Public employment service manager to employment programme coordinator
A public employment service manager already meets 53% of what the employment programme coordinator role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
43.1/ 100
1 How much of what an employment programme coordinator is expected to do is already part of a public employment service manager’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 employment programme coordinator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An employment programme coordinator role treats 7 of its required skills as things a public employment service manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- analyse unemployment rates
- develop employment policies
- employment law
- government policy implementation
- liaise with local authorities
- maintain relations with local representatives
What stands in the way is 4 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An employment programme coordinator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a public employment service manager background worth leading with.
- already held promote equal pay assisting and caring
- already held analyse unemployment rates information skills
- already held develop employment policies management skills
- already held promote employment policy communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held set inclusion policies management skills
- already held advise on government policy compliance communication, collaboration and creativity
All 12 carried skills, including the 7 the employment programme coordinator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 15 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 carry out strategic research required
- optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
- optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
- optional, not held gather feedback from employees optional
- still to learn project management principles required
- optional, not held business processes optional
- optional, not held personnel management optional
- still to learn scientific research methodology required
- still to learn perform project management required
- optional, not held advise on carbon emissions reduction optional
- optional, not held advise on legislative acts optional
- optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held promote social change optional
- optional, not held protect employee rights optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an employment programme coordinator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 carry out strategic research practise this
- 02 perform project management practise this
- 03 project management principles 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 12 skills that carry over
- already held analyse unemployment rates skill
- already held develop employment policies skill
- already held employment law knowledge
- already held government policy implementation knowledge
- already held liaise with local authorities skill
- already held maintain relations with local representatives skill
- already held promote employment policy skill
- already held advise on government policy compliance skill
- already held manage government policy implementation skill
- already held promote equal pay skill
- already held promote inclusion skill
- already held set inclusion policies skill
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on carbon emissions reduction optional
- optional, not held advise on legislative acts optional
- optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
- optional, not held business processes optional
- optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
- optional, not held gather feedback from employees optional
- optional, not held personnel management optional
- optional, not held promote social change optional
- optional, not held protect employee rights optional
20 held skills the employment programme coordinator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on career skill
- not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
- not needed by the target role coach employees skill
- not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate educational programmes skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate operational activities skill
- not needed by the target role develop employee retention programs skill
- not needed by the target role develop training programmes skill
- not needed by the target role discharge employees skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate employees skill
- not needed by the target role labour legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate employment agreements skill
- not needed by the target role organise staff assessment skill
- not needed by the target role promote gender equality in business contexts skill
- not needed by the target role provide information on study programmes skill
- not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
- not needed by the target role supervise staff skill
- not needed by the target role supervise work skill
- not needed by the target role supervision of persons 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.
- still to learn project management principles required
- still to learn scientific research methodology required
- optional, not held business processes optional
- optional, not held personnel management optional
Other moves recorded from public employment service manager
Common questions about this move
Can a public employment service manager become an employment programme coordinator?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A public employment service manager already covers 53% of what an employment programme coordinator is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 7 of which the employment programme coordinator role treats as required.
What skills does a public employment service manager need to become an employment programme coordinator?
4 required skills are missing, plus 11 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is carry out strategic research.
How hard is the move from public employment service manager to employment programme coordinator?
Its learning distance is 43.1 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.