For the past year, Camille has been a member of the Executive Management teams responsible for human relations. Passionate about the human side of the HR role, she shares with us her career path and her duties at the university.
The University of Lille believed in me and gave me this opportunity to develop my skills.
Camille Perrouas
After completing her Master’s degree in Human Resources Management at the IAE in Lille, Camille worked on a variety of HR issues in different organisations. From working conditions to general HR functions, while at the same time being an RPS/VSS (psychosocial risks/gender-based and sexual violence) trainer, Camille never expected to be in charge of an HR information system 5 years after finishing her studies. ‘If someone had told me this 5 years ago, I wouldn’t have believed it, but the University of Lille believed in me and gave me this opportunity to improve my skills."
A conductor’s stance
In the HR applications department, Camille is piloting the roll-out of the university’s new HRIS, a large-scale project involving several executive management departments responsible for human resources. But this doesn’t intimidate Camille who, on the contrary, finds it fulfilling. ‘At each stage of the project, I interact with different people in the HR departments, each bringing his or her own perspective and skills’, she explains. For her, piloting this project allows her to rediscover the multidisciplinary side of the HR field.
Even though most of her duties involve project management, Camille emphasises the collaborative nature of her work. ‘I’m lucky enough to be part of a caring, close-knit team, where we can all count on each other’, she stresses.
Between meetings, training colleagues on how to use the software and coordinating with the HRIS developer, Camille (like any projectmanager) loves retroplanning. ‘I use several retroplanning and collaborative work tools such as Trello, but nothing replaces my good old paper calendar’, says Camille.
A unifying and ‘polychronous’ job
According to Camille, working as an HRIS project manager requires great flexibility and an ability to juggle several taskssimultaneously. It’s a ‘polychronous’ job where you have to know how to prioritise tasks and continually adapt’, she adds. She also tells us that the role of HRIS Project Manager requires a sense of diplomacy and the ability to lead a cross-functionalnetwork. ‘It’s important to know how to create links and collaborate with the different parties involved to bring the project to a successful conclusion’, says Camille.
Camille recognises that her job requires an ability to meet deadlines. ‘Sometimes efficiency is better than perfection’, she concludes.