Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

university department headtodean of faculty

A university department head already meets 79% of what the dean of faculty role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From university department head
79%
Overlap1
To dean of faculty
29 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
24.9 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 24.9

This move: 24.9 of 100 · adjacent

1 Share of the dean of faculty role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the university department head 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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 29 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A dean of faculty role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a university department head background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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 maintain contract administration information skills
  • already held advise on teaching methods communication, collaboration and creativity

All 29 carried skills, including the 15 the dean of faculty role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 6 missing skills fall into 3 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 business, administration and law 3 required
  • required, not held budgetary principles required
  • required, not held organisational policies required
  • required, not held financial management required
02 management skills 2 required
  • required, not held manage educational institution's administration required
  • required, not held supervise staff required
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held promote education course optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a dean of faculty role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 29 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assess students skill
  • 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 education administration knowledge
  • already held maintain contract administration skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held present reports skill
  • already held project management knowledge
  • already held provide education management support skill
  • already held provide information on study programmes skill
  • already held represent the organisation skill
  • already held university procedures knowledge
  • already held use office systems skill
  • already held advise on teaching methods skill
  • already held assess employees' capability levels skill
  • already held assessment processes knowledge
  • already held create a financial report skill
  • already held develop professional network skill
  • already held evaluate education programmes skill
  • already held funding methods knowledge
  • already held guarantee students' safety skill
  • already held identify education needs skill
  • already held identify process improvements skill
  • already held monitor educational developments skill
  • already held provide feedback to teachers skill
  • already held work with virtual learning environments skill
  • already held write work-related reports skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held promote education course optional
12 held skills the dean of faculty role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adolescent socialisation behaviour knowledge
  • not needed by the target role advise on lesson plans skill
  • not needed by the target role develop organisational policies skill
  • not needed by the target role escort students on a field trip skill
  • not needed by the target role human resource management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role lead inspections skill
  • not needed by the target role learning difficulties knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage university department skill
  • not needed by the target role plan shifts of employees skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare youths for adulthood skill
  • not needed by the target role promote education programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role recruit employees 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held budgetary principles required
  • required, not held organisational policies required
  • required, not held financial management required
Index
Note

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.