Profile

About Directorate of Human Resources Universitas Sumatera Utara

The Directorate of Human Resources (Directorate of HR) of Universitas Sumatera Utara is a university implementing unit responsible for managing and developing human resources within Universitas Sumatera Utara.

The Directorate of HR manages human resources, including lecturers and education personnel, covering needs planning, recruitment and placement, personnel administration, competency and career development, performance management, employee welfare, rewards and discipline, as well as termination of employment and post-retirement services.

In carrying out its duties, the Directorate of HR is committed to establishing professional, transparent, accountable, adaptive, and digitally based human resource governance to support the achievement of the vision and strategic objectives of Universitas Sumatera Utara.

Director Profile

Emerson Pascawira Sinulingga, S.T., M.Sc. Ph.D.

Director Profile

Director Directorate of Human Resources USU

Emerson Pascawira Sinulingga, S.T., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Director, Directorate of Human Resources
Universitas Sumatera Utara

Vision and Mission

Vision

To realize professional, excellent, integrity-driven, adaptive, and digitally based human resource governance at Universitas Sumatera Utara.

Mission

Provide professional, responsive, transparent, and accountable human resource services.
Develop integrated and information technology- and data-based human resource management.
Enhance the competence, capacity, and career development of lecturers and education personnel.

Duties and Objectives

Duties

The Directorate of Human Resources is responsible for managing and developing the human resources of the Universitas Sumatera Utara, including lecturers and educational staff, as well as coordinating the provision of administrative services and human resource development across work units within the University.

Objectives

To establish effective, efficient, professional, transparent, and accountable human resource management.
To fulfill the needs for lecturers and educational staff in accordance with organizational needs and development.
To enhance employees’ competence, capacity, professionalism, and career development.
To establish objective and achievement-based performance management.
To improve the quality of personnel services that are fast, accurate, and digitally based.

History

2014

Sejarah Directorate of Human Resources USU

By the Government Regulation Number 16 of 2014 concerning the Statutes of the Universitas Sumatera Utara article 25 paragraph (5), which states that "administrative implementers consist of administrative implementing bureaus at organizational units at the University level, implementers at the Faculty level, or other Work Units. The Human Resources Bureau (HR) of the Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU), as one of the Administrative Executing Bureaus at the University level organizational unit, plays a role in managing Human Resources consisting of Permanent Civil Servants (PNS) Educators, Permanent Education Personnel Civil Servants, Non-PNS Non-Permanent Educators (Lecturers), and Non-PNS Non-Permanent Education Personnel, by their duties and functions in carrying out various activities in the field of personnel administration management, planning and development, as well as activities in the area of human resource welfare within USU. The Human Resources Bureau is led by a Head (Bureau Head) and is under and responsible to Vice-Rector II. In carrying out its role of managing personnel administration, planning and development and other activities in the field of human resource welfare, the Human Resources Bureau of the Universitas Sumatera Utara consists of 2 (two) sections, namely the Personnel Section and the Development and Welfare Section.

2026

In 2026, in line with the restructuring of the organizational structure and governance of Universitas Sumatera Utara, human resource management was strengthened through the establishment of the Directorate of Human Resources. The transformation from the Bureau of Human Resources into the Directorate of Human Resources marks a strengthening of the human resource management function, shifting from a predominantly administrative role toward a more strategic, integrated, competency- and performance-based approach, supported by data and digital transformation. The Directorate of Human Resources plays a role in ensuring the availability of competent, professional, and high-performing lecturers and educational staff with integrity to support the achievement of the strategic objectives of Universitas Sumatera Utara.

Organisation Structure