Education Administrators, Postsecondary
Plan, direct, or coordinate research, instructional, student administration and services, and other educational activities at postsecondary institutions, including universities, colleges, and junior and community colleges.
Also called: Academic Affairs Vice President, Academic Dean, Dean, Registrar
Knowledge:
- management
- customer service
- teaching and course design
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
Skills:
- reading work related information
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- teaching people how to do something
- understanding people's reactions
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- communicate by writing
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- pay attention to something without being distracted
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need
- Initiative
- Integrity
- Leadership
- Dependability
- Cooperation
- Achievement/Effort
Technology:
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Microsoft Dynamics
- Oracle PeopleSoft
Data base user interface and query software
- Microsoft Access
- Student and Exchange Visitor Information System SEVIS
Analytical or scientific software
- IBM SPSS Statistics
- Minitab
