Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a volunteer mentor can go next

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

Volunteer mentors guide volunteers through the integration process, introducing them to the host culture, and supporting them in responding to administrative, technical and practical needs of the community. They support volunteers' learning and personal development process connected to their volunteering experience.

Also known as host culture volunteer mentor, peer mentor, volunteer support person, volunteer mentor for community needs, community needs volunteer mentor.

Technicians and associate professionals 29 skills on file 4 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: employee volunteering programme coordinator, 38%

Fig. 2 · Career map 4 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
employee volunteering program… 38% covered volunteer manager 33% covered youth information worker 17% covered humanitarian advisor 17% covered volunteer mentor You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 4 nearest destinations from volunteer mentor, 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 volunteer mentor already covers. All 4 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 4 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A volunteer mentor needs 22 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
  • coach young people communication, collaboration and creativity
  • maintain professional boundaries in social work assisting and caring
  • empower young people assisting and caring
  • capacity building education
  • validation of learning acquired through volunteering education
  • assist clients with personal development communication, collaboration and creativity
  • brief volunteers management skills
  • advocate for others communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop a coaching style communication, collaboration and creativity
  • data protection information and communication technologies (icts)
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Volunteer mentor 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 volunteer mentor’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.