Occupation Atlashead of higher education institutions
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/01649ae9-22ee-4dba-83a8-3a2c51fbbe95
head of higher education institutions
Heads of higher education institutions manage the day-to-day activities of a higher education institution, such as a college or vocational school. Heads of higher education institutions make decisions concerning admissions and are responsible for meeting curriculum standards, which facilitate academic development for the students. They manage staff, the school's budget, campus programmes and oversee the communication between departments. They also ensure the institution meets the national education requirements set by law.
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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, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (19)
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.
- analyse staff capacity
- assess students
- assist in the organisation of school events
- cooperate with education professionals
- curriculum objectives
- curriculum standards
- develop organisational policies
- education law
- guarantee students' safety
- lead board meetings
- liaise with board members
- liaise with educational staff
- liaise with educational support staff
- manage school budget
- manage staff
- monitor educational developments
- present reports
- represent the organisation
- write work-related reports
Optional (24)
- analyse curriculum
- apply for government funding
- assess employees' capability levels
- assessment processes
- contract law
- coordinate educational programmes
- develop professional network
- education administration
- evaluate education programmes
- funding methods
- green space strategies
- identify education needs
- labour legislation
- learning difficulties
- manage contracts
- manage government-funded programmes
- manage space utilisation
- manage student admissions
- post-secondary school procedures
- promote education course
- promote education programmes
- recruit employees
- trade union regulations
- university procedures
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 19 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
further education principal
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secondary school head teacher
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nursery school head teacher
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special educational needs head teacher
12 shared · 14 more of its ownanalyse staff capacity, curriculum standards, education law, develop organisational policies
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deputy head teacher
9 shared · 8 more of its owncurriculum standards, education law, cooperate with education professionals, monitor educational developments
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headteacher
9 shared · 17 more of its ownmanage school budget, curriculum standards, education law, develop organisational policies
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secondary school department head
8 shared · 14 more of its owncurriculum standards, cooperate with education professionals, liaise with educational staff, assist in the organisation of school events
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