programme funding managertogrants management officer
A programme funding manager already meets 32% of what the grants management officer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
32%
66.2/ 100
1 Share of the grants management officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the programme funding manager 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 this move works
A grants management officer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a programme funding manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- develop professional network
- find grants
- perform project management
- write work-related reports
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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A grants management officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a programme funding manager background worth leading with.
- already held find grants communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held coach employees communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use communication techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held meet deadlines management skills
- already held write work-related reports communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held develop professional network communication, collaboration and creativity
All 8 carried skills, including the 4 the grants management officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 20 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.
- required, not held guide staff required
- required, not held keep grant applicant informed required
- required, not held advise on grants application required
- required, not held grant concessions required
- optional, not held advise on eligibility of expenditures optional
- optional, not held work in an international environment optional
- optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- required, not held report on grants required
- optional, not held assess administrative burden optional
- optional, not held study topics optional
- optional, not held ensure proper document management optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- required, not held check grant applications required
- optional, not held check official documents optional
- optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
- optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
- required, not held financial management required
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- optional, not held mathematics optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a grants management officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 check grant applications skill · occupation specific
- 02 guide staff skill · occupation specific
- 03 keep grant applicant informed skill · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 8 skills that carry over
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held find grants skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
- already held coach employees skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held meet deadlines skill
- already held use communication techniques skill
13 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 work in an international environment optional
- optional, not held check official documents optional
- optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
- optional, not held ensure proper document management optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- optional, not held mathematics optional
- optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
- optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
10 held skills the grants management officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse business plans skill
- not needed by the target role analyse goal progress skill
- not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
- not needed by the target role funding methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role lead a team skill
- not needed by the target role manage government funding skill
- not needed by the target role manage government-funded programmes skill
- not needed by the target role manage grant applications skill
- not needed by the target role monitor charity's budget skill
- not needed by the target role tolerate stress 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.
- required, not held financial management required
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- optional, not held mathematics optional
Other moves recorded from programme funding manager
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.