Example job roles: Head of Communications
Level: Senior
Experiences
Activities and responsibilities likely to be required when working at this level
- Responsibility for leadership, innovation and new ways of thinking across communications
- Produce policies to ensure effective use by multiple users
- Lead, support and develop a team
- Produce social media strategy in line with departmental business objectives
- Responsibility for crisis planning and resolution, working with other senior UCL staff and stakeholders
- Risk analysis and sign off for contracts or service level agreements.
Personal and professional development
Development options to consider when working towards this level
Learning on the job
- Line managing a team delivering strategies
- plan and work to a budget
Learning from others
- Senior team network
- Chairing seminar groups represent your department at institutional level
Formal learning
- Management / leadership training/ financial or budget training
* You may wish to explore the listed formal training themes / topics on LinkedIn Learning.
Transferable skills and competencies
UCL uses the Universal Competency Framework (UCF) to discuss transferable skills. Find out more details on the framework.
Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
- Monitoring markets and competitors.
- Identifying business opportunities.
- Demonstrating financial awareness.
- Controlling costs.
- Keeping aware of organisational issues.
Persuading and influencing
- Making an impact.
- Shaping conversations.
- Appealing to emotions.
- Promoting ideas.
- Negotiating and gaining agreement.
- Dealing with political issues.
Formulating strategies and concepts
- Thinking broadly.
- Approaching work strategically.
- Setting and developing strategy.
- Visioning.
“Career Pathway roles are indicative and are not intended to be a description of the role in terms of responsibilty and duties.
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