Legislators and Senior Officials

How to become a senior statutory board official

Official title: Senior statutory board official

Also called: Chairman (statutory board), Chief executive (statutory board), Chief executive officer (CEO) (statutory board), Managing director (statutory board), Chairman (statutory board), Chief executive (statutory board), Managing director (statutory board)

Senior statutory board official plans, organises and controls the activities of a statutory board or such fields of public administration as may be defined in the empowering legislation.

Main tasks

Advising government and legislators on policy matters
Advising on the preparation of government budgets, laws and regulations, including amendments
Establishing objectives for government departments or statutory boards in accordance with government legislation and policy
Formulating or approving and evaluating programmes and procedures for the implementation of government policies in conjunction or consultation with government
Ensuring appropriate systems and procedures are developed and implemented to provide budgetary control
Coordinating activities with other senior government officials
Making presentations to legislative and other government committees regarding policies, programmes or budgets
Overseeing the interpretation and implementation of government policies and legislation by government departments and agencies

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Questions people ask

Will AI change the work of a senior statutory board official?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026