International Journal of Recent Academic Research (ISSN: 2582-158X) Vol. 01, Issue 06, pp.231-243, September, 2019 Available online at http://www.journalijrar.com RESEARCH ARTICLE THE ROLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES STUDY AT UNIVERSIDADE DA PAZ DILI, TIMOR-LESTE *Mario Loe Sina and Romeu Marques Daçi Studycase at Unuversidade da Paz, Timor-Leste ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT The Title of Thesis Writing: The Role of Higher Education in Human Resource Development at Universidade da Paz, Dili, Timor-Leste. Higher education has a significant contribution in improving the quality of human resources (HR) in a country. Therefore, Universidade da Paz (UNPAZ), as the largest private university in the country of Timor-Leste, also played a role in developing human resources. The purpose of this study is to provide empirical evidence of the role of universities in human resource development, partially and simultaneously on the effectiveness of services between teaching staffs and staffs at Universidade da Paz. The total number of lecturers of Universidade da Paz are 174 and staffs are 61 people; and the theories used to examine these study are educational theory, the role theory of higher education, and human resource theory. This study is categorized as qualitative research. Data collection techniques used is interviewing, documentation and observation. Data analysis techniques consist of data reduction, data display and data verification. The data source consisted of the Head of Human Resources, Head of Postgraduate, Head of Internal Quality Assurance and External Quality Assurance (WR.IV) of Universidade da Paz. The results of this study indicated that the development of human resources educators and education staff at Universidade da Paz for Master’s and Doctorate Degrees are being carried out with several steps, including; compiling programs or planning for Human Resource development, determining needs, setting targets, establishing programs, identifying, implementing programs, and evaluating program implementation. The method of developing human resources for educators and education staff at Universidade da Paz consist of counseling training, work instructor training, demonstrations, and the existence of On The Job Training and Off the Job Training consists of courses, education, workshops, seminars, and comparative studies. Other methods of Human Resource Development on educators and education staffs at Universidade da Paz are through training, performance management, career development, welfare improvement, education, training, seminars, supervision and further study. Key Words: Higher Education, Human Resources, Lecturers and Staffs Copyright © 2019, Mario Loe Sina and Romeu Marues Daçi. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. INTRODUCTION Higher education institutions in Timor-Leste today are required to be able to innovate by improving the quality of their resources and management systems so that they can excel competitively in order to be able to compete with other tertiary institutions. The resources to be owned by every educational institution such as tertiary institutions are physical resources, human resources and organizational resources which are the basis in sustaining the achievement of the goals of higher education. In addition, an effective development system is another pillar that must be optimally managed in order to facilitate the operational work of university development. With this the Timor-Leste government through the Ministry of Education applies an evaluation of the performance of each tertiary institution; Public and Private in the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, to see the level of development competency and its resources; has it been carried out in accordance with the standards set by the ministry of education or vice versa. The standardized university development standards are not met by every existing tertiary institution, the ministry of education will take actions in accordance with applicable law, in order to reprimand any existing institution to be able to quickly and appropriately improve existing performance in accordance with applicable terms and standards and if it violates the existence of the relevant tertiary institution will not be recognized by the government. Timor-Leste as one of the countries in the Southeast Asian region, also has educational institutions such as tertiary institutions which are spread in the capital of the country of Timor-Leste, namely the city of Dili. The tertiary institutions listed in the table above are educational institutions that have been registered with the Timor-Leste Ministry of Education and as tertiary institutions that have been recognized by the Timor-Leste government through the accreditation stage. Each existing tertiary institution has a different ownership status, such as that of the government and the private sector. Higher education as an educational unit organizes and must implement higher education, functions to develop capabilities and shape the character and civilization of a dignified nation, to educate the nation's life, develop a responsive, creative, skilled, competitive, and cooperative academic community through the implementation of the Tridharma of higher education, as well as developing science and technology, it states the role of tertiary education is very strategic in the life of the nation and the State, functions as a center for changing people's insights and as a container to produce and convey knowledge, and must have a solid foundation to be ready to face any changes in its strategic environment. According to Marquardt (2002) this is the most significant force that can change organizations and Article History: Received 24 th June 2019, Received in revised form 27 th July 2019, Accepted 20 th August 2019, Published online 16 th September 2019. *Corresponding Author: Mario Loe Sina