Table 1Transition record

public employment service managertopension 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.

From public employment service manager

27%

Overlap1

To pension scheme manager

11 Skills carried over

18 Required, not held

75.5 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

27%

Learning distance A rebuild

75.5/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 Share of the pension scheme manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the public employment service manager profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A pension scheme manager role treats 9 of its required skills as things a public employment service manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

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

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.

Skill the target role also needs Area

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

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 40 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 information skills 4 required, 7 supplementary

required, not held analyse financial risk required
required, not held evaluate training required
required, not held monitor legislation developments required
required, not held 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

02 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 5 supplementary

required, not held communicate with beneficiaries required
required, not held advise on social security benefits required
required, not held analyse insurance needs required
required, not held 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

03 management skills 4 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held develop pension schemes required
required, not held handle financial transactions required
required, not held identify necessary human resources required
required, not held 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

04 business, administration and law 3 required, 7 supplementary

required, not held human resources department processes required
required, not held social security law required
required, not held 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

05 assisting and caring 2 required

required, not held apply company policies required
required, not held identify with the company's goals required

06 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required

required, not held government social security programmes required

Table 4

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.

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

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 11 skills that carry over

Skill Type

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

Skill to acquire Tier

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

Skill Type

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.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held government social security programmes required
required, not held human resources department processes required
required, not held social security law required
required, not held 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

Index

Other moves recorded from public employment service manager

Full index of moves from public employment service manager

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.