Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

social security officertopensions administrator

A social security officer already meets 43% of what the pensions administrator role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From social security officer
43%
Overlap1
To pensions administrator
10 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
55.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

43%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

55.2/ 100

1 Share of the pensions administrator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the social security officer 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 pensions administrator role treats 7 of its required skills as things a social security officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on social security benefits
  • apply technical communication skills
  • comply with legal regulations
  • ensure information transparency
  • government social security programmes
  • protect client interests

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A pensions administrator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a social security officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held investigate social security applications assisting and caring
  • already held advise on social security benefits communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held government social security programmes social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held social security law business, administration and law
  • already held ensure information transparency information skills
  • already held legal research business, administration and law

All 10 carried skills, including the 7 the pensions administrator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 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 2 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held calculate employee benefits required
  • required, not held obtain financial information required
  • optional, not held analyse financial risk optional
  • optional, not held maintain records of financial transactions optional
  • optional, not held manage financial risk optional
  • optional, not held provide support in financial calculation optional
  • optional, not held synthesise financial information optional
  • optional, not held trace financial transactions optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held communicate with beneficiaries required
  • required, not held provide financial product information required
  • optional, not held handle financial disputes optional
  • optional, not held promote social security programmes optional
03 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held types of pensions required
  • optional, not held corporate social responsibility optional
04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held actuarial science required
05 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use IT tools required
06 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held develop pension schemes optional
  • optional, not held manage pension funds optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a pensions administrator 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on social security benefits skill
  • already held apply technical communication skills skill
  • already held comply with legal regulations skill
  • already held ensure information transparency skill
  • already held government social security programmes knowledge
  • already held protect client interests skill
  • already held social security law knowledge
  • already held handle financial transactions skill
  • already held investigate social security applications skill
  • already held legal research knowledge
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held corporate social responsibility optional
  • optional, not held develop pension schemes optional
  • optional, not held manage pension funds optional
  • optional, not held analyse financial risk optional
  • optional, not held handle financial disputes optional
  • optional, not held maintain records of financial transactions optional
  • optional, not held manage financial risk 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 trace financial transactions optional
16 held skills the pensions administrator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role administer appointments skill
  • not needed by the target role check official documents skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct research interview skill
  • not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
  • not needed by the target role employment law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role establish collaborative relations skill
  • not needed by the target role identify clients' needs skill
  • 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 administrative systems skill
  • not needed by the target role observe confidentiality skill
  • not needed by the target role provide legal advice skill
  • not needed by the target role provide necessary documents skill
  • not needed by the target role public housing legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role respond to enquiries skill
  • not needed by the target role show intercultural awareness skill
3 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 actuarial science required
  • required, not held types of pensions required
  • optional, not held corporate social responsibility optional
Index

Other moves recorded from social security officer

Full index of moves from social security officer

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.