dean of faculty

Deans of faculty lead and manage a collection of related academic departments and work with the post-secondary school principal and the different heads of department to deliver the agreed faculty and university strategic objectives. They promote the faculty in associated communities and market the faculty nationally as well as internationally. Deans of faculty also focus on achieving the faculty's financial mangement target.

The most in-demand skills for this role include curriculum standards, organisational policies, financial management, project management, budgetary principles, university procedures. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives dean of faculty a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.