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Government employee: Job description and activities

A government employee is a profession that covers different officer roles, with many specialist areas: housing; finance; human resources; education; planning; transport; tourism; libraries; leisure and recreation; social work; health; and IT.
For examlpe, employees, who work for a Local Council, are responsible for assisting in the development of council policies and procedures and ensure they are put into practice.Working in local government involves contact with members of the public, administrators and specialists in other departments or other local authorities.
Typical work activities Specific activities vary depending on the local authority and department, and also on the level of the employee’s responsibility. Some departments will involve a lot of work with the public; others may have a more technical function.
Typical activities of a government employee will include: Ø assisting in the formulation, planning and monitoring of policies and procedures; Ø arranging and servicing meetings; Ø providing support and guidance; Ø coordinating plans; Ø researching, preparing and writing up reports and briefing papers; Ø monitoring and reporting on performance, ensuring value for money; Ø dealing with enquiries and giving advice; Ø supervising and managing staff; Ø working with members of the public, presenting information at meetings Ø and others.
Thus, government employees are those people who are responsible for making and carrying out decisions, including close work with different sorts of people.
     

 

Peter Dawson, a Human Resources officer, said in his interview “What you consider to be three most important qualities of a government employee”: ‘I think, at present the most important quality is dealing with people. I feel strongly that we have a great responsibility for our personnel. In my opinion, the second most important quality is the ability to work with data and information and the third quality should be, in my view, the ability to direct and control people effectively. And also, I believe that the employee should be physically fit’.

 

1. Read the text and find four expressions that you can use when you want to give your opinion.

2. Look at the list of personal qualities. Mark (P) those, which you think a government employee should have. After that, mark the qualities that you have:

Quality Government employee You Quality Government employee You
Careful Responsible
Flexible     Hard-working    
Communicative     Honest    
Organized     Fast    
Helpful     Intelligent    
Self-motivated     Well-qualified    
Creative     Friendly    
Young     Experienced    
Energetic     Loyal    

3. What activities are mentioned in the text?



Designing   Providing help  
Working with people   Monitoring office activities  
Arranging events   Producing different documents  
Taking part in an event   Book-keeping  
Going on holidays   Managing personnel  
Telephoning   Preparing reports  
Making plans   Giving presentations  


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