NOC 00011: Senior government managers and officials

Senior government managers and officials plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate, through middle managers, the major activities of municipal or regional governments or of provincial, territorial or federal departments, boards, agencies or commissions. They establish the direction to be taken by these organizations in accordance with legislation and policies made by elected representatives or legislative bodies.

Express Entry eligibility

• Skilled work (TEER 0 to 3): yes, TEER 0.
• Canadian Experience Class: counts as skilled Canadian work (1 year in the last 3 years).
• Federal Skilled Worker Program: counts as skilled work (1 year of continuous work in the last 10 years).
• Federal Skilled Trades Program: not one of the eligible trades.
• High-wage occupation (from November 3, 2026): yes, 2× tier.

TEER 0: Management occupations. Every program has other requirements too, such as language test results and, for FSW, a points test.

Category-based draws

NOC 00011 is not on any of IRCC’s occupation category lists. You can still be invited in general, Canadian Experience Class or other program draws.

Category lists checked on canada.ca on 2026-10-17. IRCC category-based selection

CRS points for work in NOC 00011

With 12+ months of Canadian work here, from November 3, 2026, by years of skilled Canadian work:

See Canadian work points and the median-wage rule.

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Establish objectives for the organization in accordance with government legislation and policy, formulate or approve and evaluate programs and procedures alone or in conjunction with senior government committees
• Advise elected representatives on policy questions and refer major policy matters to these representatives for final decision
• Recommend, review, evaluate and approve documents, briefs and reports submitted by middle managers and senior staff members
• Coordinate department activities with other senior government managers and officials
• Make presentations to legislative and other government committees regarding policies, programs or budgets
• Allocate human and financial resources to implement organizational policies and programs
• Establish financial and administrative controls.

For Express Entry your duties must match the lead statement and most of the main duties above.

Example job titles

• assistant deputy minister
• chief administrative officer - regional municipality
• chief statistician - government services
• city administrator
• deputy minister
• director general - government services
• executive director - government services
• high commissioner
• Human Rights Commission chairperson

Employment requirements

• A university degree or college diploma is usually required.
• A graduate degree in a related field may be required.
• Several years of managerial experience in the public or private sector are required.

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