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Where a project support officer can go next

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

Project support officers provide different types of services for the successful execution of a project as part of a horizontal project management office. They offer administrative support, assistance and training to project managers and other staff members, manage the project’s documentation and assist the project manager with project scheduling, resource planning, coordination and reporting. Project support officers are responsible for quality assurance activities and for monitoring the adherence to methodology guidelines and other organisational standards. They also offer advice on project management tools and related administrative services.

Also known as real estate PMO, project management support officer, PMO, project management officer, real estate project support officer.

Technicians and associate professionals 40 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: project manager, 46%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
project manager 46% covered ICT project manager 29% covered programme manager 27% covered operations manager 19% covered quality engineer 19% covered project support officer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from project support 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 project support officer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A project support officer needs 23 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
  • monitor the conformance to the project methodology management skills
  • carry out project activities management skills
  • introduce new employees management skills
  • project management methodology (PM²) business, administration and law
  • draft project documentation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • maintain a central project repository information skills
  • organise project meetings management skills
  • document project progress information skills
  • project configuration management business, administration and law
  • manage project information information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Project support officer 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 project support 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.