Personnel manager
Your closest manager is usually the institute manager or institutes deputy manager. Your manager will have personnel responsibilities for you and tasks they should attend to are:
- Follow up if you get sick
- Have regular personal staff meetings
- Being responsible for anything connected to your status as a USN employee
PhD coordinator
Each PhD program is followed up administratively by a PhD Coordinator. The PhD Coordinator is not responsible for personnel matters, but everything that concerns the completion of the doctoral journey from start to finish. The PhD Coordinator administrate and organize practical matters in connection with startup, education plan/PhD Courses, progression, mid-term evaluation and defence.
PhD program and PhD Coordinators
Research and Research Education unit
Research and Research Education unit work with important support tasks related to USNs research activities and consists of two subject groups. The Research Finance team provides professional advice and application support for fundings and innovation. The Research Education team supports management and faculties with development tasks, analytical work and strategic decisions. Focusing on increasing quality in the doctoral programs.
Commercialization and Innovation Unit (KOIN)
The Commercialization and innovation unit – KOIN represents USN's internal technology transfer office ('TTO'). KOIN gives advice on questions related to ownership and use of intellectual property rights (IPR), USN's IPR policy, patent applications, commercialization, entrepreneurship and value creation of research results. They support the preparation of applications to the Research Council's Commercialization calls and Innovation Norway's 'STUD-ENT' call.
You can reach KOIN by e-mail to usntto@usn.no
Section for Recruitment
Section for Recruitment are a part of the Personnel and Organisation Department and are there to advise on your employee affiliations, length of your employment, extensions and applications for leave.
You can reach them by e-mail - personalforvaltning@usn.no or by contacting your institute’s contact person.
Section for Personnel Services
The section for Personnel Services are another part of the Personnel and Organisation Department. They can advise you on salary, vacation, travel expense refunds, time registering and applications for leave in DFØID.
You reach them by e-mail personalservice@usn.no.