Values
Important values: employees shall have meaningful tasks, individual development opportunities, a good working environment and an institutional culture characterised by a high level of professional and social commitment.
Recruitment
UiO shall actively use all available means of recruiting and retaining attractive expertise, adapted to the university’s own priorities and the needs of the community.
Personnel follow-up and competency development
The individual manager is responsible for actively following up his or her staff, among other things through regular performance appraisal interviews. Tasks shall be individually adapted to meet both UiO’s needs for its activities and the individual staff member’s qualifications, life phase and life situation.
Employee participation
Employees shall be given individual influence in and responsibility for their own work. At the same time, the knowledge and experience of the trade unions shall be drawn on in the operation and development of UiO.
Salary policy
Salary policy forms an integral part of UiO’s personnel policy, and shall contribute to ensuring a predictable and consistent practice in the determining of the individual employee’s salary level.
Working conditions for academic staff and researchers
UiO is an active supporter of the European Research Area’s (ERA) initiative to strengthen researcher’s working conditions. Since 2009, the University has worked with implementing and developing the principles set in the Charter and Code (europa.eu) through the HR strategy for researchers (HRS4R) (europa.eu). The further development of researcher careers and working conditions is one of the key aims of the University’s Strategy2030.
Senior employees
UiO’s agreement on senior policy measures comprises employees from 60 to 70 years of age. The senior policy shall contribute to enabling the University to make use of the skills, knowledge and expertise that the University’s older employees represent, and to ensuring that UiO’s seniors have a meaningful working situation.