Senior Government Managers and Officials (0012)

Job titles

• ambassador
• assistant chief statistician - government services
• assistant deputy minister
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Nature of work

Senior government managers and officials plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate, through middle managers, the major activities of municipal or regional governments or of provincial, territorial or federal departments, boards, agencies or commissions. They establish the direction to be taken by these organizations in accordance with legislation and policies made by elected representatives or legislative bodies.

Fields of interest

• Managing, organizing, administrating
• Writing, working in communications and information

Main duties

• Senior government managers and officials perform some or all of the following duties:
• - Establish objectives for the organization in accordance with government legislation and policy, formulate or approve and evaluate programs and procedures alone or in conjunction with senior government committees
• - Advise elected representatives on policy questions and refer any major policy matters to these representatives for final decision
• - Recommend, review, evaluate and approve documents, briefs and reports submitted by middle managers and senior staff members
• - Ensure appropriate systems and procedures are developed and implemented to provide budgetary control
• - Co-ordinate department activities with other senior government managers and officials
• - Make presentations to legislative and other government committees regarding policies, programs or budgets.

Main characteristics of the occupation

• * Interests
• * Physical activities
• * Aptitudes
• * Environmental conditions
• * Data, people, things

These headings are provided for the following occupation(s) :

Employment requirements

• * A university degree or college diploma is usually required.
• * A graduate degree in a related field may be required.
• * Several years of managerial experience in the public or private sector are required.

Skill type

• Management occupations

Skill level

• Management

Job titles - Classified elsewhere

• * Legislators (0011)
• * Middle managers in government (in 041 Managers in Public Administration)

Professional associations

• Association des cadres du gouvernement du Québec
• Association des directeur généraux des municipalités du Québec
• Association des greffiers de cours municipales du Québec