Employee volunteering programme coordinator to volunteer manager
An employee volunteering programme coordinator already meets 51% of what the volunteer manager role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
57.7/ 100
1 How much of what a volunteer manager is expected to do is already part of an employee volunteering programme coordinator’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 volunteer manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A volunteer manager role treats 16 of its required skills as things an employee volunteering programme coordinator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- capacity building
- cooperate with colleagues
- coordinate events
- create social alliances
- data protection
- evaluate social work program's impact
What stands in the way is 13 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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A volunteer manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an employee volunteering programme coordinator background worth leading with.
- already held humanitarian aid social sciences, journalism and information
- already held capacity building education
- already held create social alliances communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held validation of learning acquired through volunteering education
- already held monitor social impact information skills
- already held sustainable development goals social sciences, journalism and information
All 20 carried skills, including the 16 the volunteer manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 24 missing skills fall into 7 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 volunteering programmes required
- still to learn manage volunteers required
- still to learn brief volunteers required
- still to learn lead a team required
- still to learn perform project management required
- optional, not held plan youth programmes optional
- optional, not held identify sources on potential target communities for art optional
- optional, not held manage online volunteers optional
- optional, not held manage fundraising activities optional
- still to learn animate in the outdoors required
- still to learn train volunteers required
- still to learn advocate for others required
- still to learn analyse community needs required
- still to learn use communication techniques required
- optional, not held communicate with elderly groups optional
- optional, not held communicate with youth optional
- still to learn observe confidentiality required
- optional, not held manage health and safety optional
- still to learn labour law required
- optional, not held digital marketing techniques optional
- still to learn leadership principles required
- optional, not held monitor charity's budget optional
- optional, not held study community as a target community optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a volunteer manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage volunteering programmes practise this
- 02 animate in the outdoors practise this
- 03 labour law study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 20 skills that carry over
- already held capacity building knowledge
- already held cooperate with colleagues skill
- already held coordinate events skill
- already held create social alliances skill
- already held data protection knowledge
- already held evaluate social work program's impact skill
- already held give constructive feedback skill
- already held monitor social impact skill
- already held project management knowledge
- already held promote inclusion skill
- already held promote social change skill
- already held recruit personnel skill
- already held relate empathetically skill
- already held show intercultural awareness skill
- already held validation of learning acquired through volunteering knowledge
- already held work within communities skill
- already held data analytics knowledge
- already held humanitarian aid knowledge
- already held maintain contract administration skill
- already held sustainable development goals knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held types of digital badges optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held plan youth programmes optional
- optional, not held communicate with elderly groups optional
- optional, not held digital marketing techniques optional
- optional, not held identify sources on potential target communities for art optional
- optional, not held manage health and safety optional
- optional, not held manage online volunteers optional
- optional, not held monitor charity's budget optional
- optional, not held study community as a target community optional
- optional, not held communicate with youth optional
- optional, not held manage fundraising activities optional
- optional, not held types of digital badges optional
4 held skills the volunteer manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
- not needed by the target role corporate social responsibility knowledge
- not needed by the target role health and safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
4 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 labour law required
- still to learn leadership principles required
- optional, not held digital marketing techniques optional
- optional, not held types of digital badges optional
Other moves recorded from employee volunteering programme coordinator
- volunteer mentor 33% covered · substantial
- corporate social responsibility manager 15% covered · career change
Full index of moves from employee volunteering programme coordinator
Common questions about this move
Can an employee volunteering programme coordinator become a volunteer manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An employee volunteering programme coordinator already covers 51% of what a volunteer manager is expected to do: 20 skills carry over, 16 of which the volunteer manager role treats as required.
What skills does an employee volunteering programme coordinator need to become a volunteer manager?
13 required skills are missing, plus 11 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is manage volunteering programmes.
How hard is the move from employee volunteering programme coordinator to volunteer manager?
Its learning distance is 57.7 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.