Monitoring and evaluation officer to field 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.
74.3/ 100
1 How much of what a field survey manager 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 field survey manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A field survey manager 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.
- 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 · 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.
- 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 · What you may need to learn
The 25 missing skills fall into 7 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 train field investigators required
- still to learn prepare survey report required
- still to learn present reports required
- still to learn 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
- still to learn monitor field surveys required
- still to learn record survey data required
- still to learn evaluate interview reports required
- still to learn 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
- still to learn forecast workload required
- still to learn recruit employees required
- still to learn supervise staff required
- still to learn interview techniques required
- optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
- optional, not held communication optional
1 further area in the appendix
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.
- 01 monitor field surveys practise this
- 02 train field investigators practise this
- 03 record survey data 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 7 skills that carry over
- 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
- optional, not held use microsoft office optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- 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
- 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.
- still to learn interview techniques required
- optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
- optional, not held communication optional
Other moves recorded from monitoring and evaluation officer
Common questions about this move
Can a monitoring and evaluation officer become a field survey manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A monitoring and evaluation officer already covers 21% of what a field survey manager is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 3 of which the field survey manager role treats as required.
What skills does a monitoring and evaluation officer need to become a field survey manager?
12 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is monitor field surveys.
How hard is the move from monitoring and evaluation officer to field survey manager?
Its learning distance is 74.3 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.