Grants management officer to grants administrator
A grants management officer already meets 55% of what the grants administrator role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
44.9/ 100
1 How much of what a grants administrator is expected to do is already part of a grants management officer’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 administrator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A grants administrator role treats 3 of its required skills as things a grants management officer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise on grants application
- financial management
- grant concessions
What stands in the way is 5 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 administrator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a grants management officer 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 3 the grants administrator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 9 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 follow up the issued grants required
- still to learn give out grants required
- still to learn complete administration required
- still to learn instruct grant recipient required
- optional, not held conduct research interview optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- still to learn manage grant applications required
- optional, not held manage database optional
- optional, not held use microsoft office optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a grants administrator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 follow up the issued grants practise this
- 02 give out grants practise this
- 03 instruct grant recipient 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 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
- already held write work-related reports skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held conduct research interview optional
- optional, not held manage database optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held use microsoft office optional
11 held skills the grants administrator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role check grant applications skill
- not needed by the target role coach employees skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role find grants skill
- not needed by the target role guide staff skill
- not needed by the target role keep grant applicant informed skill
- not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role report on grants skill
- not needed by the target role show intercultural awareness skill
- not needed by the target role work in an international environment skill
Other moves recorded from grants management officer
Common questions about this move
Can a grants management officer become a grants administrator?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A grants management officer already covers 55% of what a grants administrator is expected to do: 17 skills carry over, 3 of which the grants administrator role treats as required.
What skills does a grants management officer need to become a grants administrator?
5 required skills are missing, plus 4 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is follow up the issued grants.
How hard is the move from grants management officer to grants administrator?
Its learning distance is 44.9 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.