Where a social security administrator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a social security administrator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Social security administrators direct and develop government-provided social security programmes in order to aid public welfare, as well as promote social security programmes. They supervise staff working in governmental social security, and investigate existing policies in order to assess issues and develop improvement proposals.
Also known as benefits officer, social security advisor, community services administrator, administrative officer, community services director, benefits advisor.
Managers 27 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: community development officer, 50%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A social security administrator needs 13 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- develop social security programmes management skills
- promote social security programmes communication, collaboration and creativity
- government social security programmes social sciences, journalism and information
- social security law business, administration and law
- ensure information transparency information skills
- analyse community needs communication, collaboration and creativity
- provide improvement strategies management skills
- advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity
- manage government policy implementation management skills
- maintain relationships with government agencies communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a social security administrator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- public housing manager 77% covered · difficulty 22.3
- social services manager 74% covered · difficulty 25.6
- community development officer 56% covered · difficulty 40.8
- social service consultant 53% covered · difficulty 43.9
- social services policy officer 47% covered · difficulty 49.3
- youth programme director 44% covered · difficulty 51.7
- social security officer 36% covered · difficulty 57.9
- education policy officer 36% covered · difficulty 58.5
- social security inspector 28% covered · difficulty 64.3
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Social security administrator is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a social security 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.