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

monitoring and evaluation officertofield survey manager

A monitoring and evaluation officer already meets 21% of what the field survey manager role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From monitoring and evaluation officer
21%
Overlap1
To field survey manager
7 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
74.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

21%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

74.3/ 100

1 Share of the field survey manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the monitoring and evaluation 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.

Why

Why this move works

A field survey manager role treats 3 of its required skills as things a monitoring and evaluation officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • interview people
  • observe confidentiality
  • survey techniques

What stands in the way is 12 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A field survey manager 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 communicate with stakeholders communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held survey techniques natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held design questionnaires information skills
  • already held information confidentiality information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held interview people communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held observe confidentiality assisting and caring

All 7 carried skills, including the 3 the field survey manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 25 missing skills fall into 7 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held train field investigators required
  • required, not held prepare survey report required
  • required, not held present reports required
  • required, not held write work-related reports required
  • optional, not held adhere to questionnaires optional
  • optional, not held capture people's attention optional
  • optional, not held conduct research interview optional
  • optional, not held explain interview purposes optional
  • optional, not held interview focus groups optional
02 information skills 4 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor field surveys required
  • required, not held record survey data required
  • required, not held evaluate interview reports required
  • required, not held perform resource planning required
  • optional, not held collect data using GPS optional
  • optional, not held conduct public surveys optional
  • optional, not held document interviews optional
  • optional, not held revise questionnaires optional
  • optional, not held tabulate survey results optional
03 management skills 3 required
  • required, not held forecast workload required
  • required, not held recruit employees required
  • required, not held supervise staff required
04 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required
  • required, not held interview techniques required
05 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
06 generic programmes and qualifications 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held communication optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a field survey manager 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 interview people skill
  • already held observe confidentiality skill
  • already held survey techniques knowledge
  • already held communicate with stakeholders skill
  • already held design questionnaires skill
  • already held information confidentiality knowledge
  • already held perform data analysis skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use microsoft office optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
  • optional, not held adhere to questionnaires optional
  • optional, not held capture people's attention optional
  • optional, not held collect data using GPS optional
  • optional, not held communication optional
  • optional, not held conduct public surveys optional
  • optional, not held conduct research interview optional
  • optional, not held document interviews optional
  • optional, not held explain interview purposes optional
  • optional, not held interview focus groups optional
  • optional, not held revise questionnaires optional
  • optional, not held tabulate survey results optional
  • optional, not held use microsoft office optional
42 held skills the field survey manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adapt evaluation methodology skill
  • not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role apply statistical analysis techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role commission evaluation 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 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 implement data quality processes skill
  • not needed by the target role international development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain data entry requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role manage data skill
  • not needed by the target role manage data collection systems 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 perform data cleansing 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 sustainable development goals knowledge
  • not needed by the target role systems thinking knowledge
  • not needed by the target role types of evaluation knowledge

2 further entries not listed here

3 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 interview techniques required
  • optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
  • optional, not held communication optional
Index

Other moves recorded from monitoring and evaluation officer

Full index of moves from monitoring and evaluation 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.