Occupation Atlasuniversity department head
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/34852729-a2f6-4063-aa90-18b3d16754f7
university department head
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.
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Job Zone
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Zone 5: Extensive Preparation Needed
Extensive preparation. Usually a graduate degree, with extensive skill, knowledge and experience — many of these occupations expect more than five years of experience.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
SECSocial · Enterprising · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- S Social5.64
- E Enterprising5.30
- C Conventional4.91
- I Investigative3.83
- A Artistic2.81
- R Realistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Education Administrators, Postsecondary (11-9033.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (22)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- advise on lesson plans
- advise on teaching methods
- assess employees' capability levels
- assess students
- assessment processes
- assist in the organisation of school events
- cooperate with education professionals
- curriculum objectives
- curriculum standards
- guarantee students' safety
- identify process improvements
- lead inspections
- learning difficulties
- manage university department
- present reports
- project management
- provide education management support
- provide feedback to teachers
- provide information on study programmes
- university procedures
- use office systems
- write work-related reports
Optional (19)
- adolescent socialisation behaviour
- create a financial report
- develop organisational policies
- develop professional network
- education administration
- escort students on a field trip
- evaluate education programmes
- funding methods
- human resource management
- identify education needs
- maintain contract administration
- manage budgets
- monitor educational developments
- plan shifts of employees
- prepare youths for adulthood
- promote education programmes
- recruit employees
- represent the organisation
- work with virtual learning environments
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 22 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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