Academic support officer to admissions coordinator
An academic support officer already meets 42% of what the admissions coordinator role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
52.8/ 100
1 How much of what an admissions coordinator is expected to do is already part of an academic support officer’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the admissions coordinator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An admissions coordinator role treats 3 of its required skills as things an academic support officer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assess students
- assessment processes
- identify education needs
What stands in the way is 5 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An admissions coordinator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an academic support officer background worth leading with.
- already held counsel students communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held identify education needs management skills
- already held education law business, administration and law
- already held communication generic programmes and qualifications
- already held electronic communication engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held communicate with youth communication, collaboration and creativity
All 11 carried skills, including the 3 the admissions coordinator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn assist students with their enrolment required
- still to learn manage student admissions required
- still to learn provide education management support required
- optional, not held manage educational institution's administration optional
- optional, not held use office systems optional
- still to learn provide information on education financing required
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- still to learn provide information on school services required
- optional, not held student financial aid programmes optional
- optional, not held education administration optional
- optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
- optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held office software optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an admissions coordinator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assist students with their enrolment practise this
- 02 manage student admissions practise this
- 03 provide education management support practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 11 skills that carry over
- already held assess students skill
- already held assessment processes knowledge
- already held identify education needs skill
- already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
- already held communicate with youth skill
- already held communication knowledge
- already held counsel students skill
- already held customer service knowledge
- already held education law knowledge
- already held electronic communication knowledge
- already held oversee extra-curricular activities skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held student financial aid programmes optional
- optional, not held education administration optional
- optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
- optional, not held manage educational institution's administration optional
- optional, not held office software optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- optional, not held use office systems optional
25 held skills the admissions coordinator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role cooperate with education professionals skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate educational programmes skill
- not needed by the target role curriculum objectives knowledge
- not needed by the target role give constructive feedback skill
- not needed by the target role guarantee students' safety skill
- not needed by the target role learning difficulties knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with educational staff skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with educational support staff skill
- not needed by the target role listen actively skill
- not needed by the target role manage access programmes skill
- not needed by the target role monitor student's behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote education course skill
- not needed by the target role promote social awareness skill
- not needed by the target role provide information on study programmes skill
- not needed by the target role recruit student ambassador skill
- not needed by the target role school psychology knowledge
- not needed by the target role show consideration for student's situation skill
- not needed by the target role support children's wellbeing skill
- not needed by the target role tackle issues that block academic progress skill
- not needed by the target role teach university class skill
- not needed by the target role tutor students skill
- not needed by the target role university procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role work with virtual learning environments skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held student financial aid programmes optional
- optional, not held education administration optional
- optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
- optional, not held office software optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
Other moves recorded from academic support officer
Common questions about this move
Can an academic support officer become an admissions coordinator?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An academic support officer already covers 42% of what an admissions coordinator is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 3 of which the admissions coordinator role treats as required.
What skills does an academic support officer need to become an admissions coordinator?
5 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is assist students with their enrolment.
How hard is the move from academic support officer to admissions coordinator?
Its learning distance is 52.8 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.