Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a fundraising assistant can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a fundraising assistant already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Fundraising assistants provide administrative support for fundraising managers. They target potential donators or sponsors by applying surveys. They process donations and grant payments, maintain electronic and paper filing systems for all grants and donations, acknowledge donations and write thank you letters and maintain fundraising records.

Also known as philanthropy assistant, fundraising secretary, fundraising administrative assistant, fundraising officer, fundraising clerk.

Technicians and associate professionals 21 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: promotion assistant, 42%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
promotion assistant 42% covered sales support assistant 27% covered fundraising manager 26% covered programme funding manager 22% covered political party agent 17% covered fundraising assistant You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from fundraising assistant, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a fundraising assistant already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A fundraising assistant needs 7 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • establish contact with potential donors communication, collaboration and creativity
  • perform business research information skills
  • perform fundraising activities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • support managers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • perform office routine activities management skills
  • perform clerical duties management skills
  • manage accounts management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a fundraising assistant does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Fundraising assistant is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a fundraising assistant’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.