further education principaltouniversity department head
A further education principal already meets 55% of what the university department head role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 49.8 of 100 · moderate
1 Share of the university department head role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the further education principal 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 23 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 further education principal background worth leading with.
- already held promote education programmes communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held education administration business, administration and law
- already held assess employees' capability levels management skills
- already held curriculum standards education
- already held evaluate education programmes information skills
- already held identify education needs management skills
All 23 carried skills, including the 12 the university department head role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 18 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
- required, not held identify process improvements required
- required, not held provide education management support required
- required, not held assess students required
- required, not held use office systems required
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
- required, not held advise on lesson plans required
- required, not held advise on teaching methods required
- required, not held provide feedback to teachers required
- optional, not held prepare youths for adulthood optional
- required, not held provide information on study programmes required
- optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
- required, not held lead inspections required
- optional, not held maintain contract administration optional
- optional, not held human resource management optional
- optional, not held adolescent socialisation behaviour 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 identify process improvements skill · sector specific
- 03 provide education management support skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 23 skills that carry over
- already held assess employees' capability levels 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 learning difficulties knowledge
- already held present reports skill
- already held project management knowledge
- already held university procedures knowledge
- already held write work-related reports skill
- already held create a financial report skill
- already held develop organisational policies 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 monitor educational developments skill
- already held promote education programmes skill
- already held recruit employees skill
- already held represent the organisation skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held adolescent socialisation behaviour optional
- optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
- optional, not held human resource management optional
- optional, not held maintain contract administration optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
- optional, not held prepare youths for adulthood optional
- optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
18 held skills the university department head role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role administer exams skill
- not needed by the target role adult education knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse staff capacity skill
- not needed by the target role apply for government funding skill
- not needed by the target role contract law knowledge
- not needed by the target role education law knowledge
- not needed by the target role labour legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role lead board meetings skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with board members skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with educational staff skill
- not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
- not needed by the target role manage government-funded programmes skill
- not needed by the target role manage school budget skill
- not needed by the target role manage space utilisation skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role manage student admissions skill
- not needed by the target role post-secondary school procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role trade union regulations knowledge
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held adolescent socialisation behaviour optional
- optional, not held human resource management optional
Other moves recorded from further education principal
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.