Career guidance advisor to deputy head teacher

• already held communicate with youth skill
• already held cooperate with education professionals skill
• already held curriculum objectives knowledge
• already held curriculum standards knowledge
• already held education law knowledge
• already held monitor educational developments skill
• already held project management knowledge
• already held write work-related reports skill
• already held assessment processes knowledge
• already held develop professional network skill
• already held labour legislation knowledge

• optional, not held assess the development of youth optional
• optional, not held create a financial report optional
• optional, not held learning technologies optional
• optional, not held liaise with board members optional
• optional, not held manage student admissions optional
• optional, not held advise on lesson plans optional
• optional, not held advise on teaching methods optional
• optional, not held analyse staff capacity optional
• optional, not held apply for government funding optional
• optional, not held contract law optional
• optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
• optional, not held evaluate education programmes optional
• optional, not held funding methods optional
• optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
• optional, not held lead inspections optional
• optional, not held maintain relations with children's parents optional
• optional, not held manage budgets optional
• optional, not held manage contracts optional
• optional, not held manage government-funded programmes optional
• optional, not held monitor student's behaviour optional
• optional, not held prepare youths for adulthood optional
• optional, not held primary school procedures optional
• optional, not held promote education programmes optional
• optional, not held secondary school procedures optional

• not needed by the target role adult education knowledge
• not needed by the target role advise on training courses skill
• not needed by the target role application process knowledge
• not needed by the target role apply quality standards to the interaction with candidates skill
• not needed by the target role assess candidates skill
• not needed by the target role assess prior learning skill
• not needed by the target role assess students' preliminary learning experiences skill
• not needed by the target role assist clients with personal development skill
• not needed by the target role coach clients skill
• not needed by the target role communicate about youth's well-being skill
• not needed by the target role counsel clients skill
• not needed by the target role counsel students skill
• not needed by the target role counselling methods knowledge
• not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
• not needed by the target role encourage counselled clients to examine themselves skill
• not needed by the target role encourage students to acknowledge their achievements skill
• not needed by the target role establish educational network skill
• not needed by the target role evaluate clients' progress skill
• not needed by the target role facilitate job market access skill
• not needed by the target role have emotional intelligence skill
• not needed by the target role identify clients' needs skill
• not needed by the target role identify education needs skill
• not needed by the target role identify training needs skill
• not needed by the target role job market offers knowledge
• not needed by the target role labour market knowledge
• not needed by the target role liaise with educational staff skill
• not needed by the target role listen actively skill
• not needed by the target role maintain professional administration skill
• not needed by the target role manage professional transition in an arts career skill
• not needed by the target role organise job search workshops skill
• not needed by the target role organise projects to fill education needs skill
• not needed by the target role organise study information sessions skill
• not needed by the target role oversee extra-curricular activities skill
• not needed by the target role perform educational testing skill
• not needed by the target role personal reflection techniques based on feedback knowledge
• not needed by the target role provide assistance with job search skill
• not needed by the target role provide career counselling skill
• not needed by the target role provide information on education financing skill
• not needed by the target role provide information on school services skill
• not needed by the target role provide information on study programmes skill

5 further entries not listed here

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

• still to learn education administration required
• still to learn pedagogy required
• optional, not held learning technologies optional
• optional, not held contract law optional
• optional, not held funding methods optional
• optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
• optional, not held primary school procedures optional
• optional, not held secondary school procedures optional

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A career guidance advisor already covers 34% of what a deputy head teacher is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 8 of which the deputy head teacher role treats as required.

9 required skills are missing, plus 24 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is provide education management support.

Its learning distance is 66.3 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.