fundraising assistanttosales support assistant
A fundraising assistant already meets 27% of what the sales support assistant role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
27%
64.5/ 100
1 Share of the sales support assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the fundraising assistant 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 this move works
A sales support assistant role treats 3 of its required skills as things a fundraising assistant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- perform business research
- perform clerical duties
- perform office routine activities
What stands in the way is 4 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 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A sales support assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fundraising assistant background worth leading with.
- already held perform business research information skills
- already held perform office routine activities management skills
- already held perform clerical duties management skills
- already held manage accounts management skills
All 4 carried skills, including the 3 the sales support assistant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 19 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.
- required, not held sales activities required
- required, not held bookkeeping regulations required
- optional, not held customer service optional
- required, not held produce sales reports required
- optional, not held carry out sales analysis optional
- optional, not held keep records on sales optional
- optional, not held prepare sales checks optional
- optional, not held analyse customer service surveys optional
- optional, not held check accounting records optional
- optional, not held forecast sales over periods of time optional
- required, not held handle mail required
- optional, not held draw up marketing and sales plan optional
- optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
- optional, not held process refunds optional
- optional, not held supervise sales activities optional
- optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- optional, not held electronic business optional
- optional, not held use sales forecasting softwares optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a sales support assistant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 handle mail skill · sector specific
- 02 produce sales reports skill · sector specific
- 03 sales activities knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 4 skills that carry over
- already held perform business research skill
- already held perform clerical duties skill
- already held perform office routine activities skill
- already held manage accounts skill
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held draw up marketing and sales plan optional
- optional, not held carry out sales analysis optional
- optional, not held customer service optional
- optional, not held electronic business optional
- optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
- optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
- optional, not held keep records on sales optional
- optional, not held prepare sales checks optional
- optional, not held process refunds optional
- optional, not held supervise sales activities optional
- optional, not held analyse customer service surveys optional
- optional, not held check accounting records optional
- optional, not held forecast sales over periods of time optional
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- optional, not held use sales forecasting softwares optional
17 held skills the sales support assistant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role brief volunteers skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate events skill
- not needed by the target role deliver a sales pitch skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role develop promotional tools skill
- not needed by the target role establish contact with potential donors skill
- not needed by the target role funding methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain event records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain financial records skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage consumables stock skill
- not needed by the target role manage donor database skill
- not needed by the target role manage the handling of promotional materials skill
- not needed by the target role manage website skill
- not needed by the target role monitor charity's budget skill
- not needed by the target role perform fundraising activities skill
- not needed by the target role support managers 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.
- required, not held sales activities required
- required, not held bookkeeping regulations required
- optional, not held customer service optional
- optional, not held electronic business optional
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.