Health and Social Program Government Managers
Job description
These individuals plan, direct, and evaluate the development and administration of policies and programs. These are put in place to promote and protect health and well-being.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
Main tasks
- Advise senior government managers on health and social policies.
- Ensure the achievement of established objectives.
- Direct and advise staff who plan research or administer programs.
- Supervise the committees that deal with health and social service projects and programs.
- Interview, hire, and train staff.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience leads to senior management positions.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2021-2025
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Job prospects for 2021-2025
Job prospects
All of Québec
Good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2020
All of Québec
1,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 58.4% Female
- 41.6% Male
Not available.
- 58.4% Female
- 41.6% 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
$102,000
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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All of Québec
Not available.
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Training and requirements
Formation
Numerous training and study programs lead to managerial or executive positions.
Also required
Health Program Policy Development and Administration
- Bachelor’s degree or college diploma in one of the following areas:
- Health Sciences
- Hospital Administration
- Public Administration
- Social Sciences
- Accreditation to an association in the health field for certain managers.
Social Program Policy Development and Administration
- Bachelor’s degree or college diploma in a discipline such as sociology, economics or administration.
Sometimes required
- A graduate degree in a related discipline may be required or an asset.
- Knowledge of the existing computerized system may be required or an asset.
- Job-related experience is often required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Information processing
- Reading comprehension
- Active listening
- Critical thought
- Oral expression
- Judgment and decision-making
- Active learning
- Solving complex problems
- Written expression
- Result evaluation
- System analysis
- Mathematics
- Systems evaluation
- Time management
- Coordination
- Persuasion
- Teaching
- Negotiation
- Social perception
Abilities
- Deductive reasoning
- Written comprehension
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Information organization
- Inductive reasoning
- Mathematical reasoning
- Speech clarity
- Written expression
- Awareness of issues
- Basic numeracy
- Near vision
- Speech recognition
- Classification
- Idea generation
- Originality
- Processing flexibility
- Selective attention
- Perception speed
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to develop and maintain business relations
- Political sense
- Knowledge of administration and management
- Knowledge of personnel and human resource management
- Sense of responsibility
- Capacity to influence and mobilize
- Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
- Knowledge of customer and personalized services
- Honesty
- Rigour
- Sense of observation
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Work with numbers
- Work in an office
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
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 0411 (40010)
Government managers - health and social policy development and program administration
Job titles
- Social programs administrator - government services
- Public health nursing educational director - government services
- Community planning director - government services
- Labour regional director - government services
- Public health municipal officer - government services
- Public administrator - government services
- Income security district administrator - government services
- Traffic safety administrator - government services
- Welfare services administrator - government services
- Office of health promotion chief - government services
- Regional pay centre chief - employment insurance
- Health promotion chief - government services
- Inquiries and services chief - employment insurance
- Labour demand analysis chief - government services
- Social programs development chief - government services
- Health information and promotion chief - government services
- Immigration appeals and litigation chief - government services
- Social development programs chief - government services
- Claims and benefits control chief - employment insurance
- Repayment and benefits control chief - employment insurance
- Health programs assistant director - government services
- Social programs assistant director - government services
- Income security regional manager - government services
- Employment insurance regional manager - government services
- Métis development programs regional director - government services
- Child welfare regional manager - government services
- Social services regional director - government services
- Rural and aboriginal housing regional manager - government services
- Employment centre director
- District manager - employment insurance
- Rural and aboriginal housing services district director - government services
- Professional development and employment district director - government services
- Apprenticeship training director - government services
- Vocational training director - government services
- Social services planning manager - government services
- Social planning director - government services
- Community rehabilitation manager - government services
- Social services policy, planning and research director - government services
- Health and welfare manager - government services
- Public health director
- Immigration appeal division director - government services
- Welfare services administration director - government services
- Health education director - government services
- Health program operations manager
- Industrial hygiene and health director - government services
- Immigration and settlement director - government services
- Health information and promotion director
- Career information director - government services
- Immigration appeals manager - government services
- Health care insurance refund claims director - government services
- Social surveys director - government services
- Family benefits director - government services
- Adjustment programs director - government services
- Welfare services director - government services
- Food safety programs manager - government services
- Employment programs director - government services
- Employment and insurance programs director - government services
- Employment equity programs director - government services
- Settlement programs director - government services
- Rural housing programs director - government services
- Social services director - government services
- Family and children's services director - government services
- Homemaker services director - government services
- Child welfare services manager - government services
- Day-care planning services director - government services
- Protection services director - government services
- Health services director - government services
- Local health services director - government services
- Home care services director - government services
- Environmental health services director - government services
- Family services director - government services
- Housekeeping services director - government services
- Survey research director - government services
- Health strategies manager - government services
- Housing policy and development director - government services
- Professional development director - government services
- Health care insurance plan director - government services
- Apprenticeship training service director - government services
- Social work director - government services
- Assistant chief health inspector - government services
- Administrative tribunal judge - government services
- City medical officer of health
Skill type
Management
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Last update: December 22, 2022
