Senior Executive Officer

Roles at this level will include those responsible for managing large and discrete areas of work. Those management responsibilities may relate to work of an administrative, specialist or professional nature. In all such areas management responsibility will be significant with the role-holder seen as responsible for maintaining service standards and meeting specific business plan objectives. Role-holders will be expected to consider the practical detail of proposed changes in policy or operations, consider issues that are not clear-cut and develop new approaches. Within their functional work areas, role-holders will be expected to be alert to emerging issues and trends and to consider the impact they might have on the immediate work area and more widely, across the department. They will also be expected to identify and evaluate risks and to develop options for consideration by more senior staff to manage and mitigate those risks. Roles at this level will also include those responsible for providing professional or specialist advice to others either as individuals or more likely as leaders of small specialist teams. In this latter respect, most roles of this type are likely to be found in posts responsible for managing and coordinating the work of other specialists or technical staff where responsibilities center on reviewing work for technical and quality excellence. At this level all roles will demand the use of discretion, interpretation and collaboration with others in order to resolve issues and problems where there may be some ambiguity. Undertaking more detailed research and investigation to identify options and recommendations is a key feature of these roles.

Requirements

It should be noted that the work carried out may vary from that above, depending on the business needs of the particular organization. For example, the following organizations may have additional requirements to those listed above (this list is not extensive):