Where a university department head can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a university department head already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
University department heads lead and manage the department of their discipline in which they are academic leaders and work with the faculty dean and other heads of department to deliver the agreed faculty and university strategic objectives. They develop and support academic leadership in their department, and lead entrepreneurial activity for income-generating purposes as they promote the reputation and interests of their department within the university and to a wider community in their field.
Also known as head of university department, head of department in a university, university head of department, university department director, head of academic department, academic head of department.
Managers 41 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: dean of faculty, 79%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A university department head needs 22 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- manage university department management skills
- provide education management support management skills
- provide feedback to teachers communication, collaboration and creativity
- provide information on study programmes assisting and caring
- advise on teaching methods communication, collaboration and creativity
- assess employees' capability levels management skills
- curriculum standards education
- advise on lesson plans communication, collaboration and creativity
- use office systems management skills
- cooperate with education professionals communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a university department head does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- dean of faculty 76% covered · difficulty 28.9
- special educational needs head teacher 71% covered · difficulty 36.3
- secondary school head teacher 68% covered · difficulty 38.5
- primary school head teacher 62% covered · difficulty 44
- special educational needs coordinator 59% covered · difficulty 46.7
- further education principal 55% covered · difficulty 49.8
- head of higher education institutions 54% covered · difficulty 51.4
- assistive technologist 49% covered · difficulty 55.1
- career guidance advisor 32% covered · difficulty 69.7
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How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a university department head’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.