Admissions coordinator to academic support officer
An admissions coordinator already meets 33% of what the academic support officer role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
67.8/ 100
1 How much of what an academic support officer is expected to do is already part of an admissions coordinator’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 academic support officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An academic support officer role treats 7 of its required skills as things an admissions coordinator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assess students
- assessment processes
- assist in the organisation of school events
- communicate with youth
- counsel students
- identify education needs
What stands in the way is 13 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 academic support officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an admissions coordinator 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 7 the academic support officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 25 missing skills fall into 7 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 cooperate with education professionals required
- still to learn listen actively required
- still to learn show consideration for student's situation required
- still to learn tutor students required
- still to learn write work-related reports required
- optional, not held teach university class optional
- optional, not held give constructive feedback optional
- optional, not held liaise with educational staff optional
- optional, not held liaise with educational support staff optional
- optional, not held promote education course optional
- optional, not held promote social awareness optional
- still to learn guarantee students' safety required
- still to learn support children's wellbeing required
- still to learn tackle issues that block academic progress required
- optional, not held provide information on study programmes optional
- still to learn manage access programmes required
- still to learn recruit student ambassador required
- still to learn coordinate educational programmes required
- optional, not held monitor student's behaviour optional
- still to learn project management required
- optional, not held university procedures optional
- still to learn curriculum objectives required
- optional, not held learning difficulties optional
- optional, not held school psychology optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an academic support officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage access programmes practise this
- 02 recruit student ambassador practise this
- 03 project management study 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 assist in the organisation of school events skill
- already held communicate with youth skill
- already held counsel students skill
- already held identify education needs skill
- already held oversee extra-curricular activities skill
- already held communication knowledge
- already held customer service knowledge
- already held education law knowledge
- already held electronic communication knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held teach university class optional
- optional, not held university procedures optional
- optional, not held give constructive feedback optional
- optional, not held learning difficulties optional
- optional, not held liaise with educational staff optional
- optional, not held liaise with educational support staff optional
- optional, not held monitor student's behaviour optional
- optional, not held promote education course optional
- optional, not held promote social awareness optional
- optional, not held provide information on study programmes optional
- optional, not held school psychology optional
- optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
14 held skills the academic support officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assist students with their enrolment skill
- not needed by the target role education administration knowledge
- not needed by the target role kindergarten school procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage educational institution's administration skill
- not needed by the target role manage student admissions skill
- not needed by the target role office software knowledge
- not needed by the target role primary school procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide education management support skill
- not needed by the target role provide information on education financing skill
- not needed by the target role provide information on school services skill
- not needed by the target role secondary school procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role student financial aid programmes knowledge
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
- not needed by the target role use office systems skill
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn project management required
- still to learn curriculum objectives required
- optional, not held university procedures optional
- optional, not held learning difficulties optional
- optional, not held school psychology optional
Common questions about this move
Can an admissions coordinator become an academic support officer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An admissions coordinator already covers 33% of what an academic support officer is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 7 of which the academic support officer role treats as required.
What skills does an admissions coordinator need to become an academic support officer?
13 required skills are missing, plus 12 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is manage access programmes.
How hard is the move from admissions coordinator to academic support officer?
Its learning distance is 67.8 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.