Office Structure

The administration of the University is overseen in its entirety by the Director General, who is responsible for the overall management and organisation of the Technical and Administrative Staff.

In this role, the Director General is supported by a Level II Executive who acts as Deputy Director General and is delegated operational oversight of several areas within the Central Administration as specified in the appointment decree; this executive also stands in for the Director General in all cases of absence or incapacity.

The administrative structures of the Università per Stranieri di Perugia are organised both within the Central Administration and across the University’s Departments and autonomous Centres. Specifically:

Specifically:

• the Central Administration is headed by the Director General
• Departments and autonomous Centres are led by their respective Department or Centre Directors, to whom the administrative structures supporting academic, research and organisational activities report functionally

Within the Central Administration, the administrative organisation is structured into Areas, Services and Mission Units. In detail:

• Areas are the structures with the highest level of complexity, responsibility and management autonomy. In accordance with the functions contractually assigned to Technical and Administrative Staff, Areas are generally managed by staff from the Senior Professional Area (EP) and represent the primary level of responsibility reporting to the Directorate General, which itself holds managerial-level responsibilities. Heads of Area hold professional accountability within their fields of expertise, as well as managerial responsibility for the resources assigned to them. These roles require coordination, relationship-building, oversight, and problem-solving skills.

• Services may report directly to the Director General or operate as subdivisions within Areas. The level of complexity, responsibility and autonomy may vary depending on the type of activities undertaken, which may require the involvement of personnel from either the Officer Area or the EP Area. Services that report directly functionally and hierarchically to the Director General, except for the Rector’s Office Service, which is functionally accountable to the Rector and hierarchically to the Director General. For Services within Areas, the direct hierarchical reference is the relevant Head of Area. Service managers are assigned both professional and managerial responsibilities for their allocated resources.

  Services are divided into two categories:

  • primarily professional services requiring specific specialisation in administrative or technical fields, which may not necessarily include the management of human resources
  • primarily managerial services, which entail the coordination of a range of resources, including human resources
• Mission Units (hereinafter M.U.) are structures that may be led by staff from the Officer or EP Area. They are established to manage specific projects of strategic importance for the University and are primarily responsible for ensuring the accurate and timely achievement of project goals. These temporary structures are activated by a specific organisational act and are disbanded as soon as their associated projects are completed. M.U.s report both functionally and hierarchically to the Director General.

The administrative offices of Departments and Centres provide management support for academic, research and organisational activities undertaken within Departments and Centres. Responsibility for these administrative offices is assigned to staff from either the Officer Area or the EP Area, who operate within the boundaries of their respective areas. Secretarial staff report functionally to the Department or Centre Director and hierarchically to the Director General.

In addition to the structures listed above, it is possible to:

• assign tasks to staff in the Collaborators Area and Operators Area which, while falling within the scope of their respective roles, involve specific responsibilities that are recognised with a specific responsibility allowance, calculated according to the complexity of the assigned competences, the specialisation required to perform the assigned tasks, and the innovative skills involved, as per article 117 of the National Collective Labour Agreement (CCNL) of 18/01/2024
• initiate and implement University projects involving, on a cross-functional basis, various staff units from different structures according to their competencies. Project responsibility is assigned by the Director General to technical-administrative staff in various areas, provided they possess the required competences to carry out the respective projects