Job description Manager, Administrative Services in the Cape Breton Region

Find out what work is like for a manager, administrative services in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Other administrative services managers (NOC 10019).

Other administrative services managers

Description

Other administrative services managers plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate departments responsible for corporate governance and regulatory compliance, records management, security services, admissions and other administrative services. Also included in this unit group are managers responsible for departments involved in two or more of the following activities: finance, human resources, purchasing or administrative services. They are employed throughout the public and private sector.

Work week duration

Other administrative services managers usually work more than 40 hours per week.
More than 40 hours

Job duties

Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Other administrative services managers have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:

  • Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the operations of a department providing a single administrative service or several administrative services
  • Direct and advise staff engaged in providing records management, security, finance, purchasing, human resources or other administrative services
  • Direct and control corporate governance and regulatory compliance procedures within the establishment
  • Plan, administer and control budgets for contracts, equipment and supplies
  • Prepare reports and briefs for management committees evaluating administrative services
  • Interview, hire and oversee training for staff.

Physical demands Help - Physical Demands

  • Sitting

Physical demands

Physical demands are the physical activities that the job requires the worker to do. Physical demands are selected according to the likeliness that workers will have to perform them for at least half of the time they spend at work.

Workplaces and employers

Here are the typical workplaces where Other administrative services managers are employed and some of their main characteristics:

  • Establishements throughout the private and public sector

Work environment Help - Physical Work Environment

  • Indoors, environmentally controlled

Physical proximity from others Help - Physical proximity from others

  • Somewhat close (e.g. share office)

Work environment

The work environment refers to the physical setting in which people work. The characteristics and conditions of the work environment are selected according to the likeliness that workers will be exposed to them at least once a week.

Physical proximity from others

Physical proximity from others refers to the physical distance between individuals in the workplace. The likeliness that the job requires to perform tasks while being physically close to other people is rated on a scale with 3 levels: "Somewhat close", "Close" and "Very close".

Related job titles

Here are some other related job titles that are found in the same occupational category (NOC 10019), and a list of similar occupations:

  • Supreme Court registrar
  • administrative services chief
  • administrative services manager
  • business manager - non-profit organization
  • court registrar
  • court services manager
  • inventory control manager
  • records administrator
  • regional administrative manager
  • security manager
  • support services manager

Similar occupations Help - Similar occupations

Similar occupations

This section lists other occupations that are part of the same broad occupational category as Other administrative services managers in the National Occupational Classification (NOC). These occupations involve similar core qualifications but involve different responsibilities. To see more similar occupations, use the Job Transition Tool.

Sources Occupational and Skills Information System & National Occupational Classification

Labour Market Information Survey
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