Where a youth programme director can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a youth programme director already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Youth programme directors develop and implement programmes and policies to improve and ensure youths' well-being. They facilitate communication with and between educational, recreational, counselling or other youth related institutions, organise events for youths and families, and promote social mobility and awareness.
Also known as youth development program coordinator, youth program coordinator, youth programme coordinator, inclusion director, youth development director, youth mentoring director, youth development programme coordinator.
Managers 32 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: community development officer, 45%
- 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 youth programme director needs 14 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- develop a pedagogical concept management skills
- impact of social contexts on health health and welfare
- cooperate with professionals communication, collaboration and creativity
- promote social awareness communication, collaboration and creativity
- analyse goal progress information skills
- analyse community needs communication, collaboration and creativity
- maintain relations with local representatives communication, collaboration and creativity
- adolescent psychological development social sciences, journalism and information
- promote the safeguarding of young people communication, collaboration and creativity
- pedagogy education
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a youth programme director does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- youth centre manager 81% covered · difficulty 20.5
- social security administrator 45% covered · difficulty 53.3
- sports programme coordinator 44% covered · difficulty 54
- healthcare consultant 37% covered · difficulty 60.2
- human rights officer 31% covered · difficulty 64.4
- education programme coordinator 30% covered · difficulty 65.8
- education inspector 23% covered · difficulty 71.2
- minister of religion 20% covered · difficulty 73.5
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Youth programme director 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 youth programme director’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.