Pillar 3
Our People and our Performance
Our university is a place where personal dreams and ambitions can be realized, as demonstrated by the incredible achievements of our alumni. Our own journey to success has created the perfect environment, and our values of inclusiveness and collaboration will nurture and inspire our student’s growth. We will continue to focus on Emiratization to attract the talent we need. By 2030 we will ensure that 25% of our scientists, scholars, researchers, and academic leaders. Here, we must all come together to make a difference; to one another and to the world. Our people and our performance are critical to enabling teaching together and research that matters.
We will be known as an institute that champions operational excellence through great people, inspiring spaces, and systems renewal. We will attract and retain a diverse community of outstanding students, faculty, and staff. We will create welcoming physical and virtual spaces for our students, faculty, staff, and community. We will transform university-level systems and processes through innovation and digitization in all areas from research, teaching, and administration. We will work towards attaining international quality certification in designated areas to ensure services provided to our students, researchers and faculty are of the highest quality. We will continue to work towards ensuring financial sustainability and financial growth pathways by 2030. We will work towards diversifying our revenue sources and developing financial models to align our resources and to optimize our expenditures to support our university mission.
Pillar 3 Objectives
Pillar 3 Initiatives
Institutional Evolution: Restructuring for Future Success Initiative
This strategic initiative aims to comprehensively restructure the university’s administrative services, with a focus on creating a seamless, faculty-focused, and student-centred operational framework. It involves developing an efficient administrative organizational structure that balances centralized and decentralized services. This restructuring is supported by staffing positions with the necessary skill sets and aligning compensation levels with industry-based compensation while focusing on integrating Emiratization into key administrative roles.
Key Performance Indicators
- Operating cost growth
- Percentage of Functions Automated
Operational Excellence through Streamlining, Optimizing & Automating University Processes
The strategic initiative “Full integration, optimization and automation of university processes through ERP and Strategic Systems implementation” is dedicated to the systematic enhancement of the university’s operations. Aligning processes with an (ERP) system, a Research Management System, a Data Warehouse & Analytics System, and other strategic systems, the initiative aims to achieve seamless integration, enhance efficiency, and reduce costs across various functional areas.
Key Performance Indicators:
- Operating cost growth
- Percentage of Functions Automated
Emiratization
This strategic initiative is dedicated to expanding the Emirati workforce in both administrative and academic roles at the University of Sharjah. It involves implementing graduate induction programs and focused sourcing and retaining strategies. Through targeted recruitment and retention efforts, the university aims to increase the presence of Emirati nationals. A crucial aspect of this initiative is equipping Emirati graduates with essential skills, fostering their active participation, and contributing to the university’s diverse and skilled workforce. Furthermore, this effort plays a vital role in developing local talent within the university community, enhancing its overall growth and sustainability.
Key Performance Indicators:
- Percentage of Emiratization
- Academic 25%
- Administration 50%
Cost Optimization and Efficiency
Through institutional restructuring and digitization, this initiative is the initial step towards financial sustainability. It emphasizes rigorous cost management through optimizing & enhancing procurement, leveraging strategic partnerships, maximizing resource use, including priority-based budgeting and efficient space utilization with a focus on eliminating inefficiencies, ensuring prudent financial decisions.
Key Performance Indicators:
- Operating Surplus
- Operating Cost Growth
Campus Transformation 2030: A Vision for Excellence (Campus Master Plan Implementation)
As an integral prerequisite to the “Campus Transformation” initiative, it’s imperative to develop a comprehensive and optimal Campus Master Plan that is aligned with the University growth strategy while recognizing challenges of space limitation. It will include thorough assessments of our current teaching and research facilities and identify the necessary physical and infrastructure improvements, with a focus on identifying the most feasible sustainable solutions as standards within our upgrades. This ensures that automated lighting and air-conditioning systems, digital amenities, and other modern features align with our commitment to eco-friendly solutions. By integrating sustainability as a standard requirement, we ensure that our improvements are not only technologically advanced but also aligned with a priority-based budget approach, allowing for gradual and cost-effective implementation.
Key Performance Indicators:
Projects Completed against Master Plan
Pillar 3 | Our People and our Performance Strategy
Is committed to operational excellence, we will aim to attract and retain a diverse community, enhance our physical and virtual spaces, innovate through digitization, and achieve financial sustainability to enable our strategic pillars, ensuring high-quality services for our students, researchers, and faculty.
