Translating ministerial job title I need help understanding this title. 

國家 in this case is China. 
部委 are ministries and commissions 
某司： a certain department (of the above)
項目：project 
處長：head （of department）

But why is there a second 處 and is he head of only one project in the department?
i used the hong kong police force as an example:

https://www.police.gov.hk/ppp_tc/01_about_us/os_chart.html

commissioner of police --> 警務處處長

Deputy Commissioner of Police --> 警務處副處長

commissioner is the #1 of the police force, deputy commissioner is the #2;
in chinese, these're 處長 &amp; 副處長.

then, the term "police" is translated to 警務處, that's why there're two 處 in a short title, one is from the department name, the second is from the job title.

now, the trickiest one, there're 5 "departments" (divisions) in the police force, which is also translated to "處":

director of operations a department --> 行動處處長

so, if we put together "director of operations of hong kong police (force)", we could get 香港警務處行動處處長, that 3 "處" in the title.

fortunately, it's acceptable to translate "police force" to "警隊", that the above title is 香港警隊行動處處長.

back to your question, i think he's a project manager, or the head of projects, in particular government department.

have fun :)