Civil service administrative officer to public administration manager
A civil service administrative officer already meets 41% of what the public administration manager role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
58.5/ 100
1 How much of what a public administration manager is expected to do is already part of a civil service administrative officer’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the public administration manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A public administration manager role treats 7 of its required skills as things a civil service administrative officer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- budgetary principles
- legislation procedure
- liaise with local authorities
- liaise with politicians
- maintain relationships with government agencies
- manage budgets
What stands in the way is 10 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A public administration manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a civil service administrative officer background worth leading with.
- already held write meeting reports communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held legislation procedure business, administration and law
- already held liaise with politicians communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held public finance business, administration and law
- already held ensure information transparency information skills
- already held coordinate events management skills
All 15 carried skills, including the 7 the public administration manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn manage teamwork required
- still to learn develop strategy to solve problems required
- still to learn manage government policy implementation required
- still to learn plan medium to long term objectives required
- still to learn supervise staff required
- optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- still to learn create solutions to problems required
- still to learn ensure cross-department cooperation required
- optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held write situation reports optional
- still to learn public administration required
- still to learn government policy implementation required
- optional, not held good governance optional
- still to learn estimate duration of work required
- optional, not held perform resource planning optional
- optional, not held accounting techniques optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held public law optional
- optional, not held offer assistance to national citizens optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a public administration manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage teamwork practise this
- 02 public administration study this
- 03 create solutions to problems practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 15 skills that carry over
- already held budgetary principles knowledge
- already held legislation procedure knowledge
- already held liaise with local authorities skill
- already held liaise with politicians skill
- already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held coordinate events skill
- already held ensure information transparency skill
- already held fix meetings skill
- already held keep task records skill
- already held manage accounts skill
- already held public finance knowledge
- already held recruit employees skill
- already held write meeting reports skill
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held good governance optional
- optional, not held offer assistance to national citizens optional
- optional, not held accounting techniques optional
- optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
- optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held perform resource planning optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held public law optional
- optional, not held write situation reports optional
16 held skills the public administration manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role archive documentation related to work skill
- not needed by the target role audit techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role bookkeeping regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct workplace audits skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with policies skill
- not needed by the target role handle financial transactions skill
- not needed by the target role inspect government expenditures skill
- not needed by the target role inspect government incomes skill
- not needed by the target role manage administrative systems skill
- not needed by the target role office software knowledge
- not needed by the target role order supplies skill
- not needed by the target role respond to enquiries skill
- not needed by the target role supervise daily information operations skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
- not needed by the target role use microsoft office skill
- not needed by the target role use spreadsheets software skill
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn public administration required
- still to learn government policy implementation required
- optional, not held good governance optional
- optional, not held accounting techniques optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held public law optional
Other moves recorded from civil service administrative officer
- defence administration officer 54% covered · moderate
- secretary general 37% covered · substantial
- court administrator 36% covered · substantial
- public finance accountant 35% covered · substantial
Full index of moves from civil service administrative officer
Common questions about this move
Can a civil service administrative officer become a public administration manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A civil service administrative officer already covers 41% of what a public administration manager is expected to do: 15 skills carry over, 7 of which the public administration manager role treats as required.
What skills does a civil service administrative officer need to become a public administration manager?
10 required skills are missing, plus 11 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is manage teamwork.
How hard is the move from civil service administrative officer to public administration manager?
Its learning distance is 58.5 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.