The Unicamp Rectory will carry out studies to propose the implementation of a remote work pilot project at the University. The task will fall to a working group (GT) whose creation was formalized through published ordinance in the Official State Gazette this Tuesday (26). Rector Antonio José de Almeida Meirelles communicated the news to the academic community on the same date, during the 183rd ordinary session of the University Council (Consu).
The GT will be chaired by the general director of Human Resources at Unicamp, Maria Aparecida Quina de Souza. Completing the group are Rectory advisors Cristiano Torezzan and Roberto Donato da Silva Júnior, the head of the Integrated Coordination of Information and Communication Technology (Citic), Ricardo Dahab, and the representative of technical and administrative employees at the University Council (Consu) Bruno Gomes Ximenes.
The group must define the scope, scope and duration of the pilot project, as well as establish guidelines and criteria for indicating and monitoring activities that can be carried out remotely. The GT will also be responsible for suggesting metrics and indicators for evaluating project results.
In an internal meeting that preceded the creation of the GT, which took place on the 21st, the head of the Rectory's Office, Paulo Cesar Montagner, highlighted that the issue of remote work had already been studied for some time by the current management of the University. “When we returned to in-person activities in 2021, it was important to resume daily life at Unicamp. Now, we understand that we are mature enough to develop a pilot project that allows us to test this type of work”, stated Montagner at the time.
In the dean's assessment, the possibility of monitoring work activity via cell phone will facilitate the implementation of remote work at the University. “Some institutions, including the Public Ministry of São Paulo itself, allow teleworking on a restricted number of days per week”, points out Meirelles. “Our new electronic workday monitoring process will allow us to move in this direction through the pilot project that will be proposed by the GT.”
“We know that several professional functions carried out on our campuses cannot be carried out remotely”, adds the dean. “Servants who perform these functions need to be confident that colleagues who will carry out remote activities will have due monitoring of their workday.”
The GT will have 60 days to present the results of its work.
