principal duties
Core job tasks
Principal duties are the main responsibilities of a job or role—the core tasks someone is expected to perform.
The phrase appears most often in job descriptions and employment contracts: Her principal duties include managing the budget and supervising staff.
Distinguished from secondary or occasional responsibilities.
- day to dayOccurring each morning
- task managementCoordinating duties and deadlines
- team coordinationCollective effort management
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- time managementPlanning how hours are spent
hands on deck · wearing many hats · delegation · leadership · big picture · liability · accountability · contract enforcement · due diligence · by the book · project oversight · performance evaluation · resource allocation · keeping the lights on · decision-making · duty of care · fiduciary responsibility · stakeholder engagement
- agency lawagent, agency contract, power of attorney, proxy, fiduciary
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