General Services Department

Missions

As a member of the management team, the Director General of Services is appointed by order of the Minister of Higher Education on the recommendation of the President of Inalco. Under the authority of the President of Inalco, the DGS contributes to the definition of the establishment's strategies and to the elaboration of the development project, and more particularly to the definition of the governance component. Leading the operational implementation of the establishment's policies, the DGS has particular responsibility for ensuring their economic sustainability and legal security.

In the operation of the establishment, the DGS is responsible for the proper coordination of all entities and is in charge of driving change and their modernization in a spirit of continuous improvement of the service provided.

The DGS exercises hierarchical and functional authority over the departments and all the establishment's IATSS staff.

In this capacity, he is notably responsible for:

• leading the establishment's management team,
• setting the collective and individual objectives of his direct collaborators and ensuring their evaluation,
• promoting the development of staff skills and know-how,
• building the administration's organization and management by translating the establishment's project into departmental projects,
• lead transformation and modernization processes with a view to continuous improvement and a participative approach,
• promote peaceful social dialogue that respects the players involved,
• participate in the circulation of information and coordinate the internal communication system.

Organization

The General Services Department groups together all the support and back-office services. These are as follows:

• La direction des ressources humaines
• La direction de la scolarité
• Le service coordination des formations
• Le service commun de la formation continue
• Le service d'information, d'orientation et d'insertion-professionnelle
• Direction de la recherche et des études doctorales
• Direction de la recherche, de la valorisation et des études doctorales
• The communications department
• The events and cultural action department
• The international relations department
• The information system and digital resources department
• The budget and public procurement department
• The logistics department
• The building technical department shared with BULAC
• The administrative and technical department of the Maison de la recherche
• Les Presses de l'Inalco
• Les affaires juridiques et institutionnelles
• Le service de l'information scientifique, archives and heritage
• La fondation Inalco
• le réseau Inalco Alumni

The Director General of Services is assisted by a joint Presidency/DGS secretariat, which provides first-level processing for all requests addressed to the management team. The secretariat also manages the agendas of the DGS and the President, and receives all requests for appointments. It is the privileged interface with teaching and administrative staff, as well as with users.

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