dean of facultytouniversity department head
A dean of faculty already meets 76% of what the university department head role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 28.9 of 100 · adjacent
1 Share of the university department head role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the dean of faculty profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 29 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A university department head role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a dean of faculty background worth leading with.
- already held provide education management support management skills
- already held provide feedback to teachers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held provide information on study programmes assisting and caring
- already held education administration business, administration and law
- already held advise on teaching methods communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held assess employees' capability levels management skills
All 29 carried skills, including the 18 the university department head role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 12 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held manage university department required
- optional, not held develop organisational policies optional
- optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
- required, not held advise on lesson plans required
- optional, not held prepare youths for adulthood optional
- optional, not held promote education programmes optional
- required, not held learning difficulties required
- required, not held lead inspections required
- optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
- optional, not held human resource management optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a university department head role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage university department skill · occupation specific
- 02 advise on lesson plans skill · cross sector
- 03 lead inspections skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 29 skills that carry over
- already held advise on teaching methods skill
- already held assess employees' capability levels skill
- already held assess students skill
- already held assessment processes knowledge
- already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
- already held cooperate with education professionals skill
- already held curriculum objectives knowledge
- already held curriculum standards knowledge
- already held guarantee students' safety skill
- already held identify process improvements skill
- already held present reports skill
- already held project management knowledge
- already held provide education management support skill
- already held provide feedback to teachers skill
- already held provide information on study programmes skill
- already held university procedures knowledge
- already held use office systems skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
- already held create a financial report skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held education administration knowledge
- already held evaluate education programmes skill
- already held funding methods knowledge
- already held identify education needs skill
- already held maintain contract administration skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held monitor educational developments skill
- already held represent the organisation skill
- already held work with virtual learning environments skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held adolescent socialisation behaviour optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held adolescent socialisation behaviour optional
- optional, not held develop organisational policies optional
- optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
- optional, not held human resource management optional
- optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
- optional, not held prepare youths for adulthood optional
- optional, not held promote education programmes optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
6 held skills the university department head role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role financial management knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage educational institution's administration skill
- not needed by the target role organisational policies knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote education course skill
- not needed by the target role supervise staff skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held learning difficulties required
- optional, not held adolescent socialisation behaviour optional
- optional, not held human resource management optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.