June 2017 FAS Strategic Priorities Update

Date: 
June 26, 2017

Dear Financial and Administrative Services (FAS) Community,

Please find updates below on the following topics:

Highlights from June FAS Managers’ Town Hall

The June 21st Managers’ Town Hall highlighted the following topics (follow link to see presentations):

  • FAS Strategy Deployment Update: Senior Vice Chancellor, Paul Jenny opened by sharing the FAS True North, FY18 metrics and targets and the five strategic priorities where we will initially focus to make progress.
  • UCSF Finance 101: Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer, Teresa Costantinidis reviewed with managers the basics of finance and how our UCSF Finance team stewards long-term financial sustainability. In addition, she provided insight into our FY18 True North financial metrics and targets: 1) improving the UCSF net position by $136 million and 2) containing the growth of FAS to 6% of the enterprise. Strategies used within FAS to contain our growth and the resulting cost impact on UCSF include:
    • Diligent FTE management
    • Prudent management of expenses
    • Close monitoring of recharge rates
  • Achieve Carbon Neutrality: Sustainability Director, Gail Lee provided background, progress and future efforts on FAS’s strategic priority to Achieve Carbon Neutrality. FY18 True North metrics and targets for this priority include: 1) reducing carbon to 113,000 metric tons and 2) increasing electricity from zero carbon sources to 32.8%. Gail ended by reminding us what each one of us can do to make an impact to reduce carbon emissions:
    • Turn off equipment, lights, computers/monitors when not in use
    • Reduce water usage
    • Demand Energy Star/Water Sense equipment
    • Take time to Recycle and Compost; reusable coffee/water containers
    • Take alternative transportation, telecommute occasionally
    • Use less air travel, or offset it
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    • Share our posters
    • Use your voice! Advocate for action on climate change!
  • UCSF Health Strategy Update: Senior Vice President Strategy and Business Development, Shelby Decosta presented an update of UCSF Health’s three pronged vision to advance the health system: 1) Create a high value system of care, 2) Be a leader in destination programs, and 3) Create a culture of continuous improvement. Current priorities to make progress include:
    • Strong operation performance
    • Strong balance sheet
    • Stabilize and enhance referral base
    • Meaningful role in population health
    • Fund Moffit replacement in 2030

Senior Vice Chancellor STAR Achievement Awardees

In its ongoing efforts to be a great place to work, UC San Francisco launched a revised STAR Program in January 2017 to recognize the hard work, dedication and contributions of staff that have gone above and beyond to support the Chancellor’s priorities and/or UCSF’s PRIDE values. Over the past five months, FAS has made use of this program to recognize contributions of 143 staff members. As part of this program, the Senior Vice Chancellor Paul Jenny and the FAS Executive Team established a “SVC STAR Achievement Award” to provide better visibility into the heroics of FAS staff. Each FAS department nominated candidates and the three finalists were recognized at the June 21st Town Hall. Please join us in recognizing the contributions of Aron Lewis, Eli Perszyk and Nisa Sampior.

New Dates Added for Manager Engagement Training

Work teams across UCSF will be working over the summer to complete engagement action plans by August 31st. To assist in this effort, July dates have been added to the training schedule so that all managers are able to attend and take advantage of this Management Engagement Survey Training. View the training schedule and registration instructions here. There will be no further sessions after July.

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Stay Informed About Construction Impacts

CLS is taking the lead in communicating how construction impacts our UCSF campuses over the next five years. We will use ConstructionImpacts.ucsf.edu to post information such as road closures, parking and shuttle changes, or extreme dust and noise alerts occurring due to construction at and around various UCSF campuses. You will also find ways to better your commute and maps to help you navigate the impacts. We encourage you to bookmark the site. Take some time to review the site, and tell us what you think about it via the feedback button on the site.

Sharecase 2017 on UCSF IT Ecosystem: Success through Collaboration

Mark your calendars to attend this free, peer-to-peer conference and educational expo, where you will have an opportunity to see firsthand how IT is collaborating to make innovative technologies a reality at UCSF.

Development Opportunities

The Training & Events page http://learning.ucsf.edu/events-cp lists upcoming development opportunities. The page provides a link to subscribe to receive notice of added classes.