Table 1Transition record

grants management officertopassport officer

A grants management officer already meets 41% of what the passport officer role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From grants management officer

41%

Overlap1

To passport officer

7 Skills carried over

4 Required, not held

51.7 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 51.7

This move: 51.7 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the passport officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the grants management officer 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A passport officer 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held check official documents assisting and caring
already held ensure proper document management information skills
already held respond to enquiries assisting and caring
already held comply with legal regulations assisting and caring
already held keep task records information skills
already held use communication techniques communication, collaboration and creativity

All 7 carried skills, including the 3 the passport officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 11 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 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held keep records of passports required

optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional

02 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held monitor customer service required

optional, not held tolerate stress optional

03 information skills 1 required

required, not held process applications required

04 services 1 required

required, not held fraud detection required

05 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary

optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
optional, not held liaise with colleagues optional
optional, not held listen actively optional

06 working with computers 2 supplementary

optional, not held use an application-specific interface optional
optional, not held use microsoft office optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a passport officer 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 7 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held check official documents skill
already held comply with legal regulations skill
already held use communication techniques 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

7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held tolerate stress optional
optional, not held use an application-specific interface optional
optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
optional, not held liaise with colleagues optional
optional, not held listen actively optional
optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional
optional, not held use microsoft office optional

21 held skills the passport officer role does not ask for

Skill Type

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 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 financial management knowledge
not needed by the target role find grants skill
not needed by the target role grant concessions 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 manage budgets skill
not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
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 study topics skill
not needed by the target role work in an international environment skill
not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill

1 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 fraud detection required

Index

Other moves recorded from grants management officer

Full index of moves from grants management officer

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.