Job Family: 11-0000 Manager

Job Family: 11-0000 Manager

Occupational Group: 11-9120 Manager

OCCUPATION PROFILE

JOB FAMILY: MANAGER

OCCUPATIONAL GROUP: MANAGER

OCCUPATION: NATURAL SCIENCES MANAGERS

11-9121

BROADBAND LEVELS: Level 2 – Pay Band 020

Level 3 – Pay Band 021

Level 4 – Pay Band 022

DESCRIPTION

This is work managing, planning, directing, or coordinating activities in such fields as life sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, statistics, and research and development in these fields.

EXAMPLES OF WORK

Schedules, directs, and assigns duties to scientists, engineers, technicians, researchers, and other staff.

Plans and directs research, development, and production activities.

Coordinates successive phases of problem analysis, solution proposals, and testing.

Prepares and administers budget, approves and reviews expenditures, and prepares financial reports.

Reviews project activities, and prepares and reviews research, testing, and operational reports.

Confers with scientists, engineers, regulators, and others to plan and review projects, and to provide technical assistance.

Provides technical assistance to agencies conducting environmental studies.

Manages all activities relating to state-owned forestry lands.

Manages all statewide forest fire-fighting activities.

Manages all activities relating to fisheries and wildlife management.

EXAMPLES OF JOB CHARACTERISTICS

Provide Consultation and Advice to Others / Providing consultation and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-related, or process related topics.
Communicating With Other Workers / Providing information to supervisors, fellow workers, and subordinates. This information can be exchanged face-to-face, in writing, or via telephone/electronic transfer.
Documenting/Recording Information / Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in either written form or by electronic/magnetic recording.
Getting Information Needed to Do the Job / Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
Developing and Building Teams / Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
Analyzing Data or Information / Identifying underlying principles, reasons, or facts by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
Updating and Using Job-Relevant Knowledge / Keeping up-to-date technically and knowing one's own jobs' and related jobs' functions.
Communicating With Persons Outside Organization / Communicating with persons outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged face-to-face, in writing, or via telephone/electronic transfer.
Establishing and Maintaining Relationships / Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others.
Developing Objectives and Strategies / Establishing long range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve these objectives.

EXAMPLES OF KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Coordination / Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions
Reading Comprehension / Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents
Critical Thinking / Using logic and analysis to identify the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches
Speaking / Talking to others to effectively convey information
Judgment and Decision Making / Weighing the relative costs and benefits of a potential action
Time Management / Managing one's own time and the time of others
Implementation Planning / Developing approaches for implementing an idea
Management of Personnel Resources / Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job
Identification of Key Causes / Identifying the things that must be changed to achieve a goal
Visioning / Developing an image of how a system should work under ideal conditions
Administration and Management / Knowledge of principles and processes involved in business and organizational planning, coordination, and execution. This may include strategic planning, resource allocation, manpower modeling, leadership techniques, and production methods
English Language / Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar
Mathematics / Knowledge of numbers, their operations, and interrelationships including one or more of the following: arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications
Chemistry / Knowledge of the composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods
Economics and Accounting / Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data
Law, Government and Jurisprudence / Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

EFFECTIVE: 07/01/2002

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