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Senior Managers – Health, Teaching, Social Services

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  • Job description
  • Advancement and mobility
  • Hourly wage
  • Job prospects for 2022-2026
  • Sectors of activity
  • Training and requirements
  • Main skills and characteristics
  • Personality profiles (RIASEC)
  • Additional information

Job description

These individuals plan, organize, direct, control, and evaluate organizations. They formulate, alone or with a board of directors, the guiding policies of these organizations. They work in:

  • Healthcare organizations
  • Educational service organizations
  • Community and social service organizations
  • Mutual associations
  • Social economy businesses (non-profit organizations or cooperatives)

Environment

  • Controlled ambient temperature

Main tasks

  • Establish the organization’s objectives by formulating or approving its policies and programs.
  • Authorize and ensure the organization of the main services and the creation of the related senior positions.
  • Allocate the material, human, and financial resources needed to implement the organization’s policies and programs.
  • Prepare and approve promotional campaigns.
  • Approve the human resources management plan.
  • Select middle managers, directors, and other management personnel.
  • Coordinate the work of regions, divisions, or services.
  • Represent the organization, or delegate representatives, to act on behalf of the organization in negotiations or other official functions.

Advancement and mobility

  • Mobility exists among the professions of senior management.
  • These individuals may specialize in areas such as finance, marketing, and human resources.

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
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available

Total jobs for 2021

All of Québec

3,000

All of Québec

na

Gender distribution

All of Québec

Not available.
58.8% Female
41.2% Male

Not available.
  • 58.8% Female
  • 41.2% 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

$73,000

All of Québec

Other characteristics

All of Québec

  • None

All of Québec

  • None

Sectors of activity

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Other Services (except Public Administration)
    NAICS 81
    43% of jobs
  2. Social Assistance
    NAICS 624
    22% of jobs
  3. Educational Services
    NAICS 61
    18% of jobs
  4. Health Care
    NAICS 621, 622, 623
    17% of jobs
  5. Health Care
    NAICS 621, 622, 623
    17% of jobs
  6. Others
    0% of jobs

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Other Services (except Public Administration)
    NAICS 81
    43% of jobs
  2. Social Assistance
    NAICS 624
    22% of jobs
  3. Educational Services
    NAICS 61
    18% of jobs
  4. Health Care
    NAICS 621, 622, 623
    17% of jobs
  5. Health Care
    NAICS 621, 622, 623
    17% of jobs
  6. Others
    0% of jobs

Training and requirements

Formation

Numerous training and study programs lead to managerial or executive positions.

Also required

  • University or collegial degree or diploma in:
    • Business Administration
    • Hospital Administration
    • Finance
    • A discipline related to the services required

Sometimes required

  • Experience in a management position is often required.
  • A certificate and/or diploma related to the duties of the position or industry is often required.
  • Several years of middle management experience are usually 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
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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
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Knowledge and attributes

  • Capacity to develop and maintain business relations
  • Diplomacy
  • Leadership
  • Political sense
  • Knowledge of administration and management
  • Knowledge of personnel and human resource management
  • Capacity to influence and mobilize
  • Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
  • Capacity to work in a team
  • Professional ambition
  • Capacity to network

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.
Additional information

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 0014 (00013)

Senior managers - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations

Job titles

  • Executive director - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
  • Executive general manager - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
  • Business association general manager
  • Business general manager
  • Director general - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
  • Deputy chief executive officer - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
  • Hospital administrator
  • Chancellor - education
  • College chancellor
  • Chief executive officer (ceo) - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
  • Lobby chief executive officer - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
  • Chief privacy officer - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
  • Chief operating officer - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
  • Chief financial officer (cfo) - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
  • Educational institution chief financial officer (cfo)
  • Corporate controller - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
  • Social services institution corporate controller
  • Assistant executive director - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
  • Association executive director
  • Automobile association executive director
  • Recreational association executive director
  • Professional association executive director
  • Arts association executive director
  • Crafts guild executive director
  • Environmental group executive director
  • Young men's christian association (ymca) executive director
  • Health services institution executive director
  • Hospital executive director
  • Non-governmental organization (ngo) executive director
  • Voluntary organization executive director
  • Charitable organization executive director
  • Alumni association executive director
  • Executive director - teacher's federation
  • Nurse's association executive director
  • Hockey association general manager
  • Membership organization general manager
  • Business school general manager
  • Trade school general manager
  • Political organization general manager
  • Charitable organization director
  • Chairman - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
  • Cultural association president
  • Business association president
  • Health care association president
  • Educators association chairperson
  • Ethnic association president
  • Scientific association chairperson
  • Sports association president
  • Union association president
  • Academic association president
  • Arts and culture association chairperson
  • College president
  • Community college president
  • Music guild president
  • Political party president
  • Labour organization president
  • University president
  • President and general manager - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
  • Rector - education
  • Executive vice-president - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
  • Medical vice-president - health services
  • Regional vice-president - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
  • Vice-president - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
  • Academic business vice-president
  • Finance vice-president - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
  • Finance and administration vice-president - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
  • Planning vice-president - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
  • Operations vice-president - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
  • Human resources vice-president - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
  • Human resources and organizational development vice-president - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
  • Nursing vice-president - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
  • Support services vice-president - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
  • Information systems vice-president - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
  • Marketing vice-president - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
  • Personnel vice-president - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
  • Représentants élus ou nommés/représentantes élues ou nommées des institutions de santé, maisons d'enseignement, syndicats ou organisations bénévoles
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Skill type

Management

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See also

  • Glossary (PDF 229 Kb)
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Last update: March 27, 2023

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