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Ocupacions

Public employment service manager

Latest available data: December 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Dwp manager Careers advice manager Department of work and pensions manager Employment service manager Job centre manager Jobcentre manager Jobcentre plus manager National careers service manager Public employment service manager

Public employment service managers supervise the operations of a public employment agency. They oversee the staff that helps people find employment or provide occupational guidance.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Planning, directing and coordinating the general functioning of an enterprise or organization;
(b) Reviewing the operations and results of the enterprise, or organization and reporting to boards of directors and governing bodies;
(c) Determining objectives, strategies, policies and programmes for the enterprise or organization;
(d) Providing overall leadership and management to the enterprise or organization;
(e) Establishing and managing budgets, controlling expenditure and ensuring the efficient use of resources;
(f) Authorising material, human and financial resources to implement organizational policies and programmes;
(g) Monitoring and evaluating performance of the organization or enterprise against established objectives and policies;
(h) Consulting with senior subordinate staff and reviewing recommendations and reports;
(i) Representing the organization at official occasions and board meetings, in negotiations, at conventions, seminars, public hearings and forums;
(j) Selecting or approving the selection of senior staff;
(k) Ensuring the organization complies with relevant legislation and regulations.

Knowledge

  • Management and administration
  • Law
  • Political sciences and civics

Digital competencies

  • Complying with operational procedures
  • Planning events and programmes
  • Collaborating and liaising
  • Supervising a team or group
  • Developing professional relationships or networks

Digital competencies

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Personal competencies

  • Supporting others
  • Communicating
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts

Professional groups of the occupation

Managers

Chief executives, senior officials and legislators

Managing directors and chief executives

Managing directors and chief executives

Other occupations of the professional group

Related training

Higher education
  • Economy Bachelor
  • Labour relations Bachelor
  • Labour Sciences Bachelor
  • Political Science and Administration Bachelor
  • Management and public administration Bachelor
Certificates of professionalism
  • Integrated Human Resources Management CP3
  • Document and management assistance in offices and offices CP3

Legend by training level:

Bachelor's degree and Master's degree
HVET: Higher Vocational Education and Training, IVET: Initial Vocational Education and Training, IQP: Initial Qualification Programme
Certificates of professionalism 1, 2, or 3

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Managing directors and chief executives

276

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

51,30%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-9,80% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

88,04%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

11,59%

Part-time contracts

1,04% Turnover index

190

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

10%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Chief executives, senior officials and legislators

65%

35%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Chief executives, senior officials and legislators

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Managing directors and chief executives

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Managing directors and chief executives

No experience
1%
Less than 1 year
47%
Between 1 and 2 years
1%
Between 2 and 4 years
14%
Between 4 and 8 years
12%
More than 8 years
25%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
34%
Information and communication
13%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
9%
Administrative and support service activities
9%
Manufacturing
8%
Others
27%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.