Admissions coordinator to education administrator
An admissions coordinator already meets 41% of what the education administrator role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
55.7/ 100
1 How much of what an education administrator 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 education administrator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An education administrator role treats 5 of its required skills as things an admissions coordinator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- customer service
- education administration
- electronic communication
- manage educational institution's administration
- office software
What stands in the way is 7 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An education administrator 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 student financial aid programmes business, administration and law
- already held manage educational institution's administration management skills
- already held provide information on education financing communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held provide information on school services assisting and caring
- already held kindergarten school procedures education
- already held education administration business, administration and law
All 13 carried skills, including the 5 the education administrator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 5 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 manage school budget required
- still to learn handle financial transactions required
- still to learn manage budgets required
- optional, not held handle mail optional
- optional, not held deliver correspondence optional
- optional, not held evaluate budgets optional
- optional, not held perform clerical duties optional
- still to learn maintain records of financial transactions required
- still to learn trace financial transactions required
- optional, not held maintain contract administration optional
- still to learn budgetary principles required
- optional, not held accounting optional
- optional, not held accounting techniques optional
- optional, not held financial management optional
- still to learn communicate by telephone required
- optional, not held consult student's support system optional
- optional, not held cooperate with education professionals optional
- optional, not held maintain internal communication systems optional
- optional, not held manage office facility systems optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an education administrator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 budgetary principles study this
- 02 manage school budget practise this
- 03 communicate by telephone 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 13 skills that carry over
- already held customer service knowledge
- already held education administration knowledge
- already held electronic communication knowledge
- already held manage educational institution's administration skill
- already held office software knowledge
- already held kindergarten school procedures knowledge
- already held primary school procedures knowledge
- already held provide information on education financing skill
- already held provide information on school services skill
- already held secondary school procedures knowledge
- already held student financial aid programmes knowledge
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held use office systems skill
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held handle mail optional
- optional, not held accounting optional
- optional, not held accounting techniques optional
- optional, not held consult student's support system optional
- optional, not held cooperate with education professionals optional
- optional, not held deliver correspondence optional
- optional, not held evaluate budgets optional
- optional, not held financial management optional
- optional, not held maintain contract administration optional
- optional, not held maintain internal communication systems optional
- optional, not held manage office facility systems optional
- optional, not held perform clerical duties optional
12 held skills the education administrator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess students skill
- not needed by the target role assessment processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role assist in the organisation of school events skill
- not needed by the target role assist students with their enrolment skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with youth skill
- not needed by the target role communication knowledge
- not needed by the target role counsel students skill
- not needed by the target role education law knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify education needs skill
- not needed by the target role manage student admissions skill
- not needed by the target role oversee extra-curricular activities skill
- not needed by the target role provide education management support skill
4 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 budgetary principles required
- optional, not held accounting optional
- optional, not held accounting techniques optional
- optional, not held financial management optional
Common questions about this move
Can an admissions coordinator become an education administrator?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An admissions coordinator already covers 41% of what an education administrator is expected to do: 13 skills carry over, 5 of which the education administrator role treats as required.
What skills does an admissions coordinator need to become an education administrator?
7 required skills are missing, plus 12 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is budgetary principles.
How hard is the move from admissions coordinator to education administrator?
Its learning distance is 55.7 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.