners (joint training programs, dual degrees) that fall within the scope of European and international funding programs.
  • organization of French as a foreign language (FLE) programs for international audiences (ACCENTS French language center)

The safety prevention department is responsible for:

  • to advise and assist the institution's management, as well as all departments, faculties, institutes, schools, and research units, in the area of occupational risk prevention
  • coordinate the work of prevention assistants, who are the local representatives of the prevention network appointed in each work unit (research unit, department, component, service, etc.)
  • to collaborate with other prevention stakeholders, such as the occupational physician or the Health and Safety Committee, in order to implement the necessary measures to reduce risks
  • to lead the Health, Safety, and Working Conditions Committee (meetings, participation in working groups and surveys, site visits, etc.)
  • analyze the causes of serious accidents and incidents, together with the relevant departments
  • to develop the establishment's annual prevention program, in collaboration with the relevant departments and based on the establishment's single document or any other findings
  • develop the annual safety training plan and lead specific training sessions
  • manage exceptional event files by issuing safety notices in accordance with university regulations and rules
  • develop procedures or guidelines to improve safety and preventative measures in the workplace
  • organize the collection and treatment of hazardous waste (chemical, biological, radioactive, etc.)
  • to participate in the implementation of new developments or buildings, by providing the necessary information concerning safety and prevention
  • to ensure that the equipment and facilities made available to staff and users comply with regulations