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Healthcare institution manager to secretary general

A healthcare institution manager already meets 26% of what the secretary general role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional

From healthcare institution manager

Distant match

To secretary general

6 You already bring

9 Still to learn

28 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Substantial retraining

68/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what a secretary general is expected to do is already part of a healthcare institution manager’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 secretary general role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A secretary general role treats 4 of its required skills as things a healthcare institution manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

apply conflict management
budgetary principles
manage staff
represent the organisation

What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A secretary general role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a healthcare institution manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held represent the organisation communication, collaboration and creativity
already held budgetary principles business, administration and law
already held liaise with local authorities communication, collaboration and creativity
already held apply conflict management communication, collaboration and creativity
already held manage budgets management skills
already held manage staff management skills

All 6 carried skills, including the 4 the secretary general role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 22 missing skills fall into 5 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.

Skill to pick up Tier

01 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 7 supplementary

still to learn coordinate government activities in foreign institutions required
still to learn represent national interests required
still to learn maintain relationships with government agencies required

optional, not held advise on legislative acts optional
optional, not held apply diplomatic principles optional
optional, not held build community relations optional
optional, not held build international relations optional
optional, not held establish collaborative relations optional
optional, not held implement strategic management optional
optional, not held prepare presentation material optional

02 business, administration and law 3 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn audit techniques required
still to learn bookkeeping regulations required
still to learn project management principles required

optional, not held legislation procedure optional
optional, not held public finance optional

03 management skills 1 required, 3 supplementary

still to learn perform project management required

optional, not held develop international cooperation strategies optional
optional, not held manage administrative systems optional
optional, not held manage government policy implementation optional

04 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn good governance required

optional, not held government policy implementation optional

05 information skills 1 required

still to learn conduct financial audits required

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a secretary general 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 6 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held apply conflict management skill
already held budgetary principles knowledge
already held manage staff skill
already held represent the organisation skill
already held liaise with local authorities skill
already held manage budgets skill

13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held develop international cooperation strategies optional
optional, not held manage administrative systems optional
optional, not held advise on legislative acts optional
optional, not held apply diplomatic principles optional
optional, not held build community relations optional
optional, not held build international relations optional
optional, not held establish collaborative relations optional
optional, not held government policy implementation optional
optional, not held implement strategic management optional
optional, not held legislation procedure optional
optional, not held manage government policy implementation optional
optional, not held prepare presentation material optional
optional, not held public finance optional

34 held skills the secretary general role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role address public health issues skill
not needed by the target role administrative tasks in a medical environment knowledge
not needed by the target role advise policy makers in healthcare skill
not needed by the target role analyse goal progress skill
not needed by the target role assess health services within the community skill
not needed by the target role communicate in healthcare skill
not needed by the target role comply with legislation related to health care skill
not needed by the target role contribute to public health campaigns skill
not needed by the target role delegate emergency care skill
not needed by the target role develop financial statistics reports skill
not needed by the target role health care legislation knowledge
not needed by the target role health care system knowledge
not needed by the target role healthcare administration knowledge
not needed by the target role hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
not needed by the target role implement policy in healthcare practices skill
not needed by the target role implement strategic planning skill
not needed by the target role keep task records skill
not needed by the target role lead healthcare services changes skill
not needed by the target role manage fundraising activities skill
not needed by the target role manage health and safety standards skill
not needed by the target role manage healthcare staff knowledge
not needed by the target role manage operations in healthcare institutions skill
not needed by the target role medical studies knowledge
not needed by the target role medical terminology knowledge
not needed by the target role negotiate supplier arrangements skill
not needed by the target role perform quality audits skill
not needed by the target role promote inclusion skill
not needed by the target role public health knowledge
not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
not needed by the target role set organisational policies skill
not needed by the target role set quality assurance objectives skill
not needed by the target role supervise medical office support workers skill
not needed by the target role train employees skill
not needed by the target role work within communities skill

7 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 pick up Tier

still to learn good governance required
still to learn audit techniques required
still to learn bookkeeping regulations required
still to learn project management principles required
optional, not held government policy implementation optional
optional, not held legislation procedure optional
optional, not held public finance optional

Index

Other moves recorded from healthcare institution manager

Full index of moves from healthcare institution manager

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a healthcare institution manager become a secretary general?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A healthcare institution manager already covers 26% of what a secretary general is expected to do: 6 skills carry over, 4 of which the secretary general role treats as required.

What skills does a healthcare institution manager need to become a secretary general?

9 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is coordinate government activities in foreign institutions.

How hard is the move from healthcare institution manager to secretary general?

Its learning distance is 68 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.