Head of Unit
A department head (abbreviated RL , RefL or RefLtr ) is a manager who leads a department in a larger organization and is responsible for its area of work . If there are departments instead of departments , he corresponds to the department head .
Heads of department in the public service are generally members of the higher service . For the performance of their technical tasks, they can have personnel responsibility for speakers , clerks and office clerks .
In the German federal administration, for example, sections should comprise at least five posts, in other authorities different rules apply. In the European Commission , units should comprise at least 10 posts, but are usually much larger.
In terms of organizational structure , department heads are usually subordinate to a department head or, in larger authorities, to a sub-department or (department) group leader. Head of several teams or may themselves superior functional areas with their own team leaders to be.
Earlier corresponded to the concept pair Head of Unit / speaker the pair of terms speaker / auxiliary speaker , d. H. the head of unit was previously called a consultant, whereas the person who is now referred to as a consultant was previously called the assistant officer.