Business, research or administrative professional n.e.c.

Current Entry Requirements

Entrants typically possess a degree or an equivalent qualification. Entry is also possible by internal promotion for those with appropriate experience. Training is often provided on-the-job in the form of short courses for specialist areas.

Typical education level:

Typical Tasks

• Coordinates the organisation's services and resources, liaises with other senior staff.

• Analyses internal processes and systems, recommends and implements procedural and policy changes.

• Recruits and manages staff, assigns and delegates tasks and duties, makes changes in procedures to deal with variations in workload.

• Develops plans, sets objectives and monitors and evaluates performance.

• Prepares and reviews operational and financial reports.

• Controls and administers budgets.

• Advises national and local government on the interpretation and implementation of policy decisions, acts and regulations, and provides technical assistance in the formulation of policy.

• Co-ordinates and directs the activities of Revenue and Customs offices, Job Centres, Benefits Agency offices and other local offices of national government.

• Registers and maintains records of all births, deaths and marriages in local authority area, issues appropriate certificates and reports any suspicious causes of death to the coroner.

• Negotiates and monitors contracted out services provided by the private sector to local government studies and acts upon any legislation that may affect the local authority.