Public Administration Senior Managers
Job description
These individuals plan, organize, direct, and evaluate the activities of administrations at different levels. They deal with the activities of ministries, councils, municipalities, organizations, agencies, etc. They use current laws and policies to set the direction.
Main tasks
- Establish the organization’s objectives according to applicable laws and policies.
- Formulate, approve, and evaluate programs and procedures.
- Advise elected officials on policies and refer issues to them.
- Recommend, review, and approve documents, briefs, and reports submitted.
- Ensure that appropriate procedures and systems are developed and implemented to control the budget.
- Coordinate departmental activities with other senior officials and executives.
- Make presentations to government committees on policy, programs, or budgets.
- Ensure the management of personnel under one’s supervision.
Advancement and mobility
- There are mobility and opportunities for progression among senior management professions.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2022-2026
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Job prospects for 2022-2026
Job prospects
All of Québec
Non available
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2021
All of Québec
4,500
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 47.6% Female
- 52.4% Male
Not available.
- 47.6% Female
- 52.4% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2015
All of Québec
$95,000
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- None
All of Québec
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 9195% of jobs
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NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 11523% of jobs
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NAICS 230% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 560% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 450% of jobs
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Others2% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 9195% of jobs
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NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 11523% of jobs
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NAICS 230% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 560% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 450% of jobs
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Others2% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Numerous training and study programs lead to managerial or executive positions.
Also required
- University degree or college diploma.
- Several years of management experience in the public or private sector.
Sometimes required
- A graduate degree in a related field may be required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Judgment and decision-making
- Oral expression
- Critical thought
- Solving complex problems
- Coordination
- Human resource management
- Social perception
- System analysis
- Reading comprehension
- Active listening
- Result evaluation
- Systems evaluation
- Financial resource management
- Negotiation
- Persuasion
- Information processing
- Active learning
- Written expression
- Time management
- Material resource management
- Mathematics
- Operation analysis
- Teaching
- Service oriented
- Learning strategies
Abilities
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Written comprehension
- Speech clarity
- Written expression
- Deductive reasoning
- Speech recognition
- Inductive reasoning
- Awareness of issues
- Idea generation
- Originality
- Near vision
- Information organization
- Classification
- Mathematical reasoning
- Processing flexibility
- Basic numeracy
- Perception speed
- Information processing speed
- Visualization
- Selective attention
- Memorization
- Time sharing
- Distance vision
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to develop and maintain business relations
- Leadership
- Political sense
- Knowledge of administration and management
- Knowledge of personnel and human resource management
- Knowledge of the French language
- Autonomy
- Sense of responsibility
- Capacity to influence and mobilize
- Capacity to adapt
- Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Draft, communicate, and inform
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Note about CNP
Occupational information is provided based on the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016. The 5-digit code of the NOC 2021 is shown in parentheses for information purposes only for occupations that correspond to those of NOC 2016.
Official name of the NOC 0012 (00011)
Senior government managers and officials
Job titles
- Chief administrative officer - regional municipality
- Regional municipality general director
- City manager
- Local government manager
- General secretary - government services
- Ambassador
- Municipal administrator
- Government agency senior administrator
- Manager - first nations
- Executive administrator - government agency
- Executive administrator - government department
- Chief privacy officer - government services
- Commissioner - government services
- Liquor commissioner
- Health commissioner
- Employment insurance commissioner
- Railroad commissioner
- Highway commissioner
- Commissioner of inquiries - government services
- Grain commissioner
- Fire marshal
- Territorial commissioner
- Government agency commissioner
- Consul
- Assistant comptroller general - government services
- Comptroller general - government services
- Comptroller general of canada
- Trade commissioner
- Assistant executive director - government services
- Executive director - government services
- Executive director - emergency preparedness
- Assistant general director - government services
- Chief - disaster management
- General manager - government services
- Chief electoral officer
- Town clerk
- Clerk of the house of commons
- Clerk of the privy council
- High commissioner
- Inspector general of financial institutions
- Ombudsperson - government services
- Chairman - government services
- Employment insurance appeals board chairperson
- Human rights commission chairperson
- Parole board chairman/woman
- Government agency president
- Receiver general for canada
- City superintendent
- Township clerk
- County clerk
- Council secretary - government services
- City hall clerk
- Deputy municipal clerk
- Deputy provincial secretary - government services
- Sergeant-at-arms of the house of commons
- Deputy commissioner - government services
- Deputy minister - government services
- Assistant deputy minister - government services
- Assistant deputy minister
- Undersecretary of state
- Assistant undersecretary of state
- Assistant chief statistician - government services
- Chief statistician - government services
- Superintendent of financial institutions
- Vice-consul
- Vice-president - government services
Skill type
Management
Last update: March 17, 2023
