Statute of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
TITLE II - University bodies and regulations
Art. 16 - Director General
The Director General is the management body, within the limits of the competences delegated by the Law, by this Statute and by the University regulations.
On the basis of the guidelines provided by the Board of Directors, the Director General is responsible for the overall management and organisation of the services, instrumental resources and technical-administrative staff of the University.
More specifically:
a) he contributes to the identification of the resources and professional profiles necessary for the performance of the tasks assigned to the University facilities, also for the purpose of preparing the three-year planning document for staff needs;
b) he assigns to managers the duties and responsibilities of specific projects and management in accordance with the programmatic guidelines approved by the Board of Directors;
c) he defines the objectives that the managers must pursue and assigns the consequent human, financial and material resources;
d) he adopts the documents relating to the organisation of executive level offices;
e) he adopts the administrative acts and measures and exercises spending and revenue acquisition powers except those delegated to managers or facilities with management and reporting autonomy;
f) he directs, coordinates and controls the activities of managers and those responsible for administrative procedures, also with substitutive power in the event of inertia or inefficiency, proposing the adoption, in relation to managers, of the measures provided for by Article 21 of Legislative Decree 30 March 2001, n. 165;
g) he directly requests opinions from advisory bodies, including those outside the University, and responds to the findings of the supervisory bodies on the deeds of competence;
h) he carries out the activities of organisation, personnel management and trade union and labour relations;
i) he contributes to the definition of suitable measures to prevent and combat corruption and to control compliance by employees.
For each exercise, the objectives of the administrative action are agreed by the Director General with the Board of Directors, which verifies their achievement.
The Director General participates, without the right to vote, in the meetings of the Board of Directors and the Academic Senate.
On the proposal of the Rector and after hearing the opinion of the Academic Senate, the role of Director General, lasting three years, is assigned by the Board of Directors to a person of high professional qualification and proven long-term experience with managerial functions gained in the public or private sector, either in Italy or abroad. The position of Director General is renewable.
The position of Director General is governed by a fixed-term employment contract under private law.
In the event of the position being assigned to a public employee, an unpaid leave is foreseen for the entire duration of the contract.
The Director General may be suspended or revoked from office with a reasoned provision of the Board of Directors, on the proposal of the Rector, having heard the opinion of the Academic Senate, in compliance with current legislation on public work and in particular with art. 21 of Legislative Decree 30/3/2001, n. 165 and subsequent amendments and additions.
