Profession social security administrator

Social security administrators direct and develop government-provided social security programmes in order to aid public welfare, as well as promote social security programmes. They supervise staff working in governmental social security, and investigate existing policies in order to assess issues and develop improvement proposals.

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Personality Type

• Investigative / Conventional

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• Mayor, alderman
• Municipal clerk
• Passport issuing officer
• Policy officer
• Programme officer
• Project officer
• Public administration manager

Knowledge

• Social security law

  Legislation concerning the protection of individuals and the provision of aid and benefits, such as health insurance benefits, unemployment benefits, welfare programs and other government-provided social security.

• Government policy implementation

  The procedures related to the application of government policies at all levels of public administration.

• Government social security programmes

  The different areas of social security provided by the government, the different rights which citizens have, which benefits are available, the rules which regulate social security and the different situations in which they apply.

Skills

• Liaise with local authorities

  Maintain the liaison and exchange of information with regional or local authorities.

• Manage staff

  Manage employees and subordinates, working in a team or individually, to maximise their performance and contribution. Schedule their work and activities, give instructions, motivate and direct the workers to meet the company objectives. Monitor and measure how an employee undertakes their responsibilities and how well these activities are executed. Identify areas for improvement and make suggestions to achieve this. Lead a group of people to help them achieve goals and maintain an effective working relationship among staff.

• Provide improvement strategies

  Identify root causes of problems and submit proposals for effective and long-term solutions.

• Manage government policy implementation

  Manage the operations of the implementation of new government policies or changes in existing policies on a national or regional level as well as the staff involved in the implementation procedure.

• Develop social security programmes

  Develop programmes and policies which aim to protect citizens and grant them rights, such as unemployment and family benefits, as well as to prevent their misuse of government-provided aid.

• Analyse community needs

  Identify and respond to specific social problems in a community, delineating the extent of the problem and outline the level of resources required to address it and identifying the existing community assets and resources that are available to address the problem.

• Ensure information transparency

  Ensure that required or requested information is provided clearly and completely, in a manner which does not explicitly withhold information, to the public or requesting parties.

• Delegate activities

  Delegate activities and tasks to others according to the ability, level of preparation, competence and legal scope of practice. Make sure that people understand what they should do and when they should do it.

• Advise on legislative acts

  Advise officials in a legislature on the propositioning of new bills and the consideration of items of legislation.

• Promote social security programmes

  Promote government programmes dealing with the provision of aid to individuals in order to gain support for the development and implementation of social security programmes.

• Maintain relationships with government agencies

  Establish and maintain cordial working relationships with peers in different governmental agencies.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB