RecordMove

Education programme coordinator to youth programme director

An education programme coordinator already meets 30% of what the youth programme director role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional

From education programme coordinator

Distant match

To youth programme director

8 You already bring

9 Still to learn

32 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Substantial retraining

65.8/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what a youth programme director is expected to do is already part of an education programme 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 youth programme director role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A youth programme director role treats 5 of its required skills as things an education programme coordinator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

develop a pedagogical concept
liaise with local authorities
maintain relationships with government agencies
pedagogy
promote social awareness

What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A youth programme director role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an education programme coordinator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held develop a pedagogical concept management skills
already held promote social awareness communication, collaboration and creativity
already held pedagogy education
already held maintain relationships with government agencies communication, collaboration and creativity
already held budgetary principles business, administration and law
already held liaise with local authorities communication, collaboration and creativity

All 8 carried skills, including the 5 the youth programme director role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 24 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.

Skill to pick up Tier

01 communication, collaboration and creativity 6 required, 7 supplementary

still to learn cooperate with professionals required
still to learn maintain relations with local representatives required
still to learn analyse community needs required
still to learn establish collaborative relations required
still to learn promote social change required
still to learn promote the safeguarding of young people required

optional, not held communicate with media optional
optional, not held build community relations optional
optional, not held communicate about youth's well-being optional
optional, not held develop educational resources optional
optional, not held develop professional network optional
optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
optional, not held train employees optional

02 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn adolescent psychological development required

optional, not held government policy implementation optional

03 health and welfare 1 required

still to learn impact of social contexts on health required

04 information skills 1 required

still to learn analyse goal progress required

05 management skills 6 supplementary

optional, not held plan youth activities optional
optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
optional, not held perform project management optional
optional, not held propose leisure activities optional
optional, not held set organisational policies optional
optional, not held work within communities optional

06 business, administration and law 1 supplementary

optional, not held project management principles optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a youth programme director role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 8 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held develop a pedagogical concept skill
already held liaise with local authorities skill
already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
already held pedagogy knowledge
already held promote social awareness skill
already held budgetary principles knowledge
already held manage staff skill
already held present reports skill

15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held communicate with media optional
optional, not held plan youth activities optional
optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
optional, not held build community relations optional
optional, not held communicate about youth's well-being optional
optional, not held develop educational resources optional
optional, not held develop professional network optional
optional, not held government policy implementation optional
optional, not held perform project management optional
optional, not held project management principles optional
optional, not held propose leisure activities optional
optional, not held set organisational policies optional
optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
optional, not held train employees optional
optional, not held work within communities optional

22 held skills the youth programme director role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role action research knowledge
not needed by the target role advise on curriculum development skill
not needed by the target role advise on lesson plans skill
not needed by the target role advise on teaching methods skill
not needed by the target role analyse the training market skill
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 create solutions to problems skill
not needed by the target role curriculum standards knowledge
not needed by the target role develop promotional tools skill
not needed by the target role ensure curriculum adherence skill
not needed by the target role establish educational network skill
not needed by the target role evaluate education programmes skill
not needed by the target role identify education needs skill
not needed by the target role identify undetected organisational needs skill
not needed by the target role inspect education institutions skill
not needed by the target role learning technologies knowledge
not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
not needed by the target role monitor curriculum implementation skill
not needed by the target role monitor educational developments skill
not needed by the target role promote education programmes skill
not needed by the target role special needs education knowledge

4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to pick up Tier

still to learn adolescent psychological development required
still to learn impact of social contexts on health required
optional, not held government policy implementation optional
optional, not held project management principles optional

Index

Other moves recorded from education programme coordinator

Full index of moves from education programme coordinator

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an education programme coordinator become a youth programme director?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. An education programme coordinator already covers 30% of what a youth programme director is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 5 of which the youth programme director role treats as required.

What skills does an education programme coordinator need to become a youth programme director?

9 required skills are missing, plus 15 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is cooperate with professionals.

How hard is the move from education programme coordinator to youth programme director?

Its learning distance is 65.8 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

Note

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.