Career roadmap
How to become Social and Community Service Managers
Median annual wage for Social and Community Service Managers (11-9151) — BLS OEWS, May 2023.
What you would actually do
The tasks that make up the work of Social and Community Service Managers, weighted by how central each one is to the job.
- Develop operating strategies, plans, or procedures.
- Direct administrative or support services.
- Supervise employees.
- Monitor performance of organizational members or partners.
- Develop organizational policies or programs.
- Prepare financial documents, reports, or budgets.
- Maintain operational records.
- Conduct opinion surveys or needs assessments.
The skills that actually carry the job
Scored on how much the work depends on each one — not a wishlist, a measurement.
- Social Perceptiveness4.0/5
- Service Orientation4.0/5
- Active Listening3.9/5
- Critical Thinking3.9/5
- Active Learning3.9/5
- Monitoring3.9/5
- Coordination3.9/5
- Complex Problem Solving3.9/5
- Judgment and Decision Making3.9/5
- Time Management3.9/5
Would this suit you?
Every occupation leans on a particular mix of interests. Here is the mix measured for Social and Community Service Managers — and our free 2-minute Career Match scores you on the same six.
- Enterprising7.0/7
Persuading, leading, selling, taking commercial risk
- Social5.3/7
Helping, teaching, caring for and working directly with people
- Conventional4.5/7
Ordering, checking, following a precise procedure accurately
- Artistic2.3/7
Creating, expressing, working without a fixed procedure
- Investigative2.1/7
Investigating, diagnosing, reasoning through problems with evidence
- Realistic1.0/7
Hands-on, practical, working with tools, machines or the body
Interest profiles from the O*NET 29.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Used under CC BY 4.0.
