Licensing officer to grants administrator
A licensing officer already meets 27% of what the grants administrator role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
67.8/ 100
1 How much of what a grants administrator is expected to do is already part of a licensing 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 1 of its required skills as things a licensing officer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- grant concessions
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 9 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 licensing officer 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 grants administrator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 17 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.
- still to learn follow up the issued grants required
- still to learn give out grants required
- still to learn complete administration required
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- still to learn instruct grant recipient required
- still to learn advise on grants application required
- optional, not held advise on eligibility of expenditures optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held use communication techniques optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
- still to learn manage grant applications required
- optional, not held assess administrative burden optional
- optional, not held study topics optional
- optional, not held manage database optional
- still to learn financial management required
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- optional, not held mathematics 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 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
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on eligibility of expenditures optional
- optional, not held assess administrative burden optional
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- optional, not held study topics optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held manage database optional
- optional, not held mathematics optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held use communication techniques optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
15 held skills the grants administrator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on licencing procedures skill
- not needed by the target role assess breaches of licence agreements skill
- not needed by the target role assess licence applications skill
- not needed by the target role collect licence fees skill
- not needed by the target role correspond with licence applicants skill
- not needed by the target role intellectual property law knowledge
- not needed by the target role issue licences skill
- not needed by the target role licences regulation knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage import export licenses skill
- not needed by the target role manage licensing fees skill
- not needed by the target role monitor compliance with licensing agreements skill
- not needed by the target role office software knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepare licence agreements skill
- not needed by the target role public service concession knowledge
- not needed by the target role undertake inspections skill
3 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 financial management required
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- optional, not held mathematics optional
Common questions about this move
Can a licensing officer become a grants administrator?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A licensing officer already covers 27% of what a grants administrator is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 1 of which the grants administrator role treats as required.
What skills does a licensing officer need to become a grants administrator?
7 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 5 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 licensing officer to grants administrator?
Its learning distance is 67.8 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.