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Managers · code 1213

Policy and planning managers

Policy and planning managers plan, organize, direct and coordinate policy advice and strategic planning activities within government or for non-government organizations and private sector agencies, or manage the activities of enterprises that provide policy and strategic planning services. Tasks include - (a) developing, implementing and monitoring strategic plans, programmes, policies, processes, systems and procedures to achieve goals, objectives and work standards; (b) developing, directing, administering and participating in policy research and analysis; (c) coordinating the implementation of policies and practices; (d) establishing activity measures and measurements of accountability; (e) planning and directing daily operations; (f) leading and managing the activities of policy development and strategic planning staff; (g) overseeing the selection, training and performance of staff; (h) consulting with senior management and with managers of other departments; (i) representing the enterprise or organization in negotiations, and at conventions, seminars, public hearings and forums. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Corporate planning manager - Policy manager - Strategic planning manager

None of this job's tasks scored high enough to count. It ranks 282 of 427 for holding up against AI.

Also known as

  • director of compliance and information security in gambling
  • policy manager
  • programme manager

Job titles from the EU's ESCO list. Search for any of them on the jobs page and you'll end up here.

64.1
Holds up
against AI Not Exposed

AI could take on 35.9 of 100, on average
so it holds up at 100 − 35.9 = 64.1

That's the whole sum, and you can check it against the ILO's study.

30.9
How hands-on
out of 100

From O*NET, averaged across 10 US jobs , so treat it as rough

16
How fiddly
and cramped

finger skill 19.6 · hand skill 15.8 · cramped spaces 12.7 · averaged

Kind of hands-on work · hands-on under 50 Less than half hands-on

Less than half of this job is hands-on. Robots still matter, but for a smaller part of the work, so we don't sort it any further.

estimated O*NET 31.0 BLS occupational crosswalk chain ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC (Aug 2012, rev. Jun 2015); 2010 to 2018 SOC (Nov 2017); O*NET-SOC 2019 taxonomy data 0.7-work-setting measures chosen by Frey & Osborne (2017) · the grouping is a sorting, not a measurement

What this number leaves out This job rates 30.9 out of 100 for how hands-on it is. The score above only looks at AI tools, not robots, but for work this far from the physical that matters less.

The tasks behind the score

The score is the average of these. A job is really a bundle of tasks, and an average can hide how uneven that bundle is.

The task AI could do most of scores 41.3, while the average is 35.9. A big gap means some of this job is wide open to AI and some of it barely at all. That's quite different from a job where everything sits somewhere in the middle, even when the averages match.

  1. 41.3

    Developing, directing, administering and participating in policy research and analysis

    Low
  2. 38.5

    Coordinating the implementation of policies and practices

    Low
  3. 37

    Consulting with senior management and with managers of other departments

    Low
  4. 36.3

    Developing, implementing and monitoring strategic plans, programmes, policies, processes, systems and procedures to achieve goals, objectives and work standards

    Low
  5. 35.9

    Establishing activity measures and measurements of accountability

    Low
  6. 35.5

    Planning and directing daily operations

    Low
  7. 35.5

    Leading and managing the activities of policy development and strategic planning staff

    Low
  8. 35.5

    Representing the enterprise or organization in negotiations, and at conventions, seminars, public hearings and forums.

    Low
  9. 28

    Overseeing the selection, training and performance of staff

    Low

9 tasks · the High to Very Low labels are the ILO's

from the source Working Paper 140, Generative AI and Jobs 2025 index data 0.7-work-setting

Helped, or replaced?

The score above can't tell a tool that makes you faster from one that does the task instead of you. Jobs and Skills Australia looked at those two things separately, and this is their result, matched to this job.

2 Australian jobs match this one, and we've simply averaged them. Treat the numbers as a rough guide.

AI helps you
70.5
AI does it for you
38

Helping wins by 32.5 points.

estimated Our Gen AI Transition (Gen AI Capacity Study) September 2025 detailed data release data 0.7-work-setting matched to Australian jobs 1324, 1399

Compared with similar jobs

There are 30 jobs in the “Managers” group, averaging 63.9. This one is above that.