commissionership
Bureau head position
The position or office of a commissioner—someone appointed to head an agency, oversee a domain, or serve on a commission.
She held the commissionership of the health department for eight years.
The term appears most often in governmental and administrative contexts.
Scheduled time for something
- tenureProtected employment status
- officeProfessional work location
- incumbencyHolding an official position
- postVertical structural beam
seat · role · station · designation · title · term · portfolio · bureau
Rigid administrative system
- policyAdopted principle of action
- planningArranging for future events
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
implementation · execution · procedure · protocol · regulation · direction · governance · stewardship
Overseeing people or processes
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- auditFormal accounts examination
review · watchfulness · vigilance · surveillance · compliance · evaluation · assessment · accountability
State of being answerable
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- chargeCost or accusation
- trustConfidence in another
answerability · liability · ethics · integrity · fiduciary · impartiality · diligence · confidentiality
Legal authority's scope
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- controlAuthority to direct
powers · remit · purview · discretion · prerogative · competence · domain · sphere
appointment
Scheduled time for something
- tenureProtected employment status
- officeProfessional work location
- incumbencyHolding an official position
post · seat · role · station · designation · title · term · portfolio · bureau · department
bureaucracy
Rigid administrative system
- policyAdopted principle of action
- planningArranging for future events
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
management · implementation · execution · procedure · protocol · regulation · direction · governance · stewardship · operations
supervision
Overseeing people or processes
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
audit · review · watchfulness · vigilance · surveillance · compliance · evaluation · assessment · accountability · transparency
responsibility
State of being answerable
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- chargeCost or accusation
trust · answerability · liability · ethics · integrity · fiduciary · impartiality · diligence · confidentiality · disclosure
jurisdiction
Legal authority's scope
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
control · powers · remit · purview · discretion · prerogative · competence · domain · sphere · sanction
commissionershipsenatorship
Elected upper-legislature post
judgeship · councilorship · mayorship · governorship · councillorship
commit, commitment, commission, committee, commissioner, commissioned, commissions, committal, commissary