Table 1Transition record

EU funds managertopublic administration manager

A EU funds manager already meets 33% of what the public administration manager role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From EU funds manager

33%

Overlap1

To public administration manager

9 Skills carried over

10 Required, not held

66.1 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

33%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

66.1/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the public administration manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the EU funds manager profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A public administration manager role treats 7 of its required skills as things a EU funds manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

develop strategy to solve problems
government policy implementation
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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 9 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 EU funds manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held develop strategy to solve problems management skills
already held liaise with politicians communication, collaboration and creativity
already held perform resource planning information skills
already held project management principles business, administration and law
already held manage government policy implementation management skills
already held maintain relationships with government agencies communication, collaboration and creativity

All 9 carried skills, including the 7 the public administration manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 27 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 management skills 4 required, 6 supplementary

required, not held manage teamwork required
required, not held manage staff required
required, not held plan medium to long term objectives required
required, not held supervise staff required

optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
optional, not held coordinate events optional
optional, not held fix meetings optional
optional, not held manage accounts optional
optional, not held perform project management optional
optional, not held recruit employees optional

02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held create solutions to problems required
required, not held ensure cross-department cooperation required

optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
optional, not held develop professional network optional
optional, not held write meeting reports optional
optional, not held write situation reports optional

03 business, administration and law 2 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held budgetary principles required
required, not held legislation procedure required

optional, not held accounting techniques optional
optional, not held public finance optional
optional, not held public law optional

04 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held estimate duration of work required

optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
optional, not held keep task records optional

05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held public administration required

optional, not held good governance optional

06 assisting and caring 1 supplementary

optional, not held offer assistance to national citizens optional

Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 9 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held develop strategy to solve problems skill
already held government policy implementation 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 government policy implementation skill
already held perform resource planning skill
already held project management principles knowledge

17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

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 coordinate events optional
optional, not held develop professional network optional
optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
optional, not held fix meetings optional
optional, not held keep task records optional
optional, not held manage accounts optional
optional, not held perform project management optional
optional, not held public finance optional
optional, not held public law optional
optional, not held recruit employees optional
optional, not held write meeting reports optional
optional, not held write situation reports optional

46 held skills the public administration manager role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role EU law knowledge
not needed by the target role European Structural and Investment Funds regulations knowledge
not needed by the target role advise on eligibility of expenditures skill
not needed by the target role analyse community needs skill
not needed by the target role analyse economic trends skill
not needed by the target role assess administrative burden skill
not needed by the target role audit contractors skill
not needed by the target role audit techniques knowledge
not needed by the target role carry out strategic research skill
not needed by the target role community-led local development knowledge
not needed by the target role complete administration skill
not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
not needed by the target role cost management knowledge
not needed by the target role decide on providing funds skill
not needed by the target role develop interregional collaboration strategies skill
not needed by the target role follow up the issued grants skill
not needed by the target role fraud detection knowledge
not needed by the target role give out grants skill
not needed by the target role government policy knowledge
not needed by the target role implement strategic planning skill
not needed by the target role indicators used in EU funds programme operations knowledge
not needed by the target role inform on government funding skill
not needed by the target role inspect government policy compliance skill
not needed by the target role instruct grant recipient skill
not needed by the target role internal auditing knowledge
not needed by the target role leadership principles knowledge
not needed by the target role liaise with government officials skill
not needed by the target role macro-regional strategy knowledge
not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
not needed by the target role manage government-funded programmes skill
not needed by the target role manage grant applications skill
not needed by the target role manage project changes skill
not needed by the target role manage project information skill
not needed by the target role manage relationships with stakeholders skill
not needed by the target role microfinance knowledge
not needed by the target role monitor policy proposals skill
not needed by the target role national generally accepted accounting principles knowledge
not needed by the target role perform political negotiation skill
not needed by the target role prepare audit activities skill
not needed by the target role procurement legislation knowledge

6 further entries not listed here

7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held budgetary principles required
required, not held public administration required
required, not held legislation procedure required
optional, not held good governance optional
optional, not held accounting techniques optional
optional, not held public finance optional
optional, not held public law optional

Index

Other moves recorded from EU funds manager

Full index of moves from EU funds manager

Note

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.