Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

membership administratortohumanitarian advisor

A membership administrator already meets 25% of what the humanitarian advisor role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From membership administrator
25%
Overlap1
To humanitarian advisor
3 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
68.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

25%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

68.5/ 100

1 Share of the humanitarian advisor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the membership administrator 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.

Why

Why this move works

A humanitarian advisor role treats 3 of its required skills as things a membership administrator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • develop professional network
  • use communication techniques
  • write work-related reports

What stands in the way is 6 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 3 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A humanitarian advisor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a membership administrator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held use communication techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held write work-related reports communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held develop professional network communication, collaboration and creativity

All 3 carried skills, including the 3 the humanitarian advisor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 15 missing skills fall into 5 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 management skills 3 required
  • required, not held manage humanitarian aid required
  • required, not held own management skills required
  • required, not held tolerate stress required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on humanitarian aid required
  • required, not held work in crises areas required
  • optional, not held maintain relations with local representatives optional
  • optional, not held work in an international environment optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationships with government agencies optional
  • optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
03 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held identify emerging issues in humanitarian area required
  • optional, not held evaluate humanitarian programme proposals optional
04 business, administration and law 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held financial management optional
  • optional, not held international law optional
05 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held observe confidentiality optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a humanitarian advisor 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 3 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held develop professional network skill
  • already held use communication techniques skill
  • already held write work-related reports skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held evaluate humanitarian programme proposals optional
  • optional, not held maintain relations with local representatives optional
  • optional, not held work in an international environment optional
  • optional, not held financial management optional
  • optional, not held international law optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationships with government agencies optional
  • optional, not held observe confidentiality optional
  • optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
19 held skills the humanitarian advisor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role complete membership administration skill
  • not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
  • not needed by the target role deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances skill
  • not needed by the target role develop campaigns skill
  • not needed by the target role handle complaints skill
  • not needed by the target role handle customer complaints skill
  • not needed by the target role make independent operating decisions skill
  • not needed by the target role manage members skill
  • not needed by the target role manage membership database skill
  • not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
  • not needed by the target role office software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform clerical duties skill
  • not needed by the target role perform office routine activities skill
  • not needed by the target role process payments skill
  • not needed by the target role provide membership service skill
  • not needed by the target role recruit members skill
  • not needed by the target role sales strategies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role stimulate creative processes skill
  • not needed by the target role write leaflets skill
2 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
  • optional, not held financial management optional
  • optional, not held international law optional
Index
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.