Located on two sites, the support team consists of:
- management and team leaders,
- administrative and financial managers,
- a communications team,
- infrastructure managers,
- a quality unit,
- a CSR unit,
- an Health & Safety committee.
Support team
Direction
The management of the CarMeN Unit is provided by the director, Hubert VIDAL (INSERM Research Director) appointed by the supervisory authorities, on the advice of the evaluation bodies.
The Director ensures the general management and representation of the Unit with the support of the team leaders.
He is responsible for the Unit’s scientific policy, compliance with the general operating rules, job applications (ITA and researchers), the annual budget request from the supervisory bodies, the evaluation of statutory staff and the use of premises made available by the supervisory authorities.
He is also responsible for the distribution of the budget between the teams as well as the acquisition of common equipment.
All agents assigned to the Unit are placed under his authority.
The main missions of the team leaders are to design, coordinate and develop the research and development actions of their team.
They set up the scientific animation of the team and ensure the management and organization of the financial and human resources allocated. As the teams are evaluated as independent entities, they are also responsible for presenting and defending their team’s general research program before the evaluation bodies (HCERES).
The Director of the Unit guarantees each team its scientific independence.
Administrative and financial management
Objectives:
- Control of all financial commitments for continuous activity in the laboratory and administrative records.
- Compliance with INSERM, INRAE and University procedures.
- Monitoring of allocations and expenses throughout the year, according to the deadlines of each contract and endowments.
- Management of missions, employment contracts, and internship agreement with/without gratuity, RH monitoring.
Communication
Objective:
Improve the flow of information between teams, and increase the visibility of the laboratory.
It is based on:
- the communication tools: website, LinkedIn and Twitter,
- email transmission of information,
- the organization of meetings and events.
Infrastructure
Objectives:
Monitoring, control, maintenance of infrastructure to ensure functional premises.
Quality approach & Management ISO 9001:2015
Objectives:
- Organization and strategy of the quality approach:
- Planning
- Auditing
- Review
- Quality documentation management
- Management of non-conformities / corrective / preventive actions
- Management of improvement sheets
Health & Safety
Objective:
Organize the implementation of occupational health and safety rules within the laboratory in accordance with regulations.
Since 2022, we have been taking social and environmental responsibility (CSR policy) into account in our research activities, in line with the commitments made by our supervisory bodies.
Our CSR missions:
- Coordinate the implementation of the unit’s BGES using the GES 1point5 method developed by the Labos 1point5 collective;
- To draw on the RSO (Organizational Social Responsibility) approach
- To implement a low-carbon transition approach for the laboratory
- To deploy and implement the unit’s action plan for ecological transition in a concrete manner
- To support the unit director in initiating a reflection on the laboratory’s ecological and societal transition
- Be a source of proposals to the unit director and our supervisory authority representative in order to develop and implement ecological and societal transition projects within the laboratory
- Support and relay the institutional and regional approach within the unit