Grants administrator to grants management officer
A grants administrator already meets 50% of what the grants management officer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
51/ 100
1 How much of what a grants management officer is expected to do is already part of a grants administrator’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 grants management officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A grants management officer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a grants administrator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise on grants application
- financial management
- grant concessions
- write work-related reports
What stands in the way is 7 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A grants management officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a grants administrator background worth leading with.
- already held advise on grants application communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held grant concessions communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on eligibility of expenditures communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held assess administrative burden information skills
- already held study topics information skills
- already held check official documents assisting and caring
All 17 carried skills, including the 4 the grants management officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 11 missing skills fall into 4 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 guide staff required
- still to learn keep grant applicant informed required
- still to learn find grants required
- still to learn develop professional network required
- optional, not held work in an international environment optional
- optional, not held coach employees optional
- optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
- still to learn perform project management required
- optional, not held meet deadlines optional
- still to learn check grant applications required
- still to learn report on grants required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a grants management officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 check grant applications practise this
- 02 guide staff practise this
- 03 keep grant applicant informed 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 17 skills that carry over
- already held advise on grants application skill
- already held financial management knowledge
- already held grant concessions skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
- already held advise on eligibility of expenditures skill
- already held assess administrative burden skill
- already held budgetary principles knowledge
- already held check official documents skill
- already held comply with legal regulations skill
- already held ensure proper document management skill
- already held keep task records skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held mathematics knowledge
- already held respond to enquiries skill
- already held study topics skill
- already held use communication techniques skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held work in an international environment optional
- optional, not held coach employees optional
- optional, not held meet deadlines optional
- optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
9 held skills the grants management officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role complete administration skill
- not needed by the target role conduct research interview skill
- not needed by the target role follow up the issued grants skill
- not needed by the target role give out grants skill
- not needed by the target role instruct grant recipient skill
- not needed by the target role manage database skill
- not needed by the target role manage grant applications skill
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
- not needed by the target role use microsoft office skill
Common questions about this move
Can a grants administrator become a grants management officer?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A grants administrator already covers 50% of what a grants management officer is expected to do: 17 skills carry over, 4 of which the grants management officer role treats as required.
What skills does a grants administrator need to become a grants management officer?
7 required skills are missing, plus 4 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is check grant applications.
How hard is the move from grants administrator to grants management officer?
Its learning distance is 51 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.