International student exchange coordinator to education administrator
An international student exchange coordinator already meets 34% of what the education administrator role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
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1 How much of what an education administrator is expected to do is already part of an international student exchange 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 international student exchange 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 9 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 international student exchange coordinator background worth leading with.
- already held manage educational institution's administration management skills
- already held education administration business, administration and law
- already held use office systems management skills
- already held electronic communication engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held consult student's support system communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held cooperate with education professionals communication, collaboration and creativity
All 9 carried skills, including the 5 the education administrator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 23 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 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 student financial aid programmes optional
- optional, not held accounting optional
- optional, not held accounting techniques optional
- optional, not held financial management optional
- optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
- still to learn communicate by telephone required
- optional, not held provide information on education financing optional
- optional, not held maintain internal communication systems optional
- optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held provide information on school services optional
1 further area in the appendix
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 9 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 consult student's support system skill
- already held cooperate with education professionals skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held use office systems skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held manage office facility systems optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held handle mail optional
- optional, not held provide information on education financing optional
- optional, not held student financial aid programmes optional
- optional, not held accounting optional
- optional, not held accounting techniques optional
- optional, not held deliver correspondence optional
- optional, not held evaluate budgets optional
- optional, not held financial management optional
- optional, not held kindergarten school procedures 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
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held provide information on school services optional
- optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
24 held skills the education administrator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply for government funding skill
- not needed by the target role arrange student accommodation skill
- not needed by the target role assist in the organisation of school events skill
- not needed by the target role check travel documentation skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate events skill
- not needed by the target role distribute local information materials skill
- not needed by the target role escort students on a field trip skill
- not needed by the target role geographical areas relevant to tourism knowledge
- not needed by the target role guarantee students' safety skill
- not needed by the target role guide international students skill
- not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
- not needed by the target role inform on government funding skill
- not needed by the target role maintain financial records skill
- not needed by the target role manage student admissions skill
- not needed by the target role organise projects to fill education needs skill
- not needed by the target role outdoor activities knowledge
- not needed by the target role oversee all travel arrangements skill
- not needed by the target role oversee extra-curricular activities skill
- not needed by the target role process booking skill
- not needed by the target role process payments skill
- not needed by the target role process reservations skill
- not needed by the target role provide education management support skill
- not needed by the target role travel bookings processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role use global distribution system skill
8 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 student financial aid programmes optional
- optional, not held accounting optional
- optional, not held accounting techniques optional
- optional, not held financial management optional
- optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
Other moves recorded from international student exchange coordinator
- admissions coordinator 37% covered · substantial
- dean of faculty 25% covered · substantial
- deputy head teacher 23% covered · career change
- special educational needs coordinator 22% covered · career change
Full index of moves from international student exchange coordinator
Common questions about this move
Can an international student exchange coordinator become an education administrator?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An international student exchange coordinator already covers 34% of what an education administrator is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 5 of which the education administrator role treats as required.
What skills does an international student exchange coordinator need to become an education administrator?
7 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is budgetary principles.
How hard is the move from international student exchange coordinator to education administrator?
Its learning distance is 62 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.