University department head to dean 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.
24.9/ 100
1 How much of what a dean of faculty is expected to do is already part of a university department head’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the dean of faculty role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A dean of faculty role treats 15 of its required skills as things a university department head already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assess students
- assist in the organisation of school events
- cooperate with education professionals
- curriculum objectives
- curriculum standards
- education administration
What stands in the way is 5 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
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.
- 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 · What you may need to learn
The 6 missing skills fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn budgetary principles required
- still to learn organisational policies required
- still to learn financial management required
- still to learn manage educational institution's administration required
- still to learn supervise staff required
- optional, not held promote education course optional
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.
- 01 budgetary principles study this
- 02 organisational policies study this
- 03 financial management study this
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 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
- optional, not held promote education course optional
12 held skills the dean of faculty role does not ask for
- 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.
- still to learn budgetary principles required
- still to learn organisational policies required
- still to learn financial management required
Other moves recorded from university department head
Common questions about this move
Can a university department head become a dean of faculty?
Yes, and it is an adjacent move. A university department head already covers 79% of what a dean of faculty is expected to do: 29 skills carry over, 15 of which the dean of faculty role treats as required.
What skills does a university department head need to become a dean of faculty?
5 required skills are missing, plus 1 optional ones. They fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by business, administration and law. The single most important is budgetary principles.
How hard is the move from university department head to dean of faculty?
Its learning distance is 24.9 out of 100, which is the adjacent band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.