Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a grants management officer can go next

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

Grants management officers work professionally in the administration and management of grant funds. They look at grant applications from individuals, charities, community groups or university research departments and decide whether to award funding given out by charitable trusts, government or public bodies or not. However, sometimes they may refer the grant application to a senior officer or committee.

Also known as grants officer, proposals manager.

Professionals 28 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: grants administrator, 55%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
grants administrator 55% covered passport officer 41% covered programme funding manager 36% covered humanitarian advisor 33% covered street warden 26% covered grants management officer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from grants management officer, 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 grants management officer 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 grants management officer needs 11 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • check grant applications assisting and caring
  • guide staff communication, collaboration and creativity
  • keep grant applicant informed communication, collaboration and creativity
  • advise on grants application communication, collaboration and creativity
  • report on grants information skills
  • find grants communication, collaboration and creativity
  • grant concessions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • financial management business, administration and law
  • write work-related reports communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop professional network communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Grants management officer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 grants management officer’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.