Career Overlap Transition record
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Monitoring and evaluation officer to data entry clerk

A monitoring and evaluation officer already meets 28% of what the data entry clerk role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From monitoring and evaluation officer
28 % overlap
Distant match
To data entry clerk
9 You already bring
7 Still to learn
34 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

68.8/ 100

1 How much of what a data entry clerk is expected to do is already part of a monitoring and evaluation 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 data entry clerk role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A data entry clerk role treats 3 of its required skills as things a monitoring and evaluation officer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • apply statistical analysis techniques
  • maintain data entry requirements
  • perform data cleansing

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A data entry clerk role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a monitoring and evaluation officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held maintain data entry requirements information skills
  • already held implement data quality processes working with computers
  • already held perform data cleansing working with computers
  • already held manage data collection systems information skills
  • already held use databases working with computers
  • already held manage data information skills

All 9 carried skills, including the 3 the data entry clerk role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 25 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 information and communication technologies (icts) 3 required, 11 supplementary
  • still to learn query languages required
  • still to learn resource description framework query language required
  • still to learn database required
  • optional, not held ABBYY FineReader optional
  • optional, not held LDAP optional
  • optional, not held LINQ optional
  • optional, not held MDX optional
  • optional, not held N1QL optional
  • optional, not held OmniPage optional
  • optional, not held SPARQL optional
  • optional, not held XQuery optional
  • optional, not held data models optional
  • optional, not held data storage optional
  • optional, not held optical character recognition software optional
02 working with computers 1 required, 7 supplementary
  • still to learn use word processing software required
  • optional, not held establish data processes optional
  • optional, not held implement data warehousing techniques optional
  • optional, not held manage ICT data classification optional
  • optional, not held normalise data optional
  • optional, not held use an application-specific interface optional
  • optional, not held manage digital documents optional
  • optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required
  • still to learn apply information security policies required
04 information skills 1 required
  • still to learn process data required
05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required
  • still to learn documentation types required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a data entry clerk 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 9 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply statistical analysis techniques skill
  • already held maintain data entry requirements skill
  • already held perform data cleansing skill
  • already held apply organisational techniques skill
  • already held implement data quality processes skill
  • already held information confidentiality knowledge
  • already held manage data skill
  • already held manage data collection systems skill
  • already held use databases skill
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held ABBYY FineReader optional
  • optional, not held LDAP optional
  • optional, not held LINQ optional
  • optional, not held MDX optional
  • optional, not held N1QL optional
  • optional, not held OmniPage optional
  • optional, not held SPARQL optional
  • optional, not held XQuery optional
  • optional, not held data models optional
  • optional, not held data storage optional
  • optional, not held establish data processes optional
  • optional, not held implement data warehousing techniques optional
  • optional, not held manage ICT data classification optional
  • optional, not held normalise data optional
  • optional, not held use an application-specific interface optional
  • optional, not held manage digital documents optional
  • optional, not held optical character recognition software optional
  • optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
40 held skills the data entry clerk role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adapt evaluation methodology skill
  • not needed by the target role commission evaluation skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with stakeholders skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct qualitative research skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct quantitative research skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct training on monitoring and evaluation frameworks skill
  • not needed by the target role create data models skill
  • not needed by the target role create data sets skill
  • not needed by the target role data protection knowledge
  • not needed by the target role define evaluation objectives and scope skill
  • not needed by the target role design questionnaires skill
  • not needed by the target role develop communications strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role development economics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role engage with stakeholders skill
  • not needed by the target role ethics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role evaluation theory knowledge
  • not needed by the target role formulate findings skill
  • not needed by the target role gather data for forensic purposes skill
  • not needed by the target role international development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interview people skill
  • not needed by the target role manage project metrics skill
  • not needed by the target role manage quantitative data skill
  • not needed by the target role manage resources skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor recommendation follow-up skill
  • not needed by the target role observe confidentiality skill
  • not needed by the target role perform data analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role plan evaluation skill
  • not needed by the target role policy analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role process qualitative information skill
  • not needed by the target role promote evaluation capacity development skill
  • not needed by the target role reconstruct program theory skill
  • not needed by the target role report analysis results skill
  • not needed by the target role respect data protection principles skill
  • not needed by the target role results-based management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role scientific research methodology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role survey techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role sustainable development goals knowledge
  • not needed by the target role systems thinking knowledge
  • not needed by the target role types of evaluation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use specific data analysis software skill
15 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 documentation types required
  • still to learn query languages required
  • still to learn resource description framework query language required
  • still to learn database required
  • optional, not held ABBYY FineReader optional
  • optional, not held LDAP optional
  • optional, not held LINQ optional
  • optional, not held MDX optional
  • optional, not held N1QL optional
  • optional, not held OmniPage optional
  • optional, not held SPARQL optional
  • optional, not held XQuery optional
  • optional, not held data models optional
  • optional, not held data storage optional
  • optional, not held optical character recognition software optional
Index

Other moves recorded from monitoring and evaluation officer

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a monitoring and evaluation officer become a data entry clerk?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A monitoring and evaluation officer already covers 28% of what a data entry clerk is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 3 of which the data entry clerk role treats as required.

What skills does a monitoring and evaluation officer need to become a data entry clerk?

7 required skills are missing, plus 18 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information and communication technologies (icts). The single most important is apply information security policies.

How hard is the move from monitoring and evaluation officer to data entry clerk?

Its learning distance is 68.8 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.