Public employment service manager to pension scheme manager
A public employment service manager already meets 27% of what the pension scheme manager role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.
75.5/ 100
1 How much of what a pension scheme manager 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 pension scheme manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A pension scheme manager role treats 9 of its required skills as things a public employment service manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply strategic thinking
- comply with legal regulations
- coordinate operational activities
- develop employee retention programs
- employment law
- labour legislation
What stands in the way is 18 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A pension scheme manager 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 gender equality in business contexts assisting and caring
- already held organise staff assessment management skills
- already held develop training programmes management skills
- already held develop employee retention programs management skills
- already held negotiate employment agreements communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held coordinate operational activities management skills
All 11 carried skills, including the 9 the pension scheme manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 40 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.
- still to learn analyse financial risk required
- still to learn evaluate training required
- still to learn monitor legislation developments required
- still to learn track key performance indicators required
- optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
- optional, not held maintain financial records optional
- optional, not held manage financial risk optional
- optional, not held monitor company policy optional
- optional, not held obtain financial information optional
- optional, not held provide support in financial calculation optional
- optional, not held synthesise financial information optional
- still to learn communicate with beneficiaries required
- still to learn advise on social security benefits required
- still to learn analyse insurance needs required
- still to learn liaise with managers required
- optional, not held negotiate with employment agencies optional
- optional, not held promote financial products optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held establish collaborative relations optional
- optional, not held promote social security programmes optional
- still to learn develop pension schemes required
- still to learn handle financial transactions required
- still to learn identify necessary human resources required
- still to learn plan medium to long term objectives required
- optional, not held develop financial products optional
- optional, not held manage pension funds optional
- optional, not held manage payroll optional
- still to learn human resources department processes required
- still to learn social security law required
- still to learn types of pensions required
- optional, not held corporate social responsibility optional
- optional, not held principles of insurance optional
- optional, not held financial markets optional
- optional, not held financial products optional
- optional, not held human resource management optional
- optional, not held legal research optional
- optional, not held types of insurance optional
- still to learn apply company policies required
- still to learn identify with the company's goals required
- still to learn government social security programmes required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a pension scheme manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 communicate with beneficiaries practise this
- 02 develop pension schemes practise this
- 03 advise on social security benefits 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 11 skills that carry over
- already held apply strategic thinking skill
- already held comply with legal regulations skill
- already held coordinate operational activities skill
- already held develop employee retention programs skill
- already held employment law knowledge
- already held labour legislation knowledge
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held organise staff assessment skill
- already held promote gender equality in business contexts skill
- already held develop training programmes skill
- already held negotiate employment agreements skill
22 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held corporate social responsibility optional
- optional, not held develop financial products optional
- optional, not held manage pension funds optional
- optional, not held negotiate with employment agencies optional
- optional, not held principles of insurance optional
- optional, not held promote financial products optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
- optional, not held establish collaborative relations optional
- optional, not held financial markets optional
- optional, not held financial products optional
- optional, not held human resource management optional
- optional, not held legal research optional
- optional, not held maintain financial records optional
- optional, not held manage financial risk optional
- optional, not held manage payroll optional
- optional, not held monitor company policy optional
- optional, not held obtain financial information optional
- optional, not held promote social security programmes optional
- optional, not held provide support in financial calculation optional
- optional, not held synthesise financial information optional
- optional, not held types of insurance optional
21 held skills the pension scheme manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on career skill
- not needed by the target role advise on government policy compliance skill
- not needed by the target role analyse unemployment rates skill
- not needed by the target role coach employees skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate educational programmes skill
- not needed by the target role develop employment policies 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 government policy implementation knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relations with local representatives skill
- not needed by the target role manage government policy implementation skill
- not needed by the target role promote employment policy skill
- not needed by the target role promote equal pay skill
- not needed by the target role promote inclusion 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 set inclusion policies 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
11 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 government social security programmes required
- still to learn human resources department processes required
- still to learn social security law required
- still to learn types of pensions required
- optional, not held corporate social responsibility optional
- optional, not held principles of insurance optional
- optional, not held financial markets optional
- optional, not held financial products optional
- optional, not held human resource management optional
- optional, not held legal research optional
- optional, not held types of insurance optional
Other moves recorded from public employment service manager
Common questions about this move
Can a public employment service manager become a pension scheme manager?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A public employment service manager already covers 27% of what a pension scheme manager is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 9 of which the pension scheme manager role treats as required.
What skills does a public employment service manager need to become a pension scheme manager?
18 required skills are missing, plus 22 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is communicate with beneficiaries.
How hard is the move from public employment service manager to pension scheme manager?
Its learning distance is 75.5 out of 100, which is the career change 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.