Job Family:
Occupational Group:
10-0000 Executive
10-9030 Executive
OCCUPATION PROFILE
JOB FAMILY:
EXECUTIVE
OCCUPATIONAL GROUP:
EXECUTIVE
OCCUPATION:
EDUCATION ADMINISTRATORS,
POSTSECONDARY
10-9033
BROADBAND LEVELS:
Level 2 – Pay Band 024
DESCRIPTION
This is executive work planning, directing, or coordinating research, instructional,
student administration and services, and other educational activities at the executive
level for postsecondary institutions, including universities, colleges, and junior and
community colleges.
EXAMPLES OF WORK
Establishes program philosophy plans, policies, and academic codes of ethics to
maintain educational standards for student screening, placement, training and for
standards regarding academic managers and teachers.
Plans, directs, and monitors statewide instructional methods, standards, and content for
educational, vocational, or student activity programs.
Establishes operational policies and procedures and develops academic objectives.
Evaluates programs to determine effectiveness, efficiency and utilization and to ensure
activities comply with federal, state, and local regulations.
Directs work activities of personnel engaged in administration of academic institutions
and educational institutions.
Meets with academic and administrative personnel to determine policy, identify
problems, monitor progress reports, and ensure adherence to goals/objectives.
Evaluates on an institutional or statewide basis, personnel and physical plant
operations, student programs, and statistical and research data to implement
procedures or modifications to administrative policies.
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Job Family:
Occupational Group:
10-0000 Executive
10-9030 Executive
Develops, reviews and interprets government codes and develops programs to ensure
facility safety, security, and maintenance.
Estimates and allocates department funding based on financial success, needs, and
other pertinent factors.
Completes and submits operating budget for approval, controls expenditures, and
maintains financial reports and records.
Collects and analyzes survey data, regulatory information, and demographic and
employment trends to forecast enrollment patterns and curriculum changes.
Consults with staff and subject experts to determine needs/feasibility, and to formulate
policies and educational programs.
Organizes and directs committees of specialists, volunteers, and staff to provide
technical and advisory assistance for programs.
Contacts and addresses commercial, community, or political groups to promote
educational programs and services or lobby for legislative changes.
Represents the state where required with accrediting agencies and to exchange
information between academic institutions and in community.
Negotiates with foundation and industry representatives to secure assets for state
educational needs and to identify costs and materials for building construction.
Coordinates outreach activities with businesses, communities, and other institutions or
organizations to identify educational needs, and establish and coordinate programs.
Audits financial status of individual institutions and facility accounts.
EXAMPLES OF JOB CHARACTERISTICS
Performing Administrative Activities
Approving requests, handling paperwork, and
performing day-to-day administrative tasks.
Making Decisions and Solving
Problems
Combining, evaluating, and reasoning with
information and data to make decisions and
solve problems. These processes involve
making decisions about the relative
importance of information and choosing the
best solution.
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Job Family:
Occupational Group:
10-0000 Executive
10-9030 Executive
Establishing and Maintaining
Relationships
Developing constructive and cooperative
working relationships with others.
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.
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining
information from all relevant sources.
Getting Information Needed to do the
Job
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
Monitoring and controlling resources and
overseeing the spending of money.
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.
Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and
promoting persons for the organization.
Staffing Organizational Units
Analyzing Data or Information
Identifying underlying principles, reasons, or
facts by breaking down information or data
into separate parts.
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.
Establishing long-range objectives and
specifying the strategies and actions to
achieve these objectives.
Developing Objectives and Strategies
Coordinating Work and Activities of
Others
Coordinating members of a work group to
accomplish tasks.
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Job Family:
Occupational Group:
10-0000 Executive
10-9030 Executive
Provide Consultation and Advice to
Others
Providing consultation and expert advice to
management or other groups on technical,
systems-related, or process related topics.
Implementing Ideas, Programs, etc.
Conducting or carrying out work procedures
and activities in accord with one's own ideas
or information provided through
directions/instructions for purposes of
installing, modifying, preparing, delivering,
constructing, integrating, finishing, or
completing programs, systems, structures, or
products.
Developing plans to accomplish work, and
prioritizing and organizing one's own work.
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing
EXAMPLES OF KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Management of Financial Resources
Determining how money will be spent to get
the work done, and accounting for these
expenditures
Judgment and Decision Making
Weighing the relative costs and benefits of a
potential action
Coordination
Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions
Management of Personnel Resources
Motivating, developing, and directing people
as they work, identifying the best people for
the job
Speaking
Talking to others to effectively convey
information
Reading Comprehension
Understanding written sentences and
paragraphs in work related documents
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
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Job Family:
Occupational Group:
10-0000 Executive
10-9030 Executive
Information Gathering
Knowing how to find information and
identifying essential information
Systems Evaluation
Looking at many indicators of system
performance, taking into account their
accuracy
Social Perceptiveness
Being aware of others' reactions and
understanding why they react the way they do
Writing
Communicating effectively with others in
writing as indicated by the needs of the
audience
Critical Thinking
Using logic and analysis to identify the
strengths and weaknesses of different
approaches
Active Listening
Listening to what other people are saying and
asking questions as appropriate
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
Education and Training
Knowledge of instructional methods and
training techniques including curriculum
design principles, learning theory, group and
individual teaching techniques, design of
individual development plans, and test design
principles
Economics and Accounting
Knowledge of economic and accounting
principles and practices, the financial markets,
banking, and the analysis and reporting of
financial data
English Language
Knowledge of the structure and content of the
English language including the meaning and
spelling of words, rules of composition, and
grammar
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Job Family:
Occupational Group:
10-0000 Executive
10-9030 Executive
Personnel and Human Resources
Knowledge of policies and practices involved
in personnel/human resource functions
Mathematics
Knowledge of numbers, their operations, and
interrelationships including one or more of the
following: arithmetic, algebra, geometry,
calculus, statistics, and their applications
Communications and Media
Knowledge of media production,
communication, and dissemination techniques
and methods including alternative ways to
inform and entertain via written, oral, and
visual media
Law, Government and Jurisprudence
Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court
procedures, precedents, government
regulations, executive orders, agency rules,
and the democratic political process
Sales and Marketing
Knowledge of principles and methods
involved in showing, promoting, and selling
products or services. This may include
marketing strategies and tactics, product
demonstration and sales techniques, and
sales control systems
Psychology
Knowledge of human behavior and
performance, mental processes,
psychological research methods, and the
assessment and treatment of behavioral and
affective disorders
LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
EFFECTIVE:
07/01/2002
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