university-department-head/references/skills.md

Competences — university department head

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/34852729-a2f6-4063-aa90-18b3d16754f7).

Essential

• advise on lesson plans (skill/competence)
• advise on teaching methods (skill/competence)
• assess employees' capability levels (skill/competence)
• assess students (skill/competence)
• assessment processes (knowledge)
• assist in the organisation of school events (skill/competence)
• cooperate with education professionals (skill/competence)
• curriculum objectives (knowledge)
• curriculum standards (knowledge)
• guarantee students' safety (skill/competence)
• identify process improvements (skill/competence)
• lead inspections (skill/competence)
• learning difficulties (knowledge)
• manage university department (skill/competence)
• present reports (skill/competence)
• project management (knowledge)
• provide education management support (skill/competence)
• provide feedback to teachers (skill/competence)
• provide information on study programmes (skill/competence)
• university procedures (knowledge)
• use office systems (skill/competence)
• write work-related reports (skill/competence)

Optional

• adolescent socialisation behaviour (knowledge)
• create a financial report (skill/competence)
• develop organisational policies (skill/competence)
• develop professional network (skill/competence)
• education administration (knowledge)
• escort students on a field trip (skill/competence)
• evaluate education programmes (skill/competence)
• funding methods (knowledge)
• human resource management (knowledge)
• identify education needs (skill/competence)
• maintain contract administration (skill/competence)
• manage budgets (skill/competence)
• monitor educational developments (skill/competence)
• plan shifts of employees (skill/competence)
• prepare youths for adulthood (skill/competence)
• promote education programmes (skill/competence)
• recruit employees (skill/competence)
• represent the organisation (skill/competence)
• work with virtual learning environments (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 7 ads, as of 2026-07-20)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

• program development — 43 %
• strategic planning — 43 %
• financial management — 29 %
• budgeting — 29 %
• clinical care — 29 %
• faculty recruitment — 29 %
• faculty development — 14 %
• faculty mentoring — 14 %
• education — 14 %
• electromagnetic effects research — 14 %
• course development — 14 %
• clinical operations oversight — 14 %
• clinical program development — 14 %
• academic administration — 14 %
• academic planning — 14 %
• budget management — 14 %
• budget oversight — 14 %
• faculty supervision — 14 %
• fundraising — 14 %
• grant funding acquisition — 14 %
• patient care implementation — 14 %
• policy implementation — 14 %
• personnel management — 14 %
• program expansion — 14 %
• program management — 14 %
• program oversight — 14 %
• propagation analysis — 14 %
• quality improvement — 14 %
• recruitment — 14 %
• technical proposal development — 14 %
• system integration — 14 %
• system testing — 14 %
• research leadership — 14 %
• scientific leadership — 14 %
• stakeholder collaboration — 14 %
• practice innovation — 14 %
• research — 14 %
• research compliance — 14 %
• research strategy definition — 14 %
• resource allocation — 14 %
• resource management — 14 %
• rf circuit design — 14 %
• rf system design — 14 %
• risk mitigation — 14 %
• waveform design — 14 %

Methods

• technical design review — 14 %
• university shared governance — 14 %
• quality and safety metrics adherence — 14 %
• strategic leadership — 14 %
• strategic planning — 14 %
• peer-reviewed research — 14 %
• performance evaluation — 14 %
• performance monitoring — 14 %
• interprofessional education — 14 %
• mentorship — 14 %
• organizational change — 14 %
• graduate research advisement — 14 %
• field testing — 14 %
• annual performance evaluations — 14 %
• accreditation maintenance — 14 %
• business plan development — 14 %
• collaborative interactions — 14 %
• continuous quality improvement — 14 %
• extramural funding — 14 %

Responsibilities

• faculty mentorship — 29 %
• department leadership — 29 %
• divisional faculty leadership — 14 %
• course teaching — 14 %
• cost control — 14 %
• community building — 14 %
• conflict management — 14 %
• faculty recruitment — 14 %
• educational program building — 14 %
• educational program maintenance — 14 %
• clinical operations management — 14 %
• clinical service provision — 14 %
• clinical operations oversight — 14 %
• clinical program building — 14 %
• alumni relations — 14 %
• budget management — 14 %
• financial performance management — 14 %
• hiring — 14 %
• outreach programs — 14 %
• partnership development — 14 %
• patient access coordination — 14 %
• patient care advancement — 14 %
• mentoring — 14 %
• patient satisfaction improvement — 14 %
• personnel supervision — 14 %
• policy implementation — 14 %
• policy influence — 14 %
• program enhancement — 14 %
• relationship building — 14 %
• proposal development — 14 %
• program operation — 14 %
• training — 14 %
• task assignment — 14 %
• teaching facilitation — 14 %
• teaching oversight — 14 %
• team leadership — 14 %
• strategic plan development — 14 %
• stakeholder engagement — 14 %
• sponsor communication — 14 %
• research leadership — 14 %
• research oversight — 14 %
• research administration — 14 %
• research development — 14 %
• research execution — 14 %
• research guidance — 14 %
• risk mitigation — 14 %
• resource management — 14 %