Education administrator to admissions coordinator
An education administrator already meets 42% of what the admissions coordinator role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
51.7/ 100
1 How much of what an admissions coordinator is expected to do is already part of an education administrator’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 2 of its required skills as things an education administrator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- provide information on education financing
- provide information on school services
What stands in the way is 6 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 admissions coordinator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an education administrator 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 2 the admissions coordinator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 12 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 assist students with their enrolment required
- still to learn manage student admissions required
- still to learn provide education management support required
- still to learn assess students required
- still to learn identify education needs required
- optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
- optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
- still to learn assessment processes required
- optional, not held communicate with youth optional
- optional, not held counsel students optional
- optional, not held education law optional
- optional, not held communication 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 13 skills that carry over
- already held provide information on education financing skill
- already held provide information on school services skill
- already held customer service knowledge
- already held education administration knowledge
- already held electronic communication knowledge
- already held kindergarten school procedures knowledge
- already held manage educational institution's administration skill
- already held office software knowledge
- already held primary school procedures knowledge
- 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
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
- optional, not held communicate with youth optional
- optional, not held communication optional
- optional, not held counsel students optional
- optional, not held education law optional
- optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
19 held skills the admissions coordinator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role accounting knowledge
- not needed by the target role accounting techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
- not needed by the target role consult student's support system skill
- not needed by the target role cooperate with education professionals skill
- not needed by the target role deliver correspondence skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate budgets skill
- not needed by the target role financial management knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle financial transactions skill
- not needed by the target role handle mail skill
- not needed by the target role maintain contract administration skill
- not needed by the target role maintain internal communication systems skill
- not needed by the target role maintain records of financial transactions skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage office facility systems skill
- not needed by the target role manage school budget skill
- not needed by the target role perform clerical duties skill
- not needed by the target role trace financial transactions skill
3 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 assessment processes required
- optional, not held communication optional
- optional, not held education law optional
Other moves recorded from education administrator
Common questions about this move
Can an education administrator become an admissions coordinator?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An education administrator already covers 42% of what an admissions coordinator is expected to do: 13 skills carry over, 2 of which the admissions coordinator role treats as required.
What skills does an education administrator need to become an admissions coordinator?
6 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 5 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 education administrator to admissions coordinator?
Its learning distance is 51.7 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.