Grants administrator to licensing officer
A grants administrator already meets 23% of what the licensing officer role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
71/ 100
1 How much of what a licensing 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 licensing officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A licensing officer role treats 1 of its required skills as things a grants administrator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- grant concessions
What stands in the way is 11 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A licensing 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 grant concessions communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use microsoft office working with computers
- already held check official documents assisting and caring
- already held ensure proper document management information skills
- already held conduct research interview communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held respond to enquiries assisting and caring
All 9 carried skills, including the 1 the licensing officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 15 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 assess breaches of licence agreements required
- still to learn monitor compliance with licensing agreements required
- still to learn advise on licencing procedures required
- still to learn prepare licence agreements required
- still to learn correspond with licence applicants required
- still to learn manage import export licenses required
- optional, not held undertake inspections optional
- still to learn assess licence applications required
- still to learn issue licences required
- still to learn public service concession required
- optional, not held intellectual property law optional
- still to learn manage licensing fees required
- optional, not held collect licence fees optional
- still to learn licences regulation required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a licensing officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assess breaches of licence agreements practise this
- 02 public service concession study this
- 03 assess licence applications 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 9 skills that carry over
- already held grant concessions skill
- already held check official documents skill
- already held comply with legal regulations skill
- already held conduct research interview skill
- already held ensure proper document management skill
- already held keep task records skill
- already held respond to enquiries skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held use microsoft office skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held office software optional
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held collect licence fees optional
- optional, not held intellectual property law optional
- optional, not held office software optional
- optional, not held undertake inspections optional
17 held skills the licensing officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on eligibility of expenditures skill
- not needed by the target role advise on grants application skill
- not needed by the target role assess administrative burden skill
- not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role complete administration skill
- not needed by the target role financial management knowledge
- 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 budgets 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 mathematics knowledge
- not needed by the target role study topics skill
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
- not needed by the target role use communication techniques skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports 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 public service concession required
- still to learn licences regulation required
- optional, not held intellectual property law optional
- optional, not held office software optional
Common questions about this move
Can a grants administrator become a licensing officer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A grants administrator already covers 23% of what a licensing officer is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 1 of which the licensing officer role treats as required.
What skills does a grants administrator need to become a licensing officer?
11 required skills are missing, plus 4 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is assess breaches of licence agreements.
How hard is the move from grants administrator to licensing officer?
Its learning distance is 71 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.