STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Class Code: 0293-35
Date Established: 02-13-76
Occupational Code: 7-7-7
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To direct and implement all aspects of
operations management, including programs, policy, financial and personnel
activities under the authority of the Commissioner, Department of Health and
Human Services.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
·
Develops, in
conjunction with the Commissioner and executive staff, department policies and
strategies to achieve agency goals.
·
Directs and monitors
the development of agency plans in order to implement department-wide programs
and initiatives.
·
Serves as the
designee of the Commissioner on committees, boards, and task force groups to
represent the interests and concerns of the agency.
·
Directs and monitors
development of the agency biennial budget to ensure adequate and appropriate
financial resources to achieve planned agency goals.
·
Oversees the
development of department-wide service provider contracts to ensure compliance
with agency and federal requirements.
·
Appears before
Legislative Committees to testify on legislation pertinent to the Department of
Health and Human Services.
·
Coordinates division
reorganizations, including the development of staffing patterns and
organizational charts.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in evaluating, planning
or integrating analysis of data to formulate current and long-range solutions,
strategies or policies of a specialized or technical nature.
Knowledge: Requires expertise in a highly
specialized, technical or professional discipline to manage or create policy at
a system wide administrative level.
Impact: Requires overall administrative
responsibility for achieving agency objectives by directing all aspects of
operations management. Errors at
this level result in disruption of system wide programs or services as well as
long-term adverse impact on agency image and the future success of
organizational operations.
Supervision: Requires agency-wide administrative
supervision, including the responsibility for developing and evaluating
internal personnel policies. This
level also involves the administrative management of a program which affects more
than one agency, including overseeing the interaction of agency employees or
policies to accomplish organizational objectives or goals.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in a controlled environment with minimal exposure to disagreeable job
elements and little risk of hazard to physical or mental health.
Physical Demands: Requires light work, including
continuous walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time
as well as occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.
Communication: Requires acting as the official
representative of the agency, including explaining and defending current and
long-range goals or objectives which directly affect public policy decisions
regarding major state programs and services.
Complexity: Requires formulating the combination of
overall job functions in order to address highly diverse or novel situations
requiring new concepts and imaginative approaches to a wide range of
intellectual and practical problems.
Independent Action: Requires administrative decision-making
in authorizing and monitoring the implementation of major departmental policies
and procedures.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Master's degree from a recognized
college or university with major study in public administration, business
administration, human services administration, psychology, sociology, public
health administration, or social work.
Additional years of formal education may not be substituted for the work
experience required by this class specification.
Experience: Ten years' experience in high level
supervisory administrative or business management work in a large public or
private organization having responsibility for policy making decisions, with at
least five years experience in the field of health and human services. Each additional year of approved work
experience may be substituted for one year of required formal education at the
graduate level only.
License/Certification: Eligibility for New Hampshire driver's
license.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Thorough knowledge of the principles
and practices of public administration.
Knowledge of the functions, procedures, rules and regulations governing
the Department of Health and Human Services. Ability to organize, coordinate and review the work of
subordinates in a variety of units and agencies within the department. Ability to express ideas clearly and
concisely both orally and in writing.
Ability to review complicated financial statements and budget
presentations and to condense same into understandable reports. Ability to plan work, establish priorities
and to provide leadership to a number of divisions or work units. Ability to establish and maintain
successful working relationships with associates, representatives of other
state and federal agencies and the general public. Must be willing to maintain appearance appropriate to
assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
Back to Human Resources Home Page
Back
to State Opportunities Listing Page
Back to Class Specification List
Last Updated 05/10/02
URL: http://www.nh.gov/hr/classspec_a/0293.htm