Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a housing manager can go next

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

Housing managers oversee housing services for tenants or residents. They work for housing associations or private organisations for which they collect rental fees, inspect properties, suggest and implement improvements concerning repairs or neighbour nuissance issues, maintain communication with tenants, handle housing applications and liaise with local authorities and property managers. They hire, train and supervise personnel.

Also known as housing officer, housing coordinator, housing agent, housing administrator, neighbourhood manager.

Technicians and associate professionals 45 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: real estate leasing manager, 60%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
real estate leasing manager 60% covered real estate manager 57% covered property acquisitions manager 57% covered property appraiser 48% covered insurance claims manager 45% covered housing manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from housing manager, 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 a housing manager 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

A housing manager needs 27 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
  • collect rental fees management skills
  • communicate with tenants communication, collaboration and creativity
  • handle tenant changeover communication, collaboration and creativity
  • liaise with property owners communication, collaboration and creativity
  • investigate social security applications assisting and caring
  • building construction principles engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • inform on renting agreements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • plan allocation of space management skills
  • check construction compliance assisting and caring
  • examine the conditions of buildings information skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a housing manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Housing manager 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 a housing manager’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.