Administrative and technical staff (PAT)
The administrative and technical staff (PAT) of UNIL are responsible for the organisational running of UNIL.
Members of the IT, logistics, communications, human resources, finance, consultancy, laboratory and security departments work together to support and assist UNIL in fulfilling its missions in teaching, research and the sharing of knowledge with the general public.
Composed of some 2,39,000 people aged 15-65, the diversity of expertise and the coordination and collaboration of administrative and technical staff make it possible to ensure the continuity and success of the university; and success of UNIL over the long term, by relying on responsible, dynamic people who support the development of their skills anchored in a demanding and constantly evolving environment.
Professional development
UNIL encourages and supports a policy that promotes continuing education and the development of your professional skills.
It allows you to exercise your spirit of initiative and proactivity in a spirit of collaboration. To achieve this, it provides you with a wide range of tools to train you throughout your career.
Working hours and holidays
The essential information and tools you need to organise and manage your working time.
- Working time for a full-time position is 41.5 hours per week.
- Holiday entitlement is five weeks per calendar year.
- Six weeks' holiday per calendar year for staff aged 60 and over.
Procedure
- Download FileMaker Pro (versions 12 to 19)
- Download UniVac 2025 to your device
- Double-click on the downloaded file
- Configure the tool according to your contractual data
- New Year: Wednesday 1 January 2025 and Thursday 2 January 2025
- Good Friday: Friday 18 April 2025
- Easter Monday: Monday 21 April 2025
- Ascension: Thursday 29 May 2025
- Pentecost: Monday 9 June 2025
- Swiss National Day: Friday 1 August 2025
- Federal Day of Thanksgiving, Repentance and Prayer: Monday 22 September 2025
- Christmas: Thursday 25 December 2025
For apprentices, trainees, interns and PiBS interns, the bridge between Christmas and the New Year is considered a holiday.
Here you will find a list of the various types of family leave available to UNIL staff:
- Leave for sick children, up to five days per year.
- Maternity leave (four months) and breastfeeding leave (one month).
- Other parent leave (formerly paternity leave) of 20 days for fathers. Single-parent situations are governed by analogy, i.e. a mother's partner or a father's partner is also entitled to this leave.
- Adoption leave (four months). This leave can be shared between both parents if they work at UNIL.
- Caregiver leave (up to 12 days per year).
- Parental leave (between 6 and 12 months).
- Extended leave for family reasons (between 2 weeks and 12 months).
- Partial leave, i.e. a temporary reduction in working hours for family reasons.
- Leave to care for a child seriously affected by illness or accident. A maximum of 14 weeks can be taken all at once or in the form of individual days within an 18-month period.
UNIL staff are also entitled to paid short-term leave in the event of marriage (four days), death (up to three days) and other important family circumstances (up to two days).
We invite you to read Directive 1.35 on family leave for detailed information, in particular on the terms and conditions for granting such leave and its effects on career development within UNIL.
Specific provisions of the SNSF
If you are a researcher receiving a salary as part of an SNSF-funded research project, you may apply for the various types of family leave (with the exception of partial leave) and are entitled to the maternity leave provided by your employer, in this case UNIL.
For more information on the regulations that apply, the steps to take with your line manager, Human Resources and the SNSF, as well as funding possibilities, view the ‘Becoming a parent’ guide published by the SNSF.
Do you have any questions?
Your HR partner in your faculty or department is your privileged contact at UNIL. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact HR Services by e-mail or by appointment.