Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an education administrator can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an education administrator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Education administrators organise and manage the administration, support systems and (student) activities of an education institution. They perform a range of administrative, secretarial, financial and otherwise supportive tasks to enable the efficient and cost-effective running of the school. They may assist in student recruitment, alumni relations, funding, work on committees including academic boards and quality insurance.

Also known as school secretary, school administrator, specialist education administrator, specialist administrator in education, college administrator, further education administrator, education administration practitioner, education secretary, administrator in education, higher education administrator, school executive assistant, university administrator.

Technicians and associate professionals 32 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: headteacher, 46%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
headteacher 46% covered investment clerk 43% covered admissions coordinator 42% covered financial markets back office… 36% covered foreign exchange cashier 34% covered education administrator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from education administrator, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an education administrator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An education administrator needs 12 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • manage educational institution's administration management skills
  • manage school budget management skills
  • education administration business, administration and law
  • electronic communication engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • office software information and communication technologies (icts)
  • maintain records of financial transactions information skills
  • trace financial transactions information skills
  • budgetary principles business, administration and law
  • communicate by telephone communication, collaboration and creativity
  • handle financial transactions management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an education administrator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Education administrator is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an education administrator’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.