Secretary of state
Also searched as: Secretario de Estado
Code 1111.6
What does a Secretary of state do?
Secretaries of state assist heads of government departments, such as ministers, and aid in the supervision of proceedings in the department. They assist in the direction of policies, operations, and department staff, and perform planning, resource allocation, and decision-making duties.
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Essential skills
Knowledge
- budgetary principles
- legislation procedure
- audit techniques
Skills and competences
- analyse legislation
- implement strategic management
- liaise with local authorities
- prepare legislation proposition
- present legislation proposition
- conduct financial audits
Transversal competences
- advise legislators
- advise on legislative acts
- perform political negotiation
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences