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Description
Government managers in education policy development and program administration organize, direct, control and evaluate the development and administration of elementary, secondary and post-secondary education policies and programs. They are employed by all levels of government.
Job Titles
- Education curriculum development director
- Education director
- Education policy analysis and research director
- Education program administration manager
- School inspection director – public administration
Main Duties
- Participate in the development of education policy by providing advice to senior government managers
- Organize departmental unit and establish procedures to meet departmental objectives set by senior management
- Direct and advise policy researchers or program officers conducting research, preparing documents or administering educational programs for elementary and secondary school systems
- Plan, administer and control budgets for projects, programs, support services, equipment and supplies
- Organize and direct committees and working groups to plan, manage or evaluate education projects and programs
- Interview, hire and provide training for staff.
Workplaces
- All levels of government
Skills
- Coordinating
- Critical Thinking
- Decision Making
- Evaluation
- Management of Financial Resources
Abilities
- Categorization Flexibility
- Deductive Reasoning
- Fluency of Ideas
- Inductive Reasoning
- Information Ordering
Personal Attributes
- Analytical Thinking
- Collaboration
- Leadership
- Social Orientation
- Stress Tolerance
Similar Occupations
- Senior government managers and officials (00011)
- Government managers – health and social policy development and program administration (40010)
- Administrators – post-secondary education and vocational training (40020)
- School principals and administrators of elementary and secondary education (40021)
- Natural and applied science policy researchers, consultants and program officers (41400)
- Economists and economic policy researchers and analysts (41401)
- Business development officers and market researchers and analysts (41402)
- Social policy researchers, consultants and program officers (41403)
- Health policy researchers, consultants and program officers (41404)
- Education policy researchers, consultants and program officers (41405)
- Recreation, sports and fitness policy researchers, consultants and program officers (41406)
- Program officers unique to government (41407)
- Other professional occupations in social science (41409)
Source: OaSIS
Employment Outlook
An employment outlook has not been assigned due to low levels of employment for this occupation in PEI.
Source: Job Bank
Prevailing Wages
AREA | LOW | MEDIAN | HIGH |
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PEI | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Canada | $30.00 | $57.37 | $70.97 |
Training
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More Info
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